Blood on the beach as Apprentices get nasty October 13, 2010 The great mystery of The Apprentice is when everyone actually sleeps. After last week’s midnight challenge, they were this time woken at 5.30am. Summoned to Heathrow, it was an elaborately cruel way to announce their new task: to create and pitch a new beach accessory. In the ever-inspiring confines of Terminal 5, the teams had [...]
Blood on the beach as Apprentices get nasty October 13, 2010 The great mystery of The Apprentice is when everyone actually sleeps. After last week’s midnight challenge, they were this time woken at 5.30am. Summoned to Heathrow, it was an elaborately cruel way to announce their new task: to create and pitch a new beach accessory. In the ever-inspiring confines of Terminal 5, the teams had [...]
Investors flock to defensive stocks as FTSE inches higher August 12, 2010 BRITAIN’S top share index ended higher yesterday after defensives gained, led by pharma firm GlaxoSmithKline after US authorities recommended approval of its Potiga epilepsy drug. The FTSE 100 ended up 20.85 points, or 0.4 per cent, at 5,266.06, having hit its lowest close in three weeks on Wednesday when it fell 2.4 per cent to [...]
Investors flock to defensive stocks as FTSE inches higher August 12, 2010 BRITAIN’S top share index ended higher yesterday after defensives gained, led by pharma firm GlaxoSmithKline after US authorities recommended approval of its Potiga epilepsy drug. The FTSE 100 ended up 20.85 points, or 0.4 per cent, at 5,266.06, having hit its lowest close in three weeks on Wednesday when it fell 2.4 per cent to [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING May 13, 2010 FINANCIAL TIMES TENSIONS LIE AHEAD FOR TREASURY Early this year, a top Treasury official sipped coffee in the departmental canteen and mused about the process of deficit reduction. It would be a long grind, he said, requiring hard work and persistence. Most important, he predicted, would be the task of “keeping a coalition in favour [...]
Osborne takes a break from the campaign trail to talk to the City April 26, 2010 LAST YEAR, the future looked very different for George Osborne. With the Tories enjoying a seemingly unassailable lead in the polls, few doubted he would become the next chancellor. Privately, Tory strategists even whispered the word “landslide”. Now nearly all the polls point at a hung parliament and Osborne, who is also the Tories’ election [...]
China takes control of production for London’s black cabs March 17, 2010 LONDON black cab production is to transfer to China – moving away from Britain for the first time. Bodies and chassis for the latest TX4 model will only be assembled at manufacturer Manganese Bronze’s Coventry plant after being imported from China. Sixty jobs at the plant will be lost as a result of the switch [...]
Black cabs to be made in China March 17, 2010 LONDON black cab production is to transfer to China – moving away from Britain for the first time. Bodies and chassis for the latest TX4 model will only be assembled at manufacturer Manganese Bronze’s Coventry plant. Sixty jobs at the plant will be lost as a result of the switch of production to China. Manganese [...]
Food to make central London blush March 1, 2010 The Artichoke 9 Market Square, Old Amersham, Bucks, HP7 ODF, tel: 01494 726611 Cost per person without wine: £40 For a Tuesday evening, it wasn’t the usual sort of place to meet for dinner. From Baker Street we boarded a Metropolitan Line train to Amersham and, 50 minutes later, hopped out into the fog and [...]
Electric taxi cab gears up for a London launch February 8, 2010 ELECTRIC taxis could soon hit London’s streets, after a prototype model was unveiled yesterday. Britain’s Eco City Vehicles has launched an electric prototype of the Mercedes Vito taxi, which it will trial later this year to test its suitability for use as part of London’s iconic black taxi fleet. “The eVito is the first all-electric [...]