City Moves for 29 October 2014 | Who’s switching jobs October 28, 2014 Markel International The insurer has appointed Pushpa Sriwignarajah senior underwriter in its professional and financial risks division. She joins from CNA Insurance Company, where she was senior underwriter for technology and cyber risks. Sriwignarajah has also worked for Chubb Insurance Company of Europe. Psigma Investment Management Toby Jameson-Till has been appointed investment director at the [...]
Qatar makes £1.6bn bid for Canary Wharf owner Songbird November 6, 2014 Qatar wants to buy up Canary Wharf in a £1.6bn deal, showing the oil rich state’s determined interest in snapping up vast chunks of valuable and iconic London property. The deal would be one of the biggest property sales ever in the UK, and will extend Qatar’s reach over London landmarks, which already includes the [...]
Saudi soap opera: The petro-kingdom’s day of reckoning is now approaching fast January 25, 2015 I have never understood the world’s fixation with soap operas; why obsess about EastEnders when the real world is so often far more dramatic and even less plausible? Even more to the point, why worry about 80s American re-runs Dallas and Dynasty when we have the true-to-life House of Saud, the world’s most prosperous family, [...]
LiteBulb Group’s Simon McGivern and James Phillips talk Mary Berry, cashpoint encounters and woodwork January 18, 2015 It's not every day that you bump into an old friend at a cash machine in Fulham and end up hatching a business – but then Simon McGivern and James Phillips, the founders of LiteBulb Group, are not your average pair. They went to school together (although they didn’t know each other very well) and [...]
City Moves for 20 January 2014 | Who’s switching jobs January 19, 2014 Maker Studios The media company has hired former AOL executive Rene Rechtman as president of international, a new role to help develop its growth strategy and strategic relationships overseas. Rechtman left his role as CEO of AOL’s branded content division, BeOn, last November. Markel The insurance company has announced the appointment of Charles Bragg as [...]
Christmas countdown: The best shopping destinations in London, from Tiffany’s on Old Bond St to the Hyper Japan market at Olympia November 11, 2014 London is renowned as one of the great shopping centres of the world, a constantly evolving playground for anyone with money to spend and time to spend it. Whether you’re looking for hip new openings – like those from Bally, Richard James and Hackett – or stalwarts that are guaranteed to come up with [...]
London’s empire state of mind: New York warehouse conversion inspiration comes to Islington, Clapham, Stratford and Wapping October 30, 2014 Globalisation, it seems, is not only changing our work, life and shopping habits, it’s also changing our living arrangements. Industrial warehouse conversions, originally found in the meat-packing districts of New York, have crossed the Atlantic and found a new popularity on our shores. Old textile factories in north east London in particular have become [...]
City Matters: Put the immigration debate on a factual footing – or our economy will suffer February 2, 2014 EUROPE is back in the headlines, with immigration and David Cameron’s meeting with French President Francois Hollande pushing the politically-divisive issue to the top of the agenda. We regularly read that European immigration and new EU regulation are a problem. But if we are to secure the best future for the UK, we must accurately [...]
City Moves for 20 October 2014 | Who’s switching jobs October 19, 2014 Secure Trust Bank The bank, a subsidiary of Arbuthnot Banking Group, has appointed Neil Clinton as regional sales director. He joins from Barclays, where he was head of its UK large corporate asset based lending team. Clinton has over 30 years’ experience in banking and invoice finance. Investec Wealth & Investment The wealth management firm [...]
Mobilising the best of British: How the City can get behind the new-look armed forces October 6, 2014 The Olympics, the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and the annual Lord Mayor’s Show have all showcased the very best of Britain and London. And at the centre of each of these events have been our armed forces. As military operations in Afghanistan draw to a close, our armed forces are changing. We are expanding the role [...]