More Yuletide misery for the City December 3, 2012 DECEMBER signals the advent of Christmas: a time for celebration, relaxation, and over-indulgence. But less so this year. The last 12 months have been terrible for those plying their trades in London’s Square Mile. Those who still have a job should be grateful. The City has been butchered this year, and more than a few [...]
Christmas is the ideal time to revive the City’s tradition of charitable giving December 9, 2012 FEAR that the UK could slip into a triple-dip recession heightened last week, as the services sector posted an unexpected slowdown. Yet remarkably, over half of us are still giving to good causes, despite the challenging economic outlook. This encouragingly high proportion of the population, includes many in the Square Mile. Contrary to myth, City [...]
Sports and the City October 28, 2012 THE Square Mile is positively basking in sporting glory these days. For a start, five giant rugby balls, one to represent each competing nation, were planted in Lime Street to mark the launch of the QBE Internationals taking place in November. In further sporting City news, Devonshire Square was turfed over on Friday, ahead of [...]
Sports and the City October 28, 2012 THE Square Mile is positively basking in sporting glory these days. For a start, five giant rugby balls, one to represent each competing nation, were planted in Lime Street to mark the launch of the QBE Internationals taking place in November. In further sporting City news, Devonshire Square was turfed over on Friday, ahead of [...]
Property pirates go hunting for buried treasure in Broadgate October 11, 2012 YESTERDAY lunchtime 36 property firms across the City rallied the troops to brave the gloomy weather and don costumes, all in the name of organised charity fun. 180 people from the property industry dashed around the Square Mile, following clues and taking in some of the City’s famous landmarks, to raise money for LandAid. Peter [...]
Hannam back on front foot with Afghan mining venture October 14, 2012 TOP city dealmaker Ian Hannam is pushing ahead with a gold mining project in Afghanistan just months after leaving his post at JP Morgan Cazenove. Hannam, famed in the Square Mile for his deal making skills, will switch his focus to mining company Centar, the firm he established to mine the Qara Zaghan gold mine [...]
City stages four Paralympic marathons September 9, 2012 The City’s roads closed yesterday as the Square Mile staged four Paralympic marathon events. Here, a group of runners pass St Paul’s on their way to the Mall during the races, which were among the final competitions of the Games.
The City needs partners to strengthen its place in Europe’s single market November 25, 2012 UNCERTAINTY over the future of Europe, and to an extent Britain’s role within it, continues to dominate the agenda, even as the latest summit in Brussels wraps up. Clearly there are strong views on both sides of this debate in the Square Mile. But – regardless of whether you are a eurosceptic, europhile or something [...]
Tech firms overtake financials in the City office rental market October 22, 2012 LANDLORDS in the Square Mile have seen a surge in demand from tech firms since the start of the year, with office take-up increasing by 39 per cent, according to estate agents Knight Frank. Technology, media and telecoms (TMT) firms acquired 931,000 square feet of offices in the first nine months of 2012, compared with [...]
Inspiration aplenty at E&Y Entrepreneur Awards October 9, 2012 TO the Hilton on Park Lane, where The Capitalist began the week being inspired and humbled (only the most eloquent of self-made millionaires can bring a sympathetic tear to the eye) at the Ernst & Young UK Entrepreneur of the Year awards. This year’s finalists were certainly in fine company, with previous winners of the [...]