Gunners chief Kroenke tells United fans to lay off Glazers October 31, 2011 ARSENAL’S majority shareholder Stan Kroenke has urged fans of Manchester United to admit they have been wrong to demonise the Glazer family and thank them for the success they have delivered since their controversial takeover. Despite the Old Trafford club continuing to pick up trophy after trophy since Malcolm Glazer took over the club back [...]
THE WEEK AHEAD November 20, 2011 COMPANY NEWS ● Mitie Group announces its half-year results today. The facilities management company offers a range of building and support services, from industrial painting and engineering, to catering and cleaning. ● Mitchells & Butlers announces its final results and De La Rue announces its interim results tomorrow. M&B runs about 2,000 pubs and restaurants [...]
THE WEEK AHEAD November 20, 2011 COMPANY NEWS ● Mitie Group announces its half-year results today. The facilities management company offers a range of building and support services, from industrial painting and engineering, to catering and cleaning. ● Mitchells & Butlers announces its final results and De La Rue announces its interim results tomorrow. M&B runs about 2,000 pubs and restaurants [...]
The law firm boss who’s not moving anywhere but up April 1, 2012 LAST weekend, Bryan Hughes found himself hanging 50ft above the ground, attached to nothing but a rope. In an effort to face his son’s fear of heights he’d taken him on the high wires at Center Parcs, but when they reached the highest point Hughes found himself feeling a growing sense of panic. “I made [...]
The law firm boss who’s not moving anywhere but up April 1, 2012 LAST weekend, Bryan Hughes found himself hanging 50ft above the ground, attached to nothing but a rope. In an effort to face his son’s fear of heights he’d taken him on the high wires at Center Parcs, but when they reached the highest point Hughes found himself feeling a growing sense of panic. “I made [...]
ALSO OUT PICK OF THE BOOKS October 5, 2011 BAKINGS AND PUDDINGS By Henry Dimbleby and Claire Ptak The third cookbook from Leon, with a naughty but healthy twist. Three quarters of the recipes are sugar, gluten, wheat or dairy free. Score. THE MAP AND THE TERRITORY By Michel Houellebecq The fifth book from the infamous but brilliant French author is mercurial and surreal; [...]
MF Global files for bankruptcy protection October 31, 2011 MF Global, the troubled US broker-dealer run by former Goldman Sachs chief Jon Corzine, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after a tentative deal with a buyer fell apart. The firm’s meltdown in less than a week following big bets on Eurozone debt is a stunning setback for Corzine, who sought to turn MF Global [...]
G4S chief in flurry of ISS meetings October 25, 2011 NICK Buckles, the chief executive of security group G4S, has held more than 20 meetings with key investors over the last fortnight in an attempt to convince them to back the £5.2bn takeover of rival ISS. City A.M. understands Buckles has met several institutional investors more than once and will continue to hold the sessions [...]
Meet the IT man behind JK Rowling’s Pottermore June 26, 2011 JK ROWLING hit the headlines last week when she scuppered Apple and Amazon by taking her books into the digital world on her own online platform. Her entrepreneurial endeavour, however, was built by another rather entrepreneurial endeavour: a digital agency called Think. Think has only existed for eight years. It has travelled all the way [...]
Meet the IT man behind JK Rowling’s Pottermore June 26, 2011 JK ROWLING hit the headlines last week when she scuppered Apple and Amazon by taking her books into the digital world on her own online platform. Her entrepreneurial endeavour, however, was built by another rather entrepreneurial endeavour: a digital agency called Think. Think has only existed for eight years. It has travelled all the way [...]