Working Lunch: K10, Minster Court EC3 September 9, 2015 WHAT? K10 specialises in, ahem, kaiten-style Japanese cuisine – that’s conveyor belt sushi to you and me – using fresh ingredients and a good selection of booze to wrestle the serving format away from the likes of YO! Sushi, which has trampled all over its good name in recent years. WHERE? It’s tucked away [...]
Consumers are being ignored in the financial market abuse crackdown September 7, 2015 MPs coming back to Westminster after the summer recess will be returning to financial markets that have shown levels of volatility not seen since the banking crisis. While it is unlikely that the recent share rout will lead to another global meltdown, it will give added impetus to MPs’ efforts to pass legislation aimed [...]
BBC charter review: Why Auntie needs local media September 7, 2015 The upcoming charter review provides the ideal opportunity to extend the BBC’s long-established and highly successful outsourcing model to local news gathering. At a time when more power is being devolved to the regions, it is essential that there is a long-term commitment to media coverage of institutions – courts, health trusts, education authorities, [...]
Uber drivers given green light by US judge to launch class-action lawsuit September 3, 2015 Uber drivers have been given the go-ahead by a judge in the US to launch a class-action lawsuit which could result in its model being radically altered Read more: Uber vs black cab: Who wins among London passengers? – Brand Index The drivers are fighting for the right to be classed as employees rather [...]
Crazy markets, Night Tube called off and Jeremy Corbyn goes off the rails: Here’s what got us talking this week August 28, 2015 It was the week in which everything got a bit trippy: the markets went bananas. The South Bank went psychedelic. Someone discovered a Nazi train full of gold (allegedly). And after 60 years of rivalry, Burger King finally proposed a truce with McDonald's… What got us talking 1. Up, down, up, down… Who said August was [...]
Andy Murray invests in three British tech startups through Seedrs equity crowdfunding platform – Tossed, Trillenium and Fuel Ventures Fund August 19, 2015 Tennis ace Andy Murray is busy working on his investment portfolio off the courts, it seems – after he invested in three British startups through equity crowdfunding platform Seedrs. Murray, who is the world's fifth biggest earning tennis star and has millions sitting in the bank, became an investor in Seedrs itself and an advisory board [...]
Can Alexis Tsipras survive as Greece’s Prime Minister? August 16, 2015 Dennis Novy, a professor at Warwick University, says Yes. Alexis Tsipras will be able to survive, for one simple reason: there’s no better alternative. The Greeks don’t want to leave the Eurozone. The last months have shown that the government’s previous approach hasn’t worked. Predominantly, this is because of too much resistance from other countries, [...]
Derwent profits are boosted by lettings boom August 14, 2015 DERWENT London said yesterday that lettings reached a near-record high in the first half of the year, bagging a host of new tenants at schemes including the White Collar Factory in Old Street. The property developer said it secured £20.3m of lettings on 394,600 square feet in the first half of the year, which was [...]
City Moves for 7 August 2015 | Who’s switching jobs August 6, 2015 Brooks Macdonald The wealth management group has appointed Andrew Shepherd as its deputy chief executive. He is currently executive director at the group and joint managing director of Brooks Macdonald Asset Management, which he joined in 2002. IG Group David Horsley has been appointed head of finance at the online trading company. He joins from [...]
August 2015 TfL Tube strike chaos: These companies are helping you get through the Tube strike August 5, 2015 The Tube strike starts tonight (5 August) at 6:30pm and will last until Friday morning. While Transport for London is doing its best to issue travel advice and digital companies are offering help to avoid the queues, we are going to need a little bit extra to get through the next couple of days. These companies [...]