Meet the hero of the Audi range September 25, 2012 The Neckarsulm facility, near Stuttgart in Germany, is the home of Audi’s R8 supercar production and where it builds its RS line of high-performance vehicles. It’s also where quattro GmbH and its motorsport division is based, which is why we’re racing across Europe from the UK to Neckarsulm on a 600-mile drive in Audi’s latest [...]
Meet the hero of the Audi range September 25, 2012 The Neckarsulm facility, near Stuttgart in Germany, is the home of Audi’s R8 supercar production and where it builds its RS line of high-performance vehicles. It’s also where quattro GmbH and its motorsport division is based, which is why we’re racing across Europe from the UK to Neckarsulm on a 600-mile drive in Audi’s latest [...]
As BP faces difficulty at its Russian venture, is the country a safe place for UK investors? May 29, 2012 YES John McRoberts There has always been concern around election time in Russia but, now that Vladimir Putin is again President, I expect another period of stability. He has transformed the country, putting in place a new environment for business, built primarily on transforming the tax system. Personal income tax is now a flat 13 [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING April 17, 2012 FINANCIAL TIMES Canadian approached for BoE job Mark Carney, governor of Canada’s central bank, has been informally approached to be a candidate to replace Sir Mervyn King as head of the Bank of England in June next year. One of the world’s most respected central bankers, Carney also heads the Financial Stability Board, which oversees [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING March 20, 2012 FINANCIAL TIMES CANACCORD AND COLLINS STEWART TO AXE 100 JOBS Nearly 100 staff will be made redundant tomorrow when Canaccord Financial completes its acquisition of Collins Stewart Hawkpoint, as London’s stockbroking industry continues to shed capacity. The Vancouver Group agreed to buy Collins Stewart for £253.5m in December EU DEFIES CARBON TRADE WAR THREAT The [...]
Ikea growth is stunted by traffic rules July 4, 2011 IKEA said yesterday it was seeking to open three superstores in London but was being stymied by planning regulations. Chief executive Mikael Ohlsson (pictured) said he wanted to build his stores in the capital in run-down industrial areas. But he said traffic planning rules were standing in his way. The Swedish retailer already has four [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING January 17, 2012 FINANCIAL TIMES SURGE SEEN IN SELF-EMPLOYMENT A surge in self-employment is the result of people doing part-time odd jobs to avoid unemployment rather than a genuine increase in entrepreneurial zeal, according to the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development. The self-employed have risen by 300,000 since spring 2008 to 4.14m – the highest since records [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING January 17, 2012 FINANCIAL TIMES SURGE SEEN IN SELF-EMPLOYMENT A surge in self-employment is the result of people doing part-time odd jobs to avoid unemployment rather than a genuine increase in entrepreneurial zeal, according to the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development. The self-employed have risen by 300,000 since spring 2008 to 4.14m – the highest since records [...]
CAR TALK February 21, 2012 FORD’S FIESTA-SIZED B-MAX Will Ford’s new B-MAX be the cleverest little car this year? The new Fiesta-sized MPV has its central body B-pillars incorporated into the doors so there’s a 1.5m long opening on either side of the car. Easy to get in and out of and you should be able to load large items [...]
Tom Aikens’ return is a hit January 16, 2012 Tom Aikens Restaurant 43 Elystan St, SW3 3NT T: 020 7584 2003 FOOD ***** SERVICE ***** ATMOSPHERE **** Cost per person without wine: £90 Popular culture can be a depressing economic barometer. In the 90s and early 2000s British music was all working-class swagger and barefaced ambition. It was a time when it didn’t seem [...]