Davos 2016 is too cliched for property firms who prefer to ski elsewhere January 27, 2016 Just after the City’s grandest grandees have finally made it back from a week of hard-hitting, very important and not at all superficial discussions in Davos, City businesses, most notably the property firms are already jetting off to Europe for a normal holiday. Setting off to Meribel today are the London business team at commercial [...]
Canvas & Stone: We ask five entrepreneurs who inherited country estates how they managed to turn their crumbling piles into profitable businesses June 29, 2016 Inheriting a country estate sounds like one of the most ridiculous privileges that could be bestowed upon a 30-something in modern Britain. In reality, it’s a bit like being told to look after a dying relative in the middle of nowhere who keeps stealing from your wallet when you’re not looking. When five friends suddenly [...]
City Moves for 26 January 2016 | Who’s switching jobs January 26, 2016 Ashurst Global law firm Ashurst has strengthened its international arbitration team with the appointment of Matthew Saunders as a partner in the dispute resolution practice, based in London. Matthew joins from DLA Piper, where he was global head of its international arbitration group and was one of the partners responsible for founding the practice. He [...]
City Moves for 12 February 2016 | Who’s switching jobs February 12, 2016 JOHNS&CO High-end estate agents JOHNS&CO has appointed two new directors. Clynton Nel and Chris Boswell both join from Hamptons International. Clynton, who has joined the team as residential director, will be based in the firm’s new Marsh Wall office in Canary Wharf. He has over 13 years’ experience in the property industry, specialising in renewals [...]
City Moves for 29 February 2016 | Who’s switching jobs February 29, 2016 KPMG KPMG has appointed Sue Kershaw as a director in the UK firm and UK head of infrastructure programme and project management. Sue, who is a board member of the Association for Project Management, brings over 30 years’ experience as a civil engineer and programme manager to the role. Sue joins from CH2M HILL where [...]
City Moves for 28 January 2016 | Who’s switching jobs January 28, 2016 Horizon Software Horizon Software has announced that Sylvain Thieullent has been appointed the new chief executive, while Jean-Marc Delfarguiel, the founder of Horizon, becomes the company’s president. Horizon provides electronic trading solutions and algorithmic technology to the world’s exchanges, banks, brokers and fund managers. Sylvain was previously the EMEA head of electronic trading at Horizon. [...]
City Moves for 6 January 2016 | Who’s switching jobs January 6, 2016 Victoria Michael Scott been appointed group finance director of Aim 50-listed floorcovering designers and manufacturers Victoria. Michael joins after eight years at Rothschild, where, as part of its global financial advisory business, he worked across a wide range of public and private company transactions, mergers and acquisitions and debt and equity-related fundraisings. He qualified as [...]
Bank junction could still be pedestrianised, as City of London insists “plans not shelved” June 24, 2015 Plans for an overhaul of Bank junction – which could include complete pedestrianisation – have “not been shelved”, the City of London Corporation insisted today. Proposals will be put forward in a couple of months that will outline three possible designs for the junction: one will be fully pedestrianised, one partial and one a [...]
New report: Low oil prices, China slowdown to blame for “notable downswing” in London Stock Exchange AIM market January 4, 2016 A new report out today reveals that more than 50 companies de-listed from AIM last year, the largest net decrease for the London Stock Exchange’s growth market since 2012. Researchers from UHY Hacker Young, the accountancy group, said that the number of companies listed on AIM fell by 52 during 2015, a “notable downswing” compared [...]
Why Brexit won’t be a disaster (and as former City minister, I should know) May 24, 2016 As someone who spent 25 years working in finance, four years scrutinising the Treasury as a backbencher, and then two years first as City minister, now as Energy Minister, I've seen at first hand the economic cycles, the disasters and triumphs. These experiences tell me that the UK has an outstanding future as a free trading global [...]