CITY MOVES WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS November 29, 2009 Norton RoseThe law firm has appointed Kate Alliott to its banking practice in London as a debt capital markets partner.Alliott joins from legal giant Clifford Chance, where she was a partner in the capital markets group. She has wide-ranging debt capital markets and structured finance experience, with a specialist focus on project bonds and infrastructure [...]
The power plant boss who is busy trying to clean up her firm’s act December 16, 2009 T he best way to describe the chief executive of Drax power station Dorothy Thompson is to say that she is poised – a quality that will undoubtedly come in handy when it comes to navigating a path through energy markets beset with low demand and ever more onerous climate change targets. When one meets [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING October 21, 2009 FINANCIAL TIMES MACQUARIE MOVING TO DRAPERS GARDENSMacquarie has agreed a deal to occupy one of the largest developments in the City of London, raising expectations of a surprise shortage of new office space in the Square Mile. The Australian financial group will move into the majority of the Drapers Gardens scheme near the Bank of [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING December 13, 2009 THE SUNDAYS The Sundays Telegraph DEBENHAMS DIRECTORS GET BUMPER PAYOUTS Directors of Debenhams have received bumper payouts, despite the retailer cutting its dividend payment to shareholders last year. Rob Templeman, chief executive, saw his package increase by a third to £1.24m after he was granted a bonus of £428,073. Michael Sharp, deputy chief executive, saw [...]
Shift to low-carbon economy will boost clean technology prospects October 14, 2009 INVESTING in clean technology used to be perceived as an activity that was primarily the domain of slightly hippy do-gooders with little interest in high-yielding returns. But any lingering misconceptions of tree-huggers and poor returns were swept away earlier this week when billionaire George Soros said he planned to invest $1bn in clean-energy technologies over [...]
G20 agrees on fresh support November 8, 2009 FINANCE ministers from the world’s richest nations have agreed to maintain fiscal support for economies until it is clear any recovery is sustainable. Meeting at the G20 summit in St Andrews on Saturday, delegates said concerns over unemployment and uneven growth in the short term meant the props of policy should be kept in place. [...]
The car that delicately sips its fuel June 8, 2010 IF YOU’RE the kind of driver that gets their kicks out of economy and efficiency and can’t wait for the advancing wave of super economical electric vehicles to get here, then Volvo’s C30 1.6D DRIVe could be the car for you. The coolest thing about Volvo’s C30 DRIVe Start/Stop model is undoubtedly reading the LED [...]
The car that delicately sips its fuel June 8, 2010 IF YOU’RE the kind of driver that gets their kicks out of economy and efficiency and can’t wait for the advancing wave of super economical electric vehicles to get here, then Volvo’s C30 1.6D DRIVe could be the car for you. The coolest thing about Volvo’s C30 DRIVe Start/Stop model is undoubtedly reading the LED [...]
Ryanair issues threat to Boeing over planes November 2, 2009 RYANAIR, the European budget airline run by colourful Michael O’Leary, signalled a U-turn in its growth plans yesterday, saying it might stop expanding if it fails to negotiate a better deal with Boeing on new aircraft. The carrier, which has been following an aggressive growth-plan despite the slump, is talking to the US planemaker about [...]
Ryanair issues threat to Boeing over planes November 2, 2009 RYANAIR, the European budget airline run by colourful Michael O’Leary, signalled a U-turn in its growth plans yesterday, saying it might stop expanding if it fails to negotiate a better deal with Boeing on new aircraft. The carrier, which has been following an aggressive growth-plan despite the slump, is talking to the US planemaker about [...]