EBay to open a pop-up shop for Christmas November 17, 2011 ONLINE retailer eBay is to open a Christmas “pop-up” store in London’s busiest shopping district. The store, located on Dean Street – a stone’s throw away from Oxford Street – will not directly sell anything but will feature display models with codes customers can scan with their smartphone if they want to make a purchase. [...]
FOCUS ON: BRENTWOOD, ESSEX November 3, 2011 LANGTONS, SOUTH WEALD Price: £2.8m This listed eight-bedroom country house has 11 acres of gardens and paddocks. It is situated opposite Weald Country Park. It has four reception rooms, three bathrooms, a heated swimming pool, tennis court and stables. Contact: Savills on 01245 293 233 or go to www.savills.co.uk KENDALL COURT, THE GALLERIES Price: £440,000 [...]
FOCUS ON: BRENTWOOD, ESSEX November 3, 2011 LANGTONS, SOUTH WEALD Price: £2.8m This listed eight-bedroom country house has 11 acres of gardens and paddocks. It is situated opposite Weald Country Park. It has four reception rooms, three bathrooms, a heated swimming pool, tennis court and stables. Contact: Savills on 01245 293 233 or go to www.savills.co.uk KENDALL COURT, THE GALLERIES Price: £440,000 [...]
Gagging order shredded in a blow for Fred May 19, 2011 A SUPER-INJUNCTION taken out by former RBS boss Sir Fred Goodwin was partially lifted by the high court after a peer told the House of Lords of its details yesterday. Liberal Democrat peer Lord Stoneham – whose comments can be reported as they were covered by parliamentary privilege – questioned why events leading up to [...]
London braced as Liverpool fans plan High Court protest October 10, 2010 ANGRY Liverpool supporters are planning to descend on central London in their hundreds this week when the club’s ownership is decided in the High Court. Reds fans intend to travel to the capital by the coach-load in order to vent their disgust at unpopular owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett outside the Royal Courts of [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING December 1, 2011 FINANCIAL TIMES STRIKE GETS RETAIL TILLS RINGING This week’s strike proved a boon for Britain’s battered high streets, with official figures recording a 38 per cent increase in shopper numbers on Wednesday as public sector employees and parents of school-age children hit the stores. The fillip to trade was welcomed as the equivalent of “an [...]
Unite to clash with BMI in High Court September 19, 2010 BMI, the British carrier, is to come face to face with trade union Unite in the High Court today over a pay freeze dispute. Unite, which has also launched legal action against British Airways, is taking the BMI to court for a “breach of contract” over failure to increase pay for 3,000 BMI staff. The [...]
RAPID RESPONSES January 11, 2012 Capacity challenge The real issue facing the UK is how to increase capacity in our public transport system. Few transport professionals would support the newly approved High Speed Rail 2 project (HS2) compared to Rod Eddington’s highly regarded policy proposals from December 2006, which would make a genuine difference to public transport. These are all [...]
HSBC: Vickers cost too high to stay in UK November 9, 2011 HSBC will leave London if there are not substantial changes to the policies proposed by the Vickers Commission, its chief financial officer Iain Mackay said yesterday. Speaking during the bank’s third-quarter results presentation, Mackay said that Vickers’ demand that bank issue billions in senior unsecured debt in order to absorb losses if it fails would [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING January 16, 2012 FINANCIAL TIMES MORRISON COOLS INTEREST IN IRELAND Wm Morrison’s interest in Iceland Foods is cooling, raising doubts about whether Britain’s fourth biggest supermarket chain by market share will mount a £1.5bn bid for the frozen food specialist. Morrison was one of the companies expected to make an offer for Iceland Foods, for which second round [...]