Amazon’s Kindle could annoy the publishing trade October 8, 2009 AT last, Amazon’s much-hyped Kindle is upon us, with a Europe-wide release date scheduled for 19 October. For anyone who doubts just how big e-books are going to be, consider this: the Kindle version of Dan Brown’s latest book, The Lost Symbol, is outselling the hardcover edition on Amazon. Earlier this week, Forrester Research upped [...]
Amazon’s Kindle could annoy the publishing trade October 8, 2009 AT last, Amazon’s much-hyped Kindle is upon us, with a Europe-wide release date scheduled for 19 October. For anyone who doubts just how big e-books are going to be, consider this: the Kindle version of Dan Brown’s latest book, The Lost Symbol, is outselling the hardcover edition on Amazon. Earlier this week, Forrester Research upped [...]
WHERE TO GO FOR A TOP SAUSAGE November 4, 2009 HG WALTERPremium butchers supplying Hibiscus, Arbutus and top schools in London. Their sausage maker has been making the same traditional recipe for 30 years using free-range Surrey pigs for juicy, fatty cuts of belly and shoulder, plus rock salt and white pepper. The sausages are 80-85 per cent meat, depending on the presence of leek [...]
WHERE TO GO FOR A TOP SAUSAGE November 4, 2009 HG WALTERPremium butchers supplying Hibiscus, Arbutus and top schools in London. Their sausage maker has been making the same traditional recipe for 30 years using free-range Surrey pigs for juicy, fatty cuts of belly and shoulder, plus rock salt and white pepper. The sausages are 80-85 per cent meat, depending on the presence of leek [...]
Think inside the Square: why the City is a top spot to buy a home November 26, 2009 IF YOU’RE looking for the ultimate Tube-busting pied a terre, the Square Mile can’t be bettered for history, beauty and – of course – convenience. Other financial centres are not exactly places you’d want to live: tightly packed with skyscrapers and fumes, they have a sterile, uninhabitable feel (just think of mid-town New York or [...]
C&C quenches its thirst with a cider acquisition spree November 30, 2009 IRISH drinks group C&C yesterday said it had acquired the UK cider assets of Constellation Brands – including Blackthorn, Olde English and Gaymer – for £45m in cash. C&C chief executive John Dunsmore said the price of the assets was “highly attractive”, while analysts said the deal handed the company a third of the UK [...]
JD Wetherspoon, Carlsberg unite September 15, 2009 Pub group JD Wetherspoon and brewer Carlsberg UK have announced a new partnership to supply Carlsberg and Tuborg beers in all Wetherspoon’s outlets. The deal was unveiled yesterday at a launch at the new O2 Academy in Birmingham. JD Wetherspoon said the move was timed perfectly to exploit Carlsberg’s sponsorship of the FA and the [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING October 18, 2009 THE SUNDAYSThe Sunday Telegraph £5.5BN PLAN FOR POWER STATIONA £5.5bn planning application, the largest ever in central London, will be made today when Ireland’s Real Estate Opportunities and Treasury Holdings reveal their blueprint for the redevelopment of Battersea Power Station. Plans for the mixed commercial and residential site, which developers say will be as iconically [...]
EXBARRISTER FINDS A RAFT OF USES FOR CITY’S USELESS BANKERS November 16, 2009 A RATHER quaint looking little book lands on The Capitalist’s desk and promptly causes a bit of a stir. Said tome has been penned – if you can call it that – by Alex Steuart Williams, a former barrister turned cartoonist and feature film animator (with movie credits such as The Lion King and Harry [...]
BMAurges ban on alcohol ads September 8, 2009 The British Medical Association (BMA) has called for a blanket ban on the advertising of alcohol on television, radio and online to tackle binge drinking among young people. The BMA said advertising, including promotions such as happy hours, should be scrapped to combat the “soaring cost of alcohol-related harm”. However, media research firm Nielsen said [...]