City’s finest banquet in honour of our heroes October 6, 2013 With just under two weeks to go to the City’s finest banquet, our illustrious chefs led by Albert and Michel Roux Jr are ready to reveal the banquet menu. We can also share some more of the auction lots that guests can bid on at this very special night hosted by Brian Turner CBE, president [...]
Boy racers in the Square Mile gear up for motoring challenge January 30, 2013 FORMER managing director of private banking at RBS Nigel Jackson has taken on a charity role chairing the organising committee of The Circuit, a motor racing event to raise money for the NSPCC. Jackson, currently director of boutique business consulting company Abstract UK told The Capitalist that “we’ve already got some keen racers signed up [...]
A feast fit for a king to raise money for our real heroes September 29, 2013 THE Square Mile Salute: a feast fit for a king led by culinary legends, Albert Roux OBE, KFO and Michel Roux Jr; including a Royal Reception prepared by the Royal chef, Mark Flanagan, chef to Prince Albert of Monaco, Christian Garcia and The Royal Automobile Club’s executive chef Philip Corrick. Friday 18 October sees the [...]
City of London is considering car-free roads around Bank October 7, 2013 RADICAL plans to pedestrianise some roads around the Bank of England are being considered by the City of London Corporation, as it looks to cut traffic in the Square Mile and meet the demands of the area’s growing workforce. The plans, known as the Bank Area Strategy, include increasing the areas for pedestrians, making roads [...]
Panama: Latin America’s new number one holiday destination July 11, 2014 In Britain, Panama is famous for two things: the canal and canoe man. Back in 2002, John Darwin faked his own death and fled to Panama City with his wife, who, following his “canoeing accident”, claimed £1m in insurance and pension pay outs. Had a newspaper not got hold of a picture of him looking [...]
Bakers in a duff up over muffins October 8, 2013 CAKE wars have broken out in the Square Mile after everyone’s favourite mermaid-logoed coffee chain Starbucks launched an ingenious new tasty treat – mashing up a muffin and a doughnut to create something called a “duffin”. The Seattle-based coffee giant likes the slightly disturbing portmanteau so much that its supplier has trademarked the name. The [...]
Construction in the City reaches five-year high November 5, 2013 BUILDING activity in the City has reached a five-year high thanks to rising developer confidence buoyed by a shortage of prime office space in the Square Mile. Deloitte’s latest London Office Crane Survey released yesterday shows that nine new projects got underway in the third quarter of the year with a combined floor plan of [...]
Any Other Business – 16/09 September 15, 2013 The old saying that sex sells, is apparently not the case for the gentlemen in the City of London. Based on prescription statistics released by NHS GP surgeries, the Sunday Times has found that the Square Mile boasts the lowest prescriptions for anti-impotence drug Viagra compared to men in other parts of the UK. The [...]
Any Other Business – 01/05 May 1, 2014 IT’S MAY Day, which only means one thing – protests at Trafalgar Square. City botherers Occupy London have been banging their drums again and this year they’ve decided to target pay-day lender Wonga. The group is planning its usual march from Clerkenwell Green to Trafalgar Square and then on to an undisclosed target. “People will need [...]
£53,000,000,000: how much the City paid in tax last year December 10, 2013 THE City paid a staggering £53.4bn in tax last year – more than a tenth of total government tax receipts. The report carried out by PwC for the Corporation of London shows tax paid by the UK’s financial services industry is ahead of any other sector. Business leaders and industry figures lauded the City for [...]