WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING June 8, 2011 FINANCIAL TIMES BRISTOL WATER SALE LOOMS The owners of Bristol Water have appointed Citigroup to advise on a possible sale of the company, according to people familiar with the matter, in a move that paves the way for the first deal in the privatised UK industry since the financial crisis. Agbar, the Spanish water specialist [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING June 8, 2011 FINANCIAL TIMES BRISTOL WATER SALE LOOMS The owners of Bristol Water have appointed Citigroup to advise on a possible sale of the company, according to people familiar with the matter, in a move that paves the way for the first deal in the privatised UK industry since the financial crisis. Agbar, the Spanish water specialist [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING May 11, 2011 FINANCIAL TIMES MP TALKS TOUGH OVER SSE MIS-SALE The UK’s big gas and electricity suppliers should be forced to repay any profits made by mis-selling their products on the doorstep, the chairman of an influential House of Commons committee has suggested. Scottish and Southern Energy was found guilty of unfair trading on Tuesday after its [...]
GLOOMY JUNE DATA NOT ALL DUE TO JAPAN June 6, 2011 WELL, that was a poor start to the new month. Last week saw the release of a stack of economic numbers from around the globe, the majority of which were significantly weaker than expected. The US data were particularly disappointing as the Chicago PMI, consumer confidence, S&P/Case Shiller house price index, vehicle sales, ADP employment, [...]
Fastest fall in house prices for 16 months March 28, 2011 HOUSE prices across England and Wales were 1.7 per cent lower in February than a year earlier, official data showed yesterday. The fall was the steepest annual drop for 16 months, according to the Land Registry. However, London bucked the trend, with a 3.2 per cent increase on the previous year. As well as London, [...]
Fastest fall in house prices for 16 months March 28, 2011 HOUSE prices across England and Wales were 1.7 per cent lower in February than a year earlier, official data showed yesterday. The fall was the steepest annual drop for 16 months, according to the Land Registry. However, London bucked the trend, with a 3.2 per cent increase on the previous year. As well as London, [...]
Bromantic comedy for the office July 21, 2011 Film HORRIBLE BOSSES Cert: 15 HORRIBLE Bosses is a hybrid: part bromance, part adventure, part moral exploration. Ok, it’s mostly bromance. After all, despite a vague attempt to divide the promotional posters between the film’s three evil bosses, it’s Jennifer Aniston’s stripping, nympho dentist that’s the film’s true draw. Three decent guys: Dale (Charlie Day), [...]
Bromantic comedy for the office July 21, 2011 Film HORRIBLE BOSSES Cert: 15 HORRIBLE Bosses is a hybrid: part bromance, part adventure, part moral exploration. Ok, it’s mostly bromance. After all, despite a vague attempt to divide the promotional posters between the film’s three evil bosses, it’s Jennifer Aniston’s stripping, nympho dentist that’s the film’s true draw. Three decent guys: Dale (Charlie Day), [...]
3i invests in Go Outdoors April 13, 2011 GO Outdoors yesterday secured a £28m cash injection from private equity house 3i as it accelerates its growth plans to open 40 new shops over the next four years. The deal with 3i values the company at £100m. In exchange for its investment 3i takes a minority stake in the business owned by Paul Caplan. [...]
REVEALED: THE CITY’S BEHIND-THE-SCENES BOARDROOM LUNCHES July 11, 2011 THE DAYS of conspicuous client entertainment are over, as the City’s fattest cats rein in their largesse in the fallout of the financial crisis. Or are they? Just days after the Bribery Act came into force, The Capitalist hears business is booming for a high-end catering service recreating City restaurants in the boardrooms of investment [...]