NEED TO KNOW | AREA INSIGHT March 10, 2011 Education: Awash with good schools. St James’s Roman Catholic Primary School is rated “excellent” by Ofsted, as are St Saviour’s Grammar School and St Olave’s Grammar School for boys, and Darrick Wood School – a co-educational comprehensive. Parents of sporty kids may want to consider The Priory School, a specialist sports college. Crime: Rates are [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING May 31, 2011 FINANCIAL TIMES WALL STREET “MISPRICED” LINKEDIN’S IPO A prominent Facebook investor and director accused Wall Street of undervaluing the LinkedIn initial public offering earlier this month, contributing to the doubling of its shares on opening day. Peter Thiel, an early Facebook investor and co-founder of PayPal, said banks did not understand the full potential of [...]
From banking to betting: the gamble that paid off May 30, 2011 IF YOU didn’t have a dot-com idea at the end of the 90s, people looked at you in a slightly odd way,” says Ed Wray, the co-founder of Betfair. After eight years in the City at JP Morgan, he reached the role of vice president on the debt capital markets desk before finding his dot-com [...]
From banking to betting: the gamble that paid off May 30, 2011 IF YOU didn’t have a dot-com idea at the end of the 90s, people looked at you in a slightly odd way,” says Ed Wray, the co-founder of Betfair. After eight years in the City at JP Morgan, he reached the role of vice president on the debt capital markets desk before finding his dot-com [...]
Henson’s left sweating on his future with Toulon April 26, 2011 TROUBLED Wales star Gavin Henson has been summoned for showdown talks with his national rugby union as French club Toulon consider the possibility of terminating his contract. Henson, who has only played twice for his latest employers since his arrival in February following a short stint at Saracens, was suspended after becoming involved in a [...]
Henson’s left sweating on his future with Toulon April 26, 2011 TROUBLED Wales star Gavin Henson has been summoned for showdown talks with his national rugby union as French club Toulon consider the possibility of terminating his contract. Henson, who has only played twice for his latest employers since his arrival in February following a short stint at Saracens, was suspended after becoming involved in a [...]
CITY MOVES | WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS April 18, 2011 Ladbrokes Ladbrokes has appointed Ian Bull as chief financial officer, effective from 4 July, when he will report to Ladbrokes chief executive Richard Glynn. Bull joins Ladbrokes from Greene King, where he was group finance director from 2006, contributing to the expansion of the business through organic growth and the acquisition of 2,500 pubs across [...]
Turmoil creates buying opportunity March 16, 2011 WHILE the Mitchells & Butlers soap opera plays itself out in the boardroom, the company is doing swimmingly. Maybe the infighting has led to a creative tension that is good for business. Whatever the reason, investors should use the 2.9 per cent fall in M&B’s shares yesterday as a buying opportunity. The group holds some of [...]
BRASSERIE BLANC FOCUSES ON LE PUB August 16, 2010 THE private equity firm behind Brasserie Blanc, Core Capital, said it will launch the White Brasserie Company which will focus on gastropubs. It will start by opening the Queen’s Head in Weybridge, Surrey, and the King’s Head in Teddington, Middlesex. Raymond Blanc (above) is the chef behind Brasserie Blanc.
BEST OF THE BROKERS March 23, 2011 DEUTSCHE TELEKOM Goldman Sachs rates the telecoms group “neutral”, up from “sell”, with a target price of €10.90 (£9.47). The broker thinks the possible sale of T-Mobile USA will be positive for the firm even if it doesn’t go ahead, given the $3bn cash and spectrum assets promised in the break clause. The sale would [...]