St Lucia’s most spectacular retreat is taking luxury to new levels August 2, 2009 ONE OF THE remaining signs of St Lucia’s colonial past (and Commonwealth present) is the fact that, by law, the first 40 feet inland of every stretch of coastline belongs to the Queen. That doesn’t mean sunbathing is restricted to Her Maj and Philip, should they deign to drop anchor in these parts, but it [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING June 14, 2009 THE SUNDAYSThe Sunday Telegraph RBS INVESTORS SAY PAY CHIEF EXEC MORERoyal Bank of Scotland chairman Sir Philip Hampton has had to overhaul the planned incentive package for chief executive Stephen Hester after institutional investors raised concerns that it was not generous enough. INEOS DEBT SPARKS WORRIES OVER ITS FUTUREAuditors to Ineos, Britain’s biggest private company, [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING June 14, 2009 THE SUNDAYSThe Sunday Telegraph RBS INVESTORS SAY PAY CHIEF EXEC MORERoyal Bank of Scotland chairman Sir Philip Hampton has had to overhaul the planned incentive package for chief executive Stephen Hester after institutional investors raised concerns that it was not generous enough. INEOS DEBT SPARKS WORRIES OVER ITS FUTUREAuditors to Ineos, Britain’s biggest private company, [...]
MPs should show how to use pay to reward talent May 25, 2009 May has been a very embarrassing month. People keep talking about money. Not the anonymous multi-trillion pound bailout/quantitative easing/fiscal stimulus piles of money, but the cringingly personal “my house is bigger than yours” monthly pay-cheque sort of money. One of CNBC TV’s guests last week hit the nail on the head when he said; “the [...]
JACKSON CITY RACE INCENTIVE SCRAPPED July 7, 2009 THE fallout continues over tickets from the late Michael Jackson’s planned London tour – and this time, it has hit the City. Standard Chartered, those with elephant-like memories may recall, offered runners in their Great City Race next week the chance to see the King of Pop at the O2 Arena on 6 August, as [...]
GIRL POWER IN THE CITY June 28, 2009 Never one to pass up the chance to dwell upon the successes of the ladies in the business world, The Capitalist has been perusing this year’s list of the top 35 women under 35 with interest. The list is compiled by Management Today, and the world of the City, as ever, features heavily. Nestled alongside [...]
The best seat in the house June 7, 2009 WHEN you are travelling on business, there are certain things that you don't need to worry about. One of them is the quality of the seats on your plane. There is little more depressing than that sinking feeling when you realise that your seat on a 10-hour flight is going to be interrupted by people [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING June 8, 2009 FINANCIAL TIMES OBAMA’S SPENDING DRIVE TO FOCUS ON JOBSBarack Obama yesterday stepped up the pace of Washington’s stimulus spending with plans to create or save 600,000 jobs over the next 100 days – four times the rate achieved in the $787bn package’s first 100 days. The announcement, which follows last week’s news that 345,000 jobs [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING May 31, 2009 THE SUNDAYSTHE SUNDAY TIMES SKY SAYS NO TO SETANTASports organisations including the Scottish Premier League may be forced to stomach deeper-than-expected cuts to their TV income after shareholders in Setanta failed to stump up enough cash to keep the broadcaster alive. Setanta’s financial position was so parlous this weekend that it asked arch-rival BSkyB for [...]
CRITICS DO A U-TURN ON HORNBY’S REPUTATION June 9, 2009 A RINGING endorsement of Andy Hornby, the besieged former chief of HBOS who is now joining retailer Alliance Boots, from the most unlikely of quarters. John Thurso, the Lib Dem spokesman for business, enterprise and regulatory reform, has been among Hornby’s harshest critics as a member of the Treasury Select Committee that harangued various bankers [...]