Roll up to cheer the firms back from the brink December 2, 2012 ROLL up, roll up to the Bloomsbury Big Top. The central London circus tent was the venue for the Institute for Turnaround (IFT) annual awards do. The ceremony recognises companies that have faced financial difficulties but have transformed their businesses to come out stronger than before. Topping the winners’ list was Kate Swann for her [...]
Filthy, dirty and great fun October 3, 2013 FILM FILTH Cert 18 | By Steve Dinneen Three Stars Adaptations of Irvine Welsh novels, like Irvine Welsh novels, have gone downhill since Trainspotting. The Acid House (1998) had a flawed, lunatic charm but Ecstasy (2011) was little more than an anemic homage to Danny Boyle’s more famous Edinburgh romp. Filth – based on a [...]
How betting markets could solve the problem of inaccurate Bank forecasts August 28, 2013 IN HIS first major speech since becoming governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney is today likely to defend a policy that has come to be described as the “Carney rule”. Also known as forward guidance, the rule effectively promises that interest rates will stay at present levels until unemployment drops below 7 per [...]
How betting markets could solve the problem of inaccurate Bank forecasts August 27, 2013 IN HIS first major speech since becoming governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney is today likely to defend a policy that has come to be described as the “Carney rule”. Also known as forward guidance, the rule effectively promises that interest rates will stay at present levels until unemployment drops below 7 per [...]
City development activity rises December 4, 2012 THE CITY has seen a pick-up in construction activity in the past six months with several schemes achieving early pre-lets, according to the latest Drivers Jonas Deloitte crane survey released yesterday. While office developments in the capital remained flat in the second half, the survey showed “a marked increase” in space under construction in the [...]
Rapid responses December 10, 2012 Classroom politics [Re: Lessons from Finland: How we can reform maths teaching in schools, yesterday] While I respect professor Burghes’s work, I disagree with his opinion. The greatest threat to maths education in Britain is not poor teachers or a rigid curriculum. It is the huge scale of recent political involvement in how children are taught. Standards [...]
Jobs of the week October 24, 2012 BANKING IT AUDITOR CENTRAL LONDON £50k-£60k pa A leading investment bank has an opening in its Europe, Middle East and Africa internal audit team. The ideal candidate will have at least two years’ post-qualification experience. http://www.cityamcareers.com/job/31738 HEAD OF REGULATORY DEVELOPMENTS SOUTH EAST £200k-£220k pa An investment bank requires an accomplished regulatory director with experience of [...]
London Report: Carney to face questions over Bank oversight March 10, 2014 MARK CARNEY faces probably his toughest questioning so far as Bank of England governor tomorrow when lawmakers will seize on a foreign exchange scandal to press their demands for tighter oversight of the central bank. Carney will face the Treasury Select Committee over claims the Bank’s governance system is outdated. Last week the Bank suspended [...]
Great Portland raises £140m for shopping spree in the West End November 14, 2012 GREAT PORTLAND Estates yesterday announced it had raised £140.6m from a placing of shares that will help fuel another shopping spree in London’s West End. The London-focused developer, which already owns swathes of West End property, said it plans to use the proceeds to buy “unloved assets”, let on cheap rents which it can refurbish [...]
West End offices enjoys surge in investment October 16, 2012 INVESTMENT in London’s sought-after West End office market surged by 30 per cent in the third quarter as an influx of properties became available on the market and demand overseas investors continued to rise. Research by BNP Paribas Real Estate, the French bank’s property arm, said West End investment rose to £950m in the third [...]