Londoners may not love Romney but he is trying to woo American voters August 1, 2012 AGREAT deal of column space has been dedicated to Mitt Romney’s Olympic-sized faux pas this past week. Democrats have called Romney’s utterances over London’s preparedness for the Olympics “embarrassing” and have launched advertisements questioning his suitability to succeed Barack Obama. Will this impact November’s elections? One Republican strategist was blunt: “The London stuff? Voters don’t [...]
On the trail of the black rhino… September 2, 2012 THE LAST TIME I came eye to eye with the endangered black rhino was in Nepal. We had woken at dawn to paddle low-slung boats that barely crested the surface of the croc-infested river. And as we trekked through the dewy grass, the guide gave us the low-down on rhino-watching etiquette. “If the rhino hears [...]
Celebrate the open power of the 2012 Olympic truces on tax and visas May 24, 2012 THE Olympic flame is making its way around the length and breadth of Britain, a vivid symbol of one of the key values of the ancient Games: freedom of movement. Before the games at Olympia, a truce was declared so that officials and athletes could make their way to the Games without hindrance or legal [...]
BALANCE RISKS TO OUTPERFORM BY REPUTATION October 24, 2011 WHAT a summer of sport we’ve seen. And with the handover of the Rugby World Cup baton on to England for 2015, the UK hosting of the 2012 Olympics, and not forgetting the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow in 2014, there hasn’t been a better time to be involved the sports, leisure and entertainment (SLE) world. [...]
BALANCE RISKS TO OUTPERFORM BY REPUTATION October 24, 2011 WHAT a summer of sport we’ve seen. And with the handover of the Rugby World Cup baton on to England for 2015, the UK hosting of the 2012 Olympics, and not forgetting the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow in 2014, there hasn’t been a better time to be involved the sports, leisure and entertainment (SLE) world. [...]
FACEBOOK’S FLAWED MODEL IS A GAMBLE ON POTENTIAL May 7, 2012 DIRECTOR OF CURRENCY RESEARCH, GFT IS THE Facebook IPO a good investment opportunity? Naturally, to research that question I went to Twitter. Within minutes I was able to collect all the relevant information on the pros and cons of the IPO. Therein, in my opinion, lies the problem. Facebook is just not nearly as useful [...]
Insurers say London riot losses “well over £100m” August 9, 2011 Damage from riots in London has cost the capital “well over £100m” in insured losses, an insurance industry group has said. The Association of British Insurers has raised its estimate of the damage from three nights of violence and looting across swathes of London from “at least tens of millions” to more than£100m after it [...]
JD Sports sees profits rise despite £700k hit from looting September 21, 2011 Sportswear retailer JD Sports Fashion, whose shops were widely targeted by looters during last month’s riots in several cities, posted a 21 per cent rise in first-half profit and said it was well positioned for future growth. The firm, which trades as JD Sports, Size, Bank, Scotts and Chausport, said on Wednesday stock totalling 700,000 [...]
JD Sports earnings up despite £700k hit from UK looters September 21, 2011 SPORTSWEAR retailer JD Sports Fashion, whose shops were widely targeted by looters during last month’s riots in several cities, yesterday posted a 21 per cent rise in first-half profit and said it was well positioned for future growth. The firm, which trades as JD Sports, Size, Bank, Scotts and Chausport, said stock totalling £700,000 was [...]
Ex-City professional one step ahead of the cloud March 25, 2012 FROM growing up in the Rossendale valley – the once beating heart of the industrial revolution – Piers Linney is now a man with many strings to his bow: law, accounting, banking, media, finance and entrepreneurship. Now he has his head in cloud computing – a technological revolution with the scalability to turn over billions. [...]