Broadgate victory is great first step June 15, 2011 IT is merely a small, symbolic victory in a much bigger battle against red tape but it is great news that Jeremy Hunt will today announce that he won’t be listing Broadgate Estate, as we reveal on our front page. English Heritage’s indefensible bid to protect this unexceptional complex around Liverpool Street station, built in [...]
Mining shares rebound and oil stocks rise on supply fears June 9, 2011 MINERS rebounded from the previous day’s sharp sell-off to help push Britain’s top share index higher yesterday, while oil stocks tracked crude higher on supply fears. The FTSE 100 closed up 47.45 points, or 0.8 per cent, at 5,856.34, having bounced well clear of the session low of 5,795.00, although thin volumes exaggerated the index’s [...]
Broadgate victory is great first step June 14, 2011 IT is merely a small, symbolic victory in a much bigger battle against red tape but it is great news that Jeremy Hunt will today announce that he won’t be listing Broadgate Estate, as we reveal on our front page. English Heritage’s indefensible bid to protect this unexceptional complex around Liverpool Street station, built in [...]
Broadgate victory is great first step June 14, 2011 IT is merely a small, symbolic victory in a much bigger battle against red tape but it is great news that Jeremy Hunt will today announce that he won’t be listing Broadgate Estate, as we reveal on our front page. English Heritage’s indefensible bid to protect this unexceptional complex around Liverpool Street station, built in [...]
Burberry boss plots growth for London April 17, 2011 LUXURY retailer Burberry plans to expand “aggressively” in London, in a bid to improve on what are set to be strong half-year trading figures out tomorrow. Burberry, expected to report on-track underlying sales knocked slightly by a fall in revenues from disaster-hit Japan, is set to ramp up its existing growth plans for London in [...]
ONCE AGAIN, THE ECB MAY SURPRISE US June 7, 2011 IN THE movie Groundhog Day, Bill Murray wakes up each day only to find himself repeating the activities of the day before. There is a bit of a Groundhog Day feel to the currency market this week, as traders once again prepare for the monthly European Central Bank (ECB) press conference. Recall that last month [...]
ONCE AGAIN, THE ECB MAY SURPRISE US June 7, 2011 IN THE movie Groundhog Day, Bill Murray wakes up each day only to find himself repeating the activities of the day before. There is a bit of a Groundhog Day feel to the currency market this week, as traders once again prepare for the monthly European Central Bank (ECB) press conference. Recall that last month [...]
HSBC axes its Russian retail banking unit April 25, 2011 HSBC has become the latest international lender to pull the plug on its retail operations in Russia, as foreign banks struggle to crack the dominance of the country’s state-backed giants. The London-based bank’s exit follows that of Barclays, which quit its Russian retail banking operation last month. Barclay’s boss Bob Diamond said at the time [...]
Climb the career ladder faster in a growing business May 11, 2011 IT SEEMS like people are becoming successful faster these days. The Forbes list of young CEO billionaires is enough to make most of us feel we should be getting richer, quicker. But how do these young whipper-snappers get there so fast? Iain Martin, the 43 year-old chief executive of the fast growing Moonpig.com (see rankings [...]
Chancellor right that banks must be allowed to fail June 15, 2011 IT is a shame that much of the City will be focused on the crisis in Greece and its repercussions on global markets this morning, for there were some surprisingly good ideas on banking regulation at Mansion House last night. There was a clear shift in attitude on display: the chancellor’s pronouncements were by far the [...]