Modern living in Georgian homes January 30, 2014 Melissa York meets the developer who transformed dilapidated offices into £5m gems N UMBERS 58 and 59 Myddleton Square, Islington, have lived many lives – first as opulent townhouses with quarters for staff; then a more modest existence as apartments and offices; and, finally, as a vacant, but handsome, building falling into disrepair. Originally built [...]
What the other papers say this morning – 19 March 2014 March 18, 2014 FINANCIAL TIMES Labour pledges power to Scotland The Labour party has pledged more powers for Scotland in an attempt to bolster pro-union support six months before September’s referendum on independence. The prospects for devolution have become a battleground between pro-union campaigners and nationalists who argue that only independence would let Scotland decide its economic destiny. [...]
It’s about time for a spring clean April 16, 2014 Your watch is probably long overdue a service – and what better time of the year to do so? Allow the watchmakers at Wempe to explain VENTURE down the stairs at Breitling or Vacheron Constantin’s shiny new boutiques on Bond Street, or simply browse the windows of David M Robinson in Canary Wharf’s subterranean Jubilee [...]
Fund price war looms as Hargreaves cuts fees January 15, 2014 FUNDS group Hargreaves Lansdown yesterday unveiled a tariff for customers using its investment platform – the opening salvo in an looming price battle between fund supermarkets. The FTSE 100 group, based in Bristol, said customers will pay 0.45 per cent a year on the first £250,000 they invest and 0.25 per cent on investments of [...]
The tipping point: Why smartphone advertising may be set to soar February 9, 2014 @LiamWardProud MOBILE is the future” – we’ve heard it so many times it’s almost become a platitude. But while consumers have flooded into the smartphone market with haste (the chief executive of the Internet Advertising Bureau recently forecast that UK penetration will reach 75 per cent this year), ad spend is making the transition at [...]
Munich Re plays down threat from rivals October 21, 2013 REINSURER Munich Re said yesterday it expects to keep its pricing power steady in renewing risk cover contracts with insurers in the coming weeks, playing down the competitive threat from pension fund investors that may undermine prices. The world’s biggest reinsurer said it was well positioned for negotiations with insurance companies for new contracts for [...]
House sales up again with flood of new buyers September 11, 2014 The housing market resurged again in July, defying expectations that activity was slowing down, industry figures revealed yesterday. The number of first-time buyers surged by 25 per cent in the year, according to the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML). More than 30,000 bought a place on the housing ladder in the month, the biggest number since [...]
Rethinking the safe haven: What’s fuelling gold’s rise March 17, 2014 Simple assumptions about the yellow metal could result in traders getting burnt. Treasury yields could be a better metric for gauging where it may go next To many, gold’s sharp rise in recent months, widely attributed to increasing geopolitical tension in Ukraine and fears of a Chinese economic slowdown, has underscored its role as the [...]
How Martin Gilbert is poised to challenge the US giants February 2, 2014 A painful experience in the past has helped Aberdeen Asset Management build for the future. Its CEO tells David Hellier how his latest deal can be a catalyst for US expansion WHEN Martin Gilbert and his board first discussed the acquisition of Scottish Widows Investment Partnership (SWIP) from Lloyds last March, they turned the deal [...]
Wake up and smell the coffee February 23, 2014 Annabel Palmer talks to Coco di Mama founders Daniel Land and Jeremy Sanders – the childhood friends and pasta fanatics who are bringing quick service Italian to professionals across the City UK PASTA sales grew by 6 per cent between 2011 and 2012 to reach £557m. We’re not the only ones engaged in an ongoing [...]