THE GREAT (BUT WET) CITY RACE July 12, 2012 THOUSANDS of runners were out in force in the City yesterday despite the rain, participating in Standard Chartered’s Great City Race 2012. With just two weeks to go before the Olympics, the Square Mile enjoyed its own demonstration of sporting prowess as office workers took to the steets to run 5k in support of Standard [...]
CITY HITS THE RIGHT NOTE WITH 50 GOLD PIANOS June 27, 2012 YOU work in the City but secretly you wish you had become a concert pianist. Well here’s your chance to have an audience that would fill a music hall. As part of the City of London’s annual festival of music and arts, 50 Golden Street Pianos have been placed around the Square Mile.
Bob Diamond’s fiercest critic threatened by act of sabotage August 23, 2012 BANK-BOTHERING Labour MP John Mann won few friends in the City establishment with his robust denunciations of Bob Diamond during July’s hearings into Barclays’ abuse of the Libor rate. But the star of the Treasury select committee (who describes himself in press releases as “Outspoken Labour MP John Mann”) yesterday revealed that he had a [...]
For better or worse: 28-year-old wife steals Asil Nadir’s spotlight August 21, 2012 NOT much is known about how Polly Peck International founder Asil Nadir spent his 17-year exile in northern Cyprus. But one thing’s for sure – he wasted no time in wooing his wife Nur, who’s been a constant presence at the Old Bailey this week during her husband’s trial for theft. According to reports, Asil [...]
Groupon mulls move from temporary Tech City base to Square Mile office November 27, 2011 BARGAIN website Groupon is poised to move out of the Tech City development in East London, according to reports, becoming the latest in a number of big-hitting companies to turn its back on the area. Groupon has been operating out of temporary offices in the zone, which stretches from Shoreditch to Stratford. But the firm [...]
Groupon mulls move from temporary Tech City base to Square Mile office November 27, 2011 BARGAIN website Groupon is poised to move out of the Tech City development in East London, according to reports, becoming the latest in a number of big-hitting companies to turn its back on the area. Groupon has been operating out of temporary offices in the zone, which stretches from Shoreditch to Stratford. But the firm [...]
Lord Mayor: City must gets its house in order after Libor crisis July 11, 2012 THE LORD Mayor of the City of London last night issued an impassioned plea for the square mile to get its house in order, as the Libor fixing scandal threatens to escalate. Traders guilty of manipulating the inter-bank lending rate should be firmly punished, Lord Mayor David Wootton said, insisting that the reputation of the [...]
On the trail of the black rhino… September 2, 2012 THE LAST TIME I came eye to eye with the endangered black rhino was in Nepal. We had woken at dawn to paddle low-slung boats that barely crested the surface of the croc-infested river. And as we trekked through the dewy grass, the guide gave us the low-down on rhino-watching etiquette. “If the rhino hears [...]
Cowes reps out in force in City to rev up interest July 17, 2012 THE annual festivities of Cowes week start just two days before the end of the Olympics in August, and with so much on offer in the sporting world this summer those behind the event have already begun in earnest with their efforts to entice City workers down to the Isle of Wight. Yesterday the organisers [...]
ANALYST OF THE YEAR July 31, 2012 TODAY’S shortlists for the third annual City A.M. awards kick off with the five analysts we have shortlisted who epitomise all that is positive about the City. Their independence and capacity to make accurate calls on stock or the wider economy ahead of rivals sets them apart. All have shown an ability to give detailed [...]