Spoiled for choice: the skies are full of options for business travellers June 7, 2009 Iberiawww.iberia.comSeating: Ergonomically designed with a double back pillow and additional massage function. Once you get comfortable the seat can be programmed to remember the setting. Adjustable lighting for reading as well as a satellite phone, laptop plug and a 10.4 inch touch screen for sending texts and email. Entertainment: 15 audio channels and 26 video [...]
To save the economy, we have to change the macho City September 21, 2009 IN 1999, Ricky Martin was top of the charts, the millennium bug threatened world stability and the dotcom boom was never going to end. It was also the year that Karen Gill and Maxine Benson set up Everywoman, a business designed to help women entrepreneurs set up their own businesses. The idea was borne out [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING August 20, 2009 FINANCIAL TIMES UNIVERSAL MUSIC LICENSES SINATRA RIGHTSUniversal Music has secured the international rights to 38 albums recorded by Frank Sinatra, heralding an acceleration of plans to commercialise the entertainer’s estate on the eve of the 40th anniversary of the release of My Way. GAP PROFITS SLIP IN SECOND QUARTERGap, the US specialty clothing retailer, said [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING August 20, 2009 FINANCIAL TIMES UNIVERSAL MUSIC LICENSES SINATRA RIGHTSUniversal Music has secured the international rights to 38 albums recorded by Frank Sinatra, heralding an acceleration of plans to commercialise the entertainer’s estate on the eve of the 40th anniversary of the release of My Way. GAP PROFITS SLIP IN SECOND QUARTERGap, the US specialty clothing retailer, said [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING August 20, 2009 FINANCIAL TIMES UNIVERSAL MUSIC LICENSES SINATRA RIGHTSUniversal Music has secured the international rights to 38 albums recorded by Frank Sinatra, heralding an acceleration of plans to commercialise the entertainer’s estate on the eve of the 40th anniversary of the release of My Way. GAP PROFITS SLIP IN SECOND QUARTERGap, the US specialty clothing retailer, said [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING August 20, 2009 FINANCIAL TIMES UNIVERSAL MUSIC LICENSES SINATRA RIGHTSUniversal Music has secured the international rights to 38 albums recorded by Frank Sinatra, heralding an acceleration of plans to commercialise the entertainer’s estate on the eve of the 40th anniversary of the release of My Way. GAP PROFITS SLIP IN SECOND QUARTERGap, the US specialty clothing retailer, said [...]
CITY MOVES WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS July 5, 2009 Canada Life International The wealth management firm has appointed Mark Armstrong as its new head of operations. Armstrong joins from Axa in the Isle of Man, where he was director of technical and proposition support. He has over 20 years of experience in offshore financial services, having also previously worked as finance director at Allied [...]
CITY MOVES WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS July 5, 2009 Canada Life International The wealth management firm has appointed Mark Armstrong as its new head of operations. Armstrong joins from Axa in the Isle of Man, where he was director of technical and proposition support. He has over 20 years of experience in offshore financial services, having also previously worked as finance director at Allied [...]
Virgin airline bucks gloom, boosts profit August 27, 2008 More business passengers helped boost full-year profits by 21 per cent to £34.8m at Virgin Atlantic despite record fuel prices, the airline revealed yesterday. The long-haul carrier, 51 per cent owned by Sir Richard Branson, said its business passenger numbers rose 22 per cent during the year, as Virgin took market share from British Airways [...]
BA and Iberia set to merge in £4bn deal July 30, 2008 BA’s Willie Walsh seeks to put the chaotic move to Heathrow’s Terminal 5 behind him British Airways and Spanish carrier Iberia have started merger talks in a bid to create Europe’s third-largest airline, they announced yesterday. The two carriers, currently fourth and sixth in Europe by value, are working on a friendly all-share deal with [...]