Why Am I So Single? review: Six the Musical creators return with the most fun new show in the West End
There’s much to get the juices flowing as autumn beckons August 22, 2013 THE COMING of the August Bank Holiday traditionally heralds the end of summer and by Tuesday morning, the return to work for many of us begins. This year, the early positioning of the holiday weekend means for many there will be a few extra days off, delaying slightly the time before London becomes fully crowded [...]
Bank of the year September 9, 2013 2013 may be remembered as the year the banking sector shook off the shadow of the financial crisis and really came back into its own. Profitability is up, lenders are at last overcoming tough new regulatory hurdles and a stable future could be just around the corner. Here is our pick of the top five [...]
City Moves for 1 August 2013 | Who’s switching jobs July 31, 2013 Premier Farnell The electronics company has announced the appointment of Andrea Dunstan as chief people officer. Dunstan has over 20 years’ experience in human resources (HR). She was previously group HR director at Wincanton. Prior to that, she worked at AstraZeneca. Royal Bank of Canada The bank’s capital markets division has recruited Sian Hurrell as head [...]
The Long View: We should honour the unknown UK economist who quietly changed the world September 5, 2013 BRITAIN has lost a giant. Ronald Coase, the brilliant economist who shone new light on how and why companies form, died this week at the age of 102. It was too soon: his most influential paper was published half a century ago, but Coase remained sharp to the end, fighting for his countercultural approach. He [...]
Murray out to settle a score with Wawrinka September 4, 2013 Exclusive: Henman says Scot likes nothing better than vengeance A THIRST for revenge will inspire defending champion Andy Murray to overcome Stanislas Wawrinka in today’s US Open quarter-finals, according to former British No1 Tim Henman. Murray has won the majority of his 13 previous clashes with Wawrinka but lost to the Swiss in their most [...]
City Moves for 23 July 2013 | Who’s switching jobs July 22, 2013 LDC The private equity firm has announced the appointment of Gordon Hague as investment director. He has over 15 years’ private equity experience, and was most recently a director at 3i. Berwin Leighton Paisner David Rowe has joined the law firm as finance director. He previously held senior roles at PwC, including director of finance [...]
London Report: Financial and mining stocks weigh on FTSE March 28, 2014 BRITAIN’S top stock index fell yesterday, with miners leading the retreat on lingering concerns their earnings could be hurt by weaker metals prices following an economic slowdown in China and improving supplies. Banks also lost ground after the Federal Reserve blocked the US units of Royal Bank of Scotland and HSBC from paying higher dividends [...]
Lloyds reprivatisation expected to raise over £3.2bn September 16, 2013 A statement from the government agency managing the state's stake in Lloyds has given the green light to the chancellor to begin reprivatising state-backed bank Lloyds. UK Financial Investments (UKFI) has given the nod shortly after the Office for Fair Trading said that TSB should be given more financial help by parent Lloyds. Our banking [...]
Tech whizz who knew online video was more than a fad October 27, 2013 Blinkx founder Suranga Chandratillake talks to Annabel Palmer about his success in Silicon Valley THE MAN behind video media company Blinkx, Suranga Chandratillake has strong views about why Britain lacks its own Facebook. Negative perceptions of tech engineers and software developers are holding people back. Whether this would mean all eight-year old schoolboys, when given [...]
London Report: British economy in fifth straight growth quarter April 27, 2014 BRITAIN’S economy is expected to show its continued return to form this week, with official data likely to show a fifth consecutive quarter of expansion. Figures due from the Office for National Statistics tomorrow are expected to reveal the economy grew by 0.8 per cent in the first quarter, despite worries that February flooding would [...]