What the other papers say this morning – 01 November 2013 October 31, 2013 FINANCIAL TIMES Microsoft urged to spin Xbox business Microsoft’s next chief executive should consider spinning off consumer businesses including search advertising and the Xbox games console, according to the private investment vehicle of Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen. Mr Allen, who started the company with Bill Gates in 1975 and still holds a $2bn stake, is [...]
Boost to the UK economy from dating up £200m from 2012 August 30, 2013 The boost to the UK economy from spending on dates is expected to rise by six per cent in 2013 compared with the year before, according to a study commissioned by match.com. This year, the overall spend on dating by UK singles is expected to be £3.6bn – up by £200m on the year before, [...]
MITIE announces a good start to the financial year August 12, 2013 Strategic outsourcing company MITIE has said it has had a good start to the financial year with a “growing order book” and a “strong pipeline of sales opportunities” (release). In its interim management statement for the period 1 April 2013 to date, MITIE said it had secured 89 per cent of budgeted revenues for this [...]
Punch Taverns to sell 65 pubs in bid to pay down its debts January 9, 2013 EMBATTLED pub company Punch Taverns has put 65 properties on the market as the company tries to pay down its colossal debts. The sales, managed by property agents Christie + Co, are the first wave of a plan to sell off around 400 pubs. The company is saddled with more than £2bn of debt. Shares [...]
Mix it up: Absinthe cocktail is cultural gem in heart of Mayfair October 15, 2013 @philip_salter OLD HABITS die hard. But after more than a decade in London, I’ve finally managed to offload most of the dingy pubs, sleazy bars and uninspiring restaurants that I frequented when I first landed in the capital. It’s time you did the same. Let those dodgy establishments serving stale beer and saccharine cocktails slip [...]
I fear for Broad’s safety in Oz, says Hussain August 21, 2013 FORMER England captain Nasser Hussain fears England paceman Stuart Broad could be attacked during the return Ashes series in Australia, following incendiary remarks by the tourists’ coach Darren Lehmann. Lehmann yesterday said he hoped Australia fans Down Under would “give it to him from the word go for the whole summer” in the hope that [...]
Labour pledges to raise UK corporation tax September 23, 2013 IN BRIGHTON ED MILIBAND will today announce a raid on the profits of large UK businesses, as he commits to reversing the coalition’s planned corporation tax cut. The Labour leader will tell his party’s annual conference in Brighton that his government would scrap plans to reduce corporation tax – the charge levied on companies’ profits [...]
Review: The World’s End July 18, 2013 FILM THE WORLD’S END Cert 12a | By Alex Dymoke Three Stars MORRISON’S car parks, Kit Kats, national rail services from Leicester to Coventry – it’s easy to hate the banal rubbishness of small-town Britain. But as a spate of offbeat British comedies have shown, it’s easy to love it too. Hot Fuzz, [...]
Any Other Business – 29/07 July 28, 2013 ■ While many City fitties were pounding the streets of the capital for the London Triathlon this weekend, a smaller group donned trainers and Speedos for a less competitive race. Barclays banker Jim Westropp and friends from BNP Paribas, Partners Capital and CBRE ran six miles around town dressed only in brightly coloured pairs of [...]
Review: The Sign of the Don November 26, 2013 FOOD Four Stars VALUE Three Stars ATMOSPHERE Four Stars Cost for two with matched wine and some sherry £148 Address: 21 St Swithins Lane, EC4N 8AD Tel: 020 7626 2606 If you were taking a partner out for an important occasion – an anniversary, maybe, or the death of a loved one – would you [...]