CITY MOVES | WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS June 29, 2010 Jones Lang LaSalle The real estate services firm has appointed Jamie Stewart-Liddon as a senior surveyor in its tenant representation team. He will be providing consultancy, acquisition and disposal advice to office occupiers primarily based in the South East of England. Stewart-Liddon worked for a City stock-broking firm before moving into commercial real estate five [...]
BORIS OUT FOR A RIDE WITH KELLY BROOK TO LAUNCH BIKE SCHEME August 31, 2010 Boris Johnson’s love affair with two wheels continued yesterday with the launch of his driver-frustrating Sky Ride scheme, where roads are cleared throughout central London to allow cyclists to take in the sights. But The Capitalist can’t help but think bikes weren’t the only thing on the mind of the red-blooded Mayor. Accompanying him on [...]
Getting a grip on listed products August 25, 2010 TOO much choice can be a problem for investors these days. Online consumer champion Which? singled out structured products as being some of the most confusing instruments on offer and was particularly unhappy about their lack of transparency, particularly when it comes to counterparty risk. The UK Structured Products Association hit back at the research [...]
FTSE is boosted by banks as stress test fears begin to ease July 7, 2010 BRITAIN’S leading share index ended higher after a choppy session yesterday, driven by a recovery in banking stocks on reassuring comments from US peer State Street and an easing of stress test fears. At the close, the FTSE 100 index was 49.82 points higher, or up 1.0 per cent, at 5,014.82, its high for the [...]
FTSE is boosted by banks as stress test fears begin to ease July 7, 2010 BRITAIN’S leading share index ended higher after a choppy session yesterday, driven by a recovery in banking stocks on reassuring comments from US peer State Street and an easing of stress test fears. At the close, the FTSE 100 index was 49.82 points higher, or up 1.0 per cent, at 5,014.82, its high for the [...]
Applications to build sink in downturn June 6, 2010 APPLICATIONS for permission to build new commercial property developments plunged sharply over the past year, as a number of high-profile developers succumbed to the downturn and demand for office and retail space faltered. In the past year, 21,729 commercial property planning applications were lodged in England, down 15 per cent from 25,600 the previous year, [...]
CITY MOVES | WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS June 15, 2010 City Index The spread betting firm has appointed Sandy Jadeja as its new chief technical analyst. Jadeja has 23 years of experience in technical analysis, trading psychology and global financial markets commentary. Prior to joining City Index, he was the chief market strategist at FX-focused trading platform provider Capital Market Services. He has also worked [...]
London retail sales ahead of rest of UK May 17, 2009 RETAIL sales in central London were up 5.4 per cent in April, compared with the previous year – beating the 4.6 per cent increase in the UK as a whole – according to data released by the British Retail Consortium today. “April was a good month for retail, with Easter falling in the month and [...]
CITY MOVES | WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS June 16, 2010 Capital & Regional The property asset management firm has appointed John Clare, the former chief executive of Dixons Group, as its new chairman, effective from the end of June. Clare is currently the chairman of JJB Sports and bed retailer Dreams. He held the top job at Dixons 14 years between 1993 and 2007, and [...]
Ash cloud hits airport sales at WH Smith June 8, 2010 WH Smith yesterday blamed disruption caused by the the Icelandic volcanco ash cloud for denting sales during the 14 weeks to 5 June. The company’s 570 high street stores saw like-for-like sales fall four per cent in the period. The group said like-for-like sales in the third quarter had fallen by four per cent at [...]