Carlsberg doesn’t do minimum prices, says group’s chief exec December 16, 2012 CARLSBERG doesn’t do cut-price offers for its alcoholic products – but even if it did it certainly would not agree with current proposals being considered by the UK government. Carlsberg boss Jorgen Buhl Rasmussen has spoken out against proposals to combat the binge-drinking culture of the UK. The plans could see a minimum price-per-unit of [...]
KEY PLAYERS IN COURTROOM DRAMA May 9, 2012 MARTIN BLESSING CHIEF EXECUTIVE, COMMERZBANK Cutting bonuses was the “right thing” to do, Blessing told the High Court, saying the handling of 9,000 job cuts was a greater concern. Bonus promises were not a “binding commitment”, he said. Blessing added: “If I promise my wife to be home at 8pm for dinner and come in [...]
KEY PLAYERS IN COURTROOM DRAMA May 9, 2012 MARTIN BLESSING CHIEF EXECUTIVE, COMMERZBANK Cutting bonuses was the “right thing” to do, Blessing told the High Court, saying the handling of 9,000 job cuts was a greater concern. Bonus promises were not a “binding commitment”, he said. Blessing added: “If I promise my wife to be home at 8pm for dinner and come in [...]
Tchenguiz judge says fraud agency needs more funding May 24, 2012 A SENIOR judge said yesterday the Serious Fraud Office had failed to set out a “rather simple” case clearly during an investigation into the Tchenguiz brothers and called for better funding for the agency. Judge John Thomas, who has already slated the agency for “sheer incompetence” in the case linked to the collapse of Iceland’s [...]
Tchenguiz judge says fraud agency needs more funding May 24, 2012 A SENIOR judge said yesterday the Serious Fraud Office had failed to set out a “rather simple” case clearly during an investigation into the Tchenguiz brothers and called for better funding for the agency. Judge John Thomas, who has already slated the agency for “sheer incompetence” in the case linked to the collapse of Iceland’s [...]
East Oxford Street prepares for major high street regeneration October 30, 2012 THE ARRIVAL of Crossrail and the regeneration of Tottenham Court Road is set to double spending growth in the area by £448m over the next 12 years, according to a report commissioned by the New West End Company. The east end of Oxford Street has struggled over the years to shake off its image as [...]
East Oxford Street prepares for major high street regeneration October 30, 2012 THE ARRIVAL of Crossrail and the regeneration of Tottenham Court Road is set to double spending growth in the area by £448m over the next 12 years, according to a report commissioned by the New West End Company. The east end of Oxford Street has struggled over the years to shake off its image as [...]
Coulson charged with perjury over phone hacking evidence May 30, 2012 PRIME Minister David Cameron’s former spokesman was charged with perjury yesterday, after denying in court any knowledge of widespread phone hacking by reporters at Rupert Murdoch’s News of the World. The charges against Andy Coulson, a former editor of the tabloid weekly, damages Cameron because it calls into question his judgment in employing a man [...]
What the other papers say this morning January 7, 2013 FINANCIAL TIMES Icelandic raider pleads not guilty Jón Ásgeir Jóhannesson, the Icelandic corporate raider who used to own large parts of the UK high street, has pleaded not guilty as one of the most notorious sagas in the collapse of the Icelandic banking system came to court. Obama announces new security team Barack Obama has [...]
Coulson detained over perjury allegations May 30, 2012 Prime Minister David Cameron’s former spokesman has been detained on suspicion of committing perjury after he denied any knowledge of phone hacking by News of the World reporters in a court case in 2010. Scotland’s Crown Office said on Wednesday that Andy Coulson had been held by police officers investigating allegations of perjury following his [...]