WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING January 23, 2012 FINANCIAL TIMES HAYWARD ACCUSED OF LYING TO US CONGRESS Lawyers for plaintiffs suing for damages over the Deepwater Horizon disaster in 2010 have alleged that Tony Hayward, BP’s former chief executive, lied in a court statement and gave untruthful testimony to the US Congress when he testified about the spill. In a filing at the [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING January 23, 2012 FINANCIAL TIMES HAYWARD ACCUSED OF LYING TO US CONGRESS Lawyers for plaintiffs suing for damages over the Deepwater Horizon disaster in 2010 have alleged that Tony Hayward, BP’s former chief executive, lied in a court statement and gave untruthful testimony to the US Congress when he testified about the spill. In a filing at the [...]
Greene King to buy Capital Pub Company for £70m July 19, 2011 Greene King is to buy a London pub chain, beating rival Fuller, Smith and Turner. The Capital Pub Company, which has 34 pubs, has accepted the £70m cash offer. It rejected Fullers’ £54m takeover approach last month dismissing it as insufficient. Greene King wants to expand its presence in what it described as the “attractive [...]
Capital Pubs in profits lift June 21, 2011 CAPITAL Pub Company yesterday reported a profit surge that could send its price tag up as Fuller, Smith & Turner looks to buy the business. Fuller made public a £54m bid last week but Capital’s chief executive Clive Watson has steadfastly refused to entertain the offer. His bargaining hand is now stronger given that in [...]
Miners peg back FTSE as UK inflation dips again March 20, 2012 Miners pegged the FTSE 100 back in early trading as fears that demand from China for metals was falling sapped investor confidence. BHP Billiton, the world’s biggest miner, fell 1.9 per cent after saying it was seeing signs of “flattening” iron ore demand from China. The sector is pinning its hopes on continuing fast growth [...]
Hotel for all seasons at idyllic South Sands in Salcombe April 1, 2012 Twenty minutes’ walk from Salcombe, the year-old South Sands hotel sits on its own beach: a perfectly secluded spot and just what posh old Salcombe needs. There’s a New England charm to the hotel – white-picket chic but unstuffy and airy – alongside a friendly laid-back feel from the Antipodean staff, who are unassumingly and [...]
Greene King beats Fullers to seal deal for Capital Pub Co July 19, 2011 GREENE King is to buy the Capital Pub Company, beating rival Fuller, Smith and Turner to take over the business. The Capital Pub Company, which has 34 pubs, has accepted the £70m cash offer which trumped Fullers’ £54m takeover approach last month. The chain, which specialises in revamping pubs in affluent London areas, rejected Fullers’ [...]
Greene King beats Fullers to seal deal for Capital Pub Co July 19, 2011 GREENE King is to buy the Capital Pub Company, beating rival Fuller, Smith and Turner to take over the business. The Capital Pub Company, which has 34 pubs, has accepted the £70m cash offer which trumped Fullers’ £54m takeover approach last month. The chain, which specialises in revamping pubs in affluent London areas, rejected Fullers’ [...]
Shopping in style at the City’s 10 best June 17, 2012 Paul A Young, Bank 1 London’s most delectable chocolatier has shops in Islington and Soho, but our favourite is the outpost on Threadneedle Street. Just a stone’s throw from Bank, the store is a beacon of temptation, with its opulent display window and signature purple exterior. Paul, who has flame-red hair, oversees an operation in [...]
BEST OF THE BROKERS January 9, 2012 ARM HOLDINGS FinnCap rates the Cambridge-based chipmaker as a “hold” with a target price of 575p, saying the company is at the heart of the mobile revolution, with its low power products ubiquitous in smartphone and tablet processors. The broker says the shares are “worth picking up on a bad day”, with plenty of upside [...]