Sir Christopher Wren’s historic mansion home goes on sale November 7, 2013 Freehold of house in grounds of Hampton Court Palace offered up for first time in over 300 years SITTING in the grounds of Hampton Court Palace, nestled among the greenery of suburban Richmond, lies a mansion that was once home to Britain’s greatest architect. For the first time in over 300 years, Sir Christopher Wren’s [...]
Finnish firm is debut buy for new Arm boss August 27, 2013 ARM HOLDINGS, the UK’s most successful listed technology firm, yesterday announced it has bought Finnish startup Sensinode Oy for an undisclosed sum. The chip designer described Sensinode as a “pioneer in software for low cost low power internet connected devices,” a market in which Arm is keen to continue its growth. The acquisition is the [...]
Confessions of a Serial Entrepreneur: Gift of the blag: At some point we all have to fake it ‘till we make it October 20, 2013 YEARS ago, my mate Roger went to Twickenham with another teenage boy. They had decent seats, but Roj saw a fancy-looking enclosed area he wished they could weasel into, but that seemed to require a yellow pass. A discarded Weetabix box inspired a brainwave. He carefully tore away two pieces of yellow cardboard, which they [...]
Chipmaker ARM sees revenues up by over a quarter July 24, 2013 Cambridge-based processor designer ARM holdings has seen profit before tax fall to £15m in the second quarter ended 30 June (release). That's a fall from £54.8m in the same period last year. Revenue was up 26 per cent to £171.2m from the second quarter of 2012, as the firm's dominance in the smartphone market saw [...]
Bullish ARM beats forecasts as quarter two profits rise 30pc July 24, 2013 BRITISH chip designer ARM Holdings yesterday said it expected continued strong demand for its technology after higher-than-expected licensing of its processors in the second quarter. The FTSE 100-listed firm reported a 30 per cent rise in pre-tax profit to £86.6m yesterday, beating forecasts. ARM has outpaced the wider semiconductor market for the past five years [...]
Stelios is set to take on budget supermarkets August 4, 2013 ON THE ground floor of a tower block in Croydon, Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou plans to open the first of many low-cost supermarkets under his Easy brand. Stelios said yesterday the pilot store, at the bottom of the former Metlife building recently purchased by EasyGroup, will serve as “a low risk experiment in a new market [...]
Discovering the entrepreneurial spirit behind Argentine wine November 24, 2013 Laura Ivill travels to Mendoza in Argentina to experience the wine-making journey from humble grape to fine-dining staple DRAW a line on the map from the bustling streets of Buenos Aires west across Argentina’s interior and you reach the soaring 6,000-metre peaks of the Andes. In the foothills, the low-rise sprawling city of Mendoza lends [...]
London Mining soars on £70m royalty deal with BlackRock July 30, 2012 SHARES in Aim-listed London Mining soared yesterday after the firms said BlackRock World Mining Trust would pay it $110m (£70m) for a two per cent royalty on iron ore sales from its Marampa project in Sierra Leone. “Although the company is already funded to achieve 5m tons per annum (Mtpa) of capacity next year, the [...]
ROYALTY CONFIRMED FOR LONDON OLYMPICS June 11, 2012 THE QUEEN’S granddaughter Zara Phillips is set to compete at London 2012 after being selected in Team GB’s eventing line-up. Phillips, who missed out on the 2004 and 2008 Games due to injury to her horse Toytown, will partner High Kingdom this summer. She had boosted her chances by finishing third at the weekend’s Bramham [...]
Carlyle eyes chance to hoover up stricken Axminster Carpets February 24, 2013 AXMINSTER Carpets, the historic carpet maker, could be bought by the same private equity outfit that snapped up failed UK carpet manufacturer Brintons in 2011 if the company files for administration, it emerged yesterday. Devon-based Axminster, which has woven carpets and rugs for aristocracy and royalty since the eighteenth century, is set to appoint Duff [...]