Cuadrilla’s message to anti-fracking protesters August 19, 2013 Energy company Cuadrilla, which has found itself at the centre of an anti-shale gas protest against fracking in Balcombe, has reacted to the highly-publicised protests at its headquarters in Lichfield, Staffordshire. Protesters broke into our Lichfield office, harassed our staff and chained themselves to filing cabinets. The police are on site dealing with this. We [...]
An era-spanning masterpiece August 15, 2013 THEATRE THE PRIDE Trafalgar Studios | By Xenobe Purvis Four Stars ALEXI Kaye Campbell’s award-winning The Pride gets a powerful revival as part of Jamie Lloyd’s Trafalgar Transformed season at Trafalgar Studios. The play’s protagonists Oliver, Philip and Sylvia exist in two time periods, the 1950s and now, and respond to the social pressures encountered [...]
Capita signs Barnet deals August 6, 2013 OUTSOURCING firm Capita yesterday said it had finally signed two contracts worth £474m with Barnet Council, after the High Court dismissed a local resident’s legal challenge. Under the deals, Capita will run the council’s back office services and enter a joint venture with the council to deliver infrastructure services in the north London borough. The [...]
What the other papers say this morning – 6 August 2013 August 5, 2013 FINANCIAL TIMES UK weighs legal action over Gibraltar Britain is looking at whether it can take Spain to the European courts over its treatment of British nationals at the border with Gibraltar. UK officials are taking advice on whether checks on cars as they try to cross from Spain into Gibraltar violate EU rules on [...]
City Matters: Innovative new public art is changing perceptions of the “Square” Mile August 4, 2013 THE attentions of many City workers will naturally be turning to exotic destinations as we enter the holiday season. When it comes to choosing a cultural hotspot to visit this year, however, it may be worth looking closer to home – and not just because of the unusually warm British summer of the last few [...]
Lloyds share price passes break even point for taxpayer as bank reports swing to profit August 1, 2013 Share prices in Lloyds Banking Group have surpassed what the City regards as the "real" break even point for the taxpayer as the group reports a swing to profit in the first half of the year. This morning, the Lloyds share price passed the 73.6p "real" break-even point, which represents the average price at which [...]
Topshop gets shirty over loss of Rihanna case July 31, 2013 POPSTAR Rihanna yesterday came out tops in her High Court legal battle against Arcadia – the owner of high street retailer Topshop. The case was brought by RiRi – who used her real name Robyn Rihanna Fenty – because of an image of the star that Topshop used on its Rihanna tank t-shirt, which was [...]
Cameron under pressure to apologise to former treasurer wrongly accused in “cash for access” scandal July 31, 2013 Former Conservative co-treasurer Peter Cruddas has won £180,000 in libel damages over allegations in the Sunday Times that he charged for secret meetings with prime minister David Cameron. The High Court in London also said the newspaper would have to pay £500,000 in costs. It said that it was “dismayed” with the outcome and planned [...]
JP Morgan to settle over US energy rigging charges July 29, 2013 JP MORGAN Chase was last night publicly accused by a US federal watchdog of manipulating American energy markets in a series of trades made between 2010 and 2011. The Wall Street bank, led by high profile chief executive Jamie Dimon, is widely expected to settle the charges with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Ferc), the [...]
Bernanke will testify in court July 29, 2013 FEDERAL Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke has been ordered to testify in a high profile court case centred on the US government’s multi-billion bailout of AIG. Bernanke will give evidence in a case brought by AIG’s former chief executive Hank Greenberg. Judge Thomas Wheeler threw out the government’s plea to exempt Bernanke. “The court cannot fathom [...]