NEWS from the SHOP March 29, 2012 Ted Baker quick to the draw with its new Spring/Summer menswear collection Ted Baker launched its menswear Spring/Summer collection this month, rather grandiosely dubbed The Great Exhibitionist and His Private Views. Its business-wear range focuses on suits in taupe, silver and navy jacquard, with a tendency towards lustrous material – very indicative of the bolder [...]
Drog days are over: Blues star nears exit May 21, 2012 CHELSEA look to have lost their battle to keep Champions League hero Didier Drogba after the striker told team-mates he has decided to end his eight-year stint in west London. Ivory Coast star Drogba’s most likely destination is believed to be ambitious Shanghai Shenhua, who lured his former colleague Nicolas Anelka from Stamford Bridge during [...]
How an explosive setback put one legal firm on the path to international growth June 5, 2012 TWENTY years ago, you’d have been hard pressed to find anyone prepared to bet that Norton Rose – one of London’s oldest City law firm’s – would eventually rank in the top five largest international practices in the world. Unless perhaps you’d asked Peter Martyr, the firm’s group chief executive. Back in 1992, he was [...]
Nash bucks recruitment woe with revenue jump April 30, 2012 SPECIALIST recruiter Harvey Nash reported a surprise increase in revenues from its financial services business yesterday, boosting the firm to an overall 26 per cent revenue rise for 2011. Total turnover at the firm, which focuses on technology and IT services roles, rose to £533m from £422m last year, lifting operating profits by 41 per [...]
Miami Nice: there’s lots more to Florida than Disney World April 15, 2012 FOR most of the 1.5m Brits who travel to Florida each year, it’s the allure of the Mouse that does it. But there’s much more to the state than Disney. While Orlando promises wholesome family entertainment (especially for those who don’t mind queuing), the rest of Florida offers some serious fun for grown ups. Miami [...]
CITY MOVES | WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS October 4, 2011 PwC Andrew Sentance has been appointed as a senior economic adviser at PwC, following his retirement as a member of the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee, effective from 7 November. Prior to serving on the MPC from October 2006 to May 2011, Sentance’s roles included director of economic affairs at the CBI, director of [...]
Boris: I will veto third runway March 25, 2012 LONDON mayor Boris Johnson has insisted he will not support a third runway at Heathrow, despite renewed interest in the plan from other senior Tories. The mayor said the runway would cause “intolerable traffic and fumes in the west of the city – and it will not be built as long as I am mayor [...]
Shawbrook to ramp up lending after buying asset finance firm March 28, 2012 SHAWBROOK, the new business bank chaired by former RBS boss Sir George Mathewson, is set to grow this year after snapping up an asset finance business from the administrators of Icelandic lender Kaupthing. It has bought Singers Asset Finance, a major provider of finance to NHS trusts and small and medium sized enterprises, which did not [...]
Should sanctions be lifted before Burma reforms? April 15, 2012 YES Derek Tonkin SANCTIONS are a potentially valuable tool but, unless they can be carefully targeted, their effects can be counterproductive. Burma is a case in point. The effectiveness of sanctions has been minimal because no country in the region agreed to support the West. Burma’s immediate neighbours, notably China and Thailand, have captured the [...]
DIXON SETS SAIL FOR A PLUSH NEW HABITAT March 11, 2012 Tom Dixon, Habitat’s former head of design, has conjured up interiors for some of London’s swankiest hangouts including Shoreditch House, the Paramount Club at the top of Centre Point and Jamie Oliver’s Barbecoa restaurant at One New Change. The British designer is now moving into uncharted waters: turning Sea Containers House on London’s South Bank [...]