Farah denied in thrilling finale to Great North Run September 15, 2013 BRITAIN’S Mo Farah suffered a rare defeat in yesterday’s Great North Run, finishing a close second to Ethiopian Kenenisa Bekele. Double world and Olympic champion Farah produced his trademark late surge but could not overtake Bekele in a gripping finale. Distance-running great Haile Gebrselassie was third in a world record time for over-40s. “When Kenenisa [...]
Head to the glittering lights of Glasgow for culture and cuisine January 5, 2014 Helen Ochyra gets acquainted with the food, and cattle, of the city set to host the Commonwealth Games in 2014 IF YOU had asked me last month which UK city has the best shopping district (apart from London), I’d have gone for Brighton, with its bohemian boutiques, or Newcastle for its vast Metro Centre. I’d [...]
KitKat’s four fingers trademarked January 2, 2013 Chocolate maker Nestle yesterday won a trademark case over the shape of its iconic KitKat product, meaning it now has exclusive rights to make four-fingered chocolate bars. The KitKat was invented in York in 1935 by Rowntree’s and more than a billion are sold every year in the UK.
Lofty characters fail to lift musical’s acrobatic spectacle October 13, 2013 THEATRE THE LIGHT PRINCESS Xenobe Purvis, The National Theatre Three Stars THE NATIONAL Theatre turns to fairy tale in its latest production, The Light Princess, written by songwriter Tori Amos and playwright Samuel Adamson. The musical elaborates on George MacDonald’s story of the same name; this version finds two kingdoms grieving for lost queens, and [...]
Exclusive: Hard Rock eyes opening of a London hotel September 4, 2013 HARD Rock International is on the hunt for a new site in London – where its first iconic cafe was born – with the view of launching a luxury hotel in the capital. The group, famed for its collection of rock and roll memorabilia, has applied to trademark the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino brand, [...]
Ken Olisa’s colleague prepares to climb Mont Blanc and fly down it August 29, 2013 REGULAR readers may recall that The Capitalist reported earlier in the summer on former Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation board member Ken Olisa trademarking “More Soviet than City” – the memorable phrase he used when parting ways with the mining group. But now it appears one of his colleagues might be thinking “more water than alcohol” [...]
Tesco tipped to unveil budget tablet device September 17, 2013 TESCO, the UK’s largest grocer, is expected to unveil a tablet next Monday – its first foray into the consumer electronics space – which could be aimed at cementing customer loyalty as the retail giant moves sales online. The device is expected to be a 16GB tablet device with a seven inch screen. It is [...]
City Moves for 12 September 2013 | Who’s switching jobs September 11, 2013 Davenport Lyons The law firm has announced the appointment of Colin Sawdy as a partner in its intellectual property team. Sawdy specialises in trademarks, design and copyright. He was most recently at Edwards Wildman Palmer, where he was an associate. Prior to that, he was a solicitor at Field Fisher Waterhouse. Deloitte Real Estate The [...]
O’Shea keeps faith despite Quins’ third defeat from five October 6, 2013 DEFIANT Harlequins boss Conor O’Shea has warned his rivals not to write them off after seeing his troops slip to their third Aviva Premiership defeat of the season at London Irish. Quins were undone on Saturday by a second-half flurry from the Exiles, as both Blair Cowan and Alex Lewington crossed for tries in the [...]
Elon Musk’s Hyperloopalooza runs out of steam before reaching the UK August 14, 2013 Hopes that the Hyperloop travel concept could work for Britain are vanishing faster than you can say “Concorde crossed with a rail gun crossed with an air hockey table”. Transport-watchers were quick to point out the practical flaws in the ambitious pod-cum-monorail idea set out by billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk to much hullabaloo on Monday [...]