Brewer toasts strong first half ahead of the Rugby World Cup July 7, 2015 BRITISH pub chain Young & Co’s Brewery toasted a strong start to the year at its annual general meeting yesterday. Chairman Nick Bryan reported that trading in the current year “has started well, with managed house sales for the first 13 weeks up 8.3 per cent in total and up 5.6 per cent on a [...]
Seven tips on how to manage your boss in the New Year December 30, 2015 The New Year is but days away, and for many that means a return to work. But with January around the corner, it may be time to shake things up at your job and improve your working life. This could involve forming a better relationships with colleagues, and there is probably no more important working [...]
Let the Davies report run a course to equality in boardrooms November 4, 2015 The aim of achieving gender parity in senior executive posts and in boardrooms has been rising up the agenda in recent years. This laudable objective was given a boost when, in 2010, the government commissioned Lord Mervyn Davies to conduct a review into boardroom equality. In this endeavour, nobody can argue against the motives of [...]
UK household spending has a soft September – Visa October 12, 2015 UK shoppers tapered their spending last month, according to new figures published today by a credit card giant. Visa’s consumer spending index – which looks at total spending, not just that on credit cards – showed spending post a lift of 1.8 per cent in September compared with the same month last year. Despite the gain, [...]
Legend movie review: Tom Hardy triumphs as he plays both Kray twins September 10, 2015 Cert 18 | ★★★★☆ The Kray twins would have loved that there’s a film about them called Legend. Being wanted for a litany of crimes – extortion, robbery, intimidation – didn’t stop them courting the limelight at the height of London’s swinging sixties. Being well-connected may have made them untouchable, but it was [...]
Wales stoked by sight and scale of celebrations September 29, 2015 WALES coach Warren Gatland insists the scale of the celebrations in the principality following their victory against England have spurred his squad on to all but secure qualification to the quarter-final with victory against Fiji tomorrow. Gatland has made three enforced changes for the clash against the Pacific Islanders at the Millennium Stadium amid a [...]
Teens mourn as ex- Bank of England hawk Andrew Sentance leaves rock band September 13, 2015 Teenage girls the world over will be in mourning, no doubt, when they hear that former Bank of England economist Andrew Sentance has retired from notorious Square Mile rock group Rock in the City Rock in the City are a stalwart of the financier pub scene, formed by a “motley group of City workers”, including [...]
Greene King toasts record revenue as retail growth outperforms market July 1, 2015 The figures Pub group Greene King enjoyed record revenue of £1.3bn in the year to the end of March, yet investors were warned not get too carried away as profit before tax fell 2.7 per cent to £168.5m. Read more: Popped corks as Greene King-Spirit pub partnership gets green light The FTSE 250-listed company's retail revenue [...]
Make Marston’s a large one as food and drink sales progress July 22, 2015 Brewers and pub group Marston’s yesterday announced it had made “profitable progress” in line with expectations for the 41-week period to 18 July. “In Destination and Premium [brand units], like-for-like sales for the 41-week period were 1.7 per cent ahead of last year, including like-for-like food sales growth of 1.6 per cent and like-for-like wet sales [...]
Best of the Brokers for 24 August 2015 August 23, 2015 To appear in Best of the Brokers, email your research to notes@cityam.com BELLWAY Jefferies has retained its “buy” rating on the UK home builder, but upgraded its target price after the company finished the year to April with a record number of completions. Jefferies increased its profit before tax estimate by three per cent for [...]