ROBERT THE LIONHEART SERENADES SELFRIDGES March 14, 2011 ROBERT Tchenguiz will henceforth be known as Robert the Lionheart, after the billionaire property developer was spotted singing The Lion Sleeps Tonight from the film The Lion King in Selfridges. The sighting took place at 5.30pm on the evening of the now infamous yacht party at MIPIM in Cannes last Thursday, when a social contemporary [...]
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It’s time to uncork a bottle of bubbly or ten April 27, 2011 NO doubt there’ll be rather a few champagne glasses being clinked around the country tomorrow. One of the more predictable aspects of attending a good wedding is the certainty of a pulsating champagne hangover the next day, and this time that applies to street parties, garden parties, pub gatherings and all the other get-togethers taking [...]
Fewer office deals at close of 2010 for Central London February 20, 2011 THE CENTRAL London office market saw a patchy end to 2010, according to research seen by City A.M., with the total number of deals in the fourth quarter down 19 per cent on the same time the previous year. Large office rent deals for JP Morgan, Bloomberg and BNP Paribas made up almost half of [...]
Fewer office deals at close of 2010 for Central London February 20, 2011 THE CENTRAL London office market saw a patchy end to 2010, according to research seen by City A.M., with the total number of deals in the fourth quarter down 19 per cent on the same time the previous year. Large office rent deals for JP Morgan, Bloomberg and BNP Paribas made up almost half of [...]
Britain’s unlikely track star May 10, 2011 HEARD the one about the record-breaking sprinter who switched over when the Olympics came on television? Montell Douglas is the fastest woman Britain has ever produced and one of the best home medal chances at London 2012, but that wasn’t always the way she intended it. Growing up in south London, Douglas, now 25, flamboyant [...]
NOT SUCH A LUCKY BREAK FOR RACING MEDIA GROUP March 7, 2011 PUNTERS watching next week’s Cheltenham Festival will be able to see “every muscle move on every horse”, as the sporting event marks the first time Channel 4 will broadcast horseracing in high-definition. The news broke at a lunch held by Racing Media Group, the media partner for the UK’s 30 premier racecourses, where chief executive [...]
A penthouse with views to suit a Cityboy March 10, 2011 ANY self-respecting master of the universe wants one thing more than any other in a home – spectacular views of the City, so that he or she can relax after a hard day’s deal-making and survey their territory. You couldn’t possibly do better than the penthouse at the Benbow Walk development on New Globe Walk [...]
Clegg being too simplistic on interns April 5, 2011 SO Nick Clegg wants to discourage unpaid internships, which he believes entrench privilege. It is indeed desperately important to make it easier for children from poorer backgrounds to get on in life. But Clegg’s broader arguments are overly simplistic and could actually end up reducing, rather than increasing, opportunities. It is much harder for poor [...]
Clegg being too simplistic on interns April 5, 2011 SO Nick Clegg wants to discourage unpaid internships, which he believes entrench privilege. It is indeed desperately important to make it easier for children from poorer backgrounds to get on in life. But Clegg’s broader arguments are overly simplistic and could actually end up reducing, rather than increasing, opportunities. It is much harder for poor [...]