Dame Vera Lynn wins trademark battle with gin brand December 17, 2019 Dame Vera Lynn has won a trademark battle over the use of her name by an artisanal gin brand. Halewood International applied to trade mark the Second World War singer’s name in June this year, but the 102-year-old entertainer opposed the attempt on the basis that it could appear that she was endorsing the product. [...]
Property of the Week: A modern mews hidden in the heart of the legal district November 8, 2019 London lawyers looking for a pied-a-terre could find their perfect home in this secluded new mews development in the heart of the legal district. Pinks Mews is a Victorian block on Dyers Buildings; a quiet gated street set just behind the hustle and bustle of Holborn. It has just been redeveloped to create 35 luxury, [...]
City Moves for 3 May – Who’s switching jobs at Ikea, EIP and McLarens? May 3, 2019 Today's City Moves includes Ikea, EIP and McLarens. Ikea Ikea has announced the appointment of Peter Jelkeby as country retail manager with responsibility for the UK and Ireland. Taking over from Javier Quinones, who joins Ikea USA as country retail manager, Peter will continue to strengthen Ikea’s position as the number one home furnishing retailer [...]
London offers a magic potion for startup success, but we can up our game February 28, 2019 The formula for a successful business is impossible to define. Just having the best product isn’t enough (Betamax’s loss to VHS back in the eighties can tell you that). Great branding and brilliant management are both necessary, obviously, but neither is a silver bullet. Luck is probably part of it. Hard work too. But whatever [...]
Social media influencers promise greater clarity over sponsored posts amid CMA crackdown January 23, 2019 A host of high-profile celebrity influencers have agreed to be more transparent about when their social media posts are sponsored amid a crackdown on surreptitious product endorsements. Singers Ellie Goulding and Rita Ora and models Alexa Chung and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley are among the 16 social media stars who have given formal commitments to state clearly [...]
Unexplained wealth orders: The UK’s newest weapon in the war against dirty money October 29, 2018 It’s not easy to spend £1.6m a year in Harrods. Head to the website of the iconic department store – a shopping staple for London’s extremely well-to-do – filter the gift selection by the aspirational “Over £2,000” category, then sort them from highest to lowest price, and the most expensive thing you will find is an [...]
Mystery banker’s wife loses anti-corruption order appeal in victory for National Crime Agency October 3, 2018 The high-rolling wife of an anonymous banker has been defeated in her push to overturn efforts by the National Crime Agency (NCA) to make her reveal how she was able to afford properties in Britain worth £22m. A High Court judge overturned an attempt by the woman, identified as Mrs A, to block the NCA’s [...]
Clifford Chance breaks ranks with magic circle to include partners in its gender pay gap figures March 27, 2018 Clifford Chance has included its partner pay in its gender pay gap report, the first magic circle law firm to do so. The firm revealed today that it had a mean hourly pay gap of 66.3 per cent, falling to 27.3 per cent in its partnership ranks, 27.7 per cent among its business services staff [...]
Uber’s gig economy fight could head to UK Supreme Court as employment tribunal appeal ruling coming Friday November 7, 2017 Uber’s gig economy fight could be about to head to Britain’s highest court with a decision due in a landmark case over workers rights coming on Friday. It’s another crucial test that has the potential to upend its business in the UK following a row with regulators which had put its London operations at risk. [...]
Yahoo would be liable to pay a $198m fine were GDPR already enforced December 19, 2016 At the dawn of the internet, Google and Yahoo were in stiff competition for search dominance. Many think the former’s success was due in part to its name becoming a ubiquitous verb for searching online. But decades on, semantic development has finally caught up with Yahoo. Its name is now synonymous with bad data practice. [...]