WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING November 28, 2010 FINANCIAL TIMES AMAZON SEEKS TO EXPAND GLOBALLY Amazon says it plans to revamp its international e-commerce platform to make it easier for the company to reach customers in new markets. The online retailer, the world’s largest by number of visitors, operates online businesses in six countries outside the US. It says it has set up [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING November 28, 2010 FINANCIAL TIMES AMAZON SEEKS TO EXPAND GLOBALLY Amazon says it plans to revamp its international e-commerce platform to make it easier for the company to reach customers in new markets. The online retailer, the world’s largest by number of visitors, operates online businesses in six countries outside the US. It says it has set up [...]
Terry Smith launches new fund manager November 1, 2010 CITY veteran Terry Smith is today set to launch his new fund management venture Fundsmith, which aims to shatter preconceptions about the industry by offering investors low fees and a risk-adjusted long term strategic focus. Smith said he aims to capitalise on a “groundswell of opinion” against what he views as the “utterly unsupportable” industry [...]
David Ross considers dismantling debt-laden property firm Kandahar September 26, 2010 THE CO-FOUNDER of Carphone Warehouse is set to break up his property empire and dispose of debt-laden assets, according to reports yesterday. David Ross has hired property consultants Jones Lang LaSalle and Cushman &Wakefield to advise on the options for his Kandahar Group retail property company, reported the Sunday Telegraph. Neither company could confirm the [...]
David Ross considers dismantling debt-laden property firm Kandahar September 26, 2010 THE CO-FOUNDER of Carphone Warehouse is set to break up his property empire and dispose of debt-laden assets, according to reports yesterday. David Ross has hired property consultants Jones Lang LaSalle and Cushman &Wakefield to advise on the options for his Kandahar Group retail property company, reported the Sunday Telegraph. Neither company could confirm the [...]
PROPERTY FIRM OF THE YEAR | September 8, 2010 THE City’s skyline is changing. Skyscrapers are springing up – okay, more slowly than before, but they are coming. Added to that the commitment to opening retail space and the whole character of the Square Mile is changing. At a time when it might have been easier to abandon their projects, they have shown confidence [...]
Price of gold could hit $1,500 September 27, 2010 THE price of gold could reach record highs of up to $1,500 (£949) an ounce in the next twelve months delegates at the London Bullion Market Association (LMBA) annual conference said yesterday. The majority of delegates saw the price of gold rising to $1,406 an ounce by September next year but 32 per cent of [...]
Londoners hit as house prices fall September 19, 2010 THE UK HOUSING market dropped back for the third month in a row in September, with London prices now also moving into the red. Figures from Rightmove show that average asking prices across the UK dropped by 1.1 per cent to £229,767 compared with the previous month. Prices have now fallen back by a total [...]
Londoners hit as house prices fall September 19, 2010 THE UK HOUSING market dropped back for the third month in a row in September, with London prices now also moving into the red. Figures from Rightmove show that average asking prices across the UK dropped by 1.1 per cent to £229,767 compared with the previous month. Prices have now fallen back by a total [...]
London retail sales continue growth despite July washout August 16, 2009 LONDON’S retail sales growth continued to outpace the rest of the UK last month but with the narrowest lead in nine months, figures from the British Retail Consortium (BRC) will show today. The capital’s like-for-like sales increased by 2.2 per cent in July compared with the same month a year earlier when same-store sales were [...]