City recruiter sees UK fees growth slow March 1, 2012 THE CITY jobs market is unlikely to improve this year, according to the chief executive of recruiter Robert Walters, which yesterday posted slowing growth in its UK business. Despite net fee income growing just three per cent in the UK in 2011 compared to 36 per cent the previous year, a strong performance by the [...]
Amazon’s gorilla warfare teaches a tactical lesson March 21, 2012 PUBLISHING is full of contradictions. Over the last decade, business book publishers have been full of advice they never followed themselves. The industry that brought us the handbook for the digital age, The Long Tail, didn’t attend to its prediction that mass markets would fragment into thousands of micro markets. Did You Spot The Gorilla, [...]
Belgium may be the next domino to fall in crisis July 12, 2011 WHILE most of the focus of the Eurozone crisis has been on Portugal, Greece and Ireland, more countries are being drawn into the fray. Italy’s bond yields are spiking and governmentless Belgium seems overdue for a government bond rating downgrade. With a lack of faith in the euro, these worries are driving the Swiss franc [...]
Belgium may be the next domino to fall in crisis July 12, 2011 WHILE most of the focus of the Eurozone crisis has been on Portugal, Greece and Ireland, more countries are being drawn into the fray. Italy’s bond yields are spiking and governmentless Belgium seems overdue for a government bond rating downgrade. With a lack of faith in the euro, these worries are driving the Swiss franc [...]
MEET THE ADVISERS: January 8, 2012 GUY PETERS SEYMOUR PIERCE Belvoir’s nominated advisory team is being led by Guy Peters, managing director of corporate finance at the investment bank Seymour Pierce. A qualified solicitor, Peters moved into investment banking in 1989, working at Arbuthnot Securities for a decade before joining Shore Capital in 2004. There he acted for the team running [...]
French banks ratings cut as state backing weakens January 24, 2012 THREE major French banks saw their credit ratings downgraded by ratings agency Standard and Poor’s yesterday, less than two weeks after the country itself lost its coveted triple-A status. The long-term counterparty credit ratings of BPCE, Crédit Agricole Agricole and Société Générale were all chopped from “A plus” to “A.” “This is a direct consequence [...]
French banks ratings cut as state backing weakens January 24, 2012 THREE major French banks saw their credit ratings downgraded by ratings agency Standard and Poor’s yesterday, less than two weeks after the country itself lost its coveted triple-A status. The long-term counterparty credit ratings of BPCE, Crédit Agricole Agricole and Société Générale were all chopped from “A plus” to “A.” “This is a direct consequence [...]
THE TIPSTER ROCKY ROAD PAVED WITH CHOCOLATE HEAVEN February 13, 2012 CHOCOLATIER Thorntons will be hoping it can keep investors sweet, when it releases its latest update this week. Its Christmas update provided little cheer, and it is somewhat hard to believe that the market for slightly upmarket chocolates has improved in any way during the post-Christmas season – even if some Britons might have turned [...]
Product demand boosts Domino Printing June 21, 2011 Britain’s Domino Printing has seen a rise in profits on increased demand for its products. Domino, whose printers are used for stamping barcodes and expiry dates on foods and other products, raised its interim dividend by 20 per cent. Pre-tax profit for the six months to 30 April was £28.2m in comparison to the £25.1m [...]
Product demand boosts Domino Printing June 21, 2011 Britain’s Domino Printing has seen a rise in profits on increased demand for its products. Domino, whose printers are used for stamping barcodes and expiry dates on foods and other products, raised its interim dividend by 20 per cent. Pre-tax profit for the six months to 30 April was £28.2m in comparison to the £25.1m [...]