PIPPA MIDDLETON JOINS BANKERS AT MAHIKI DUO’S LOW-KEY LAUNCH December 8, 2011 PIPPA Middleton is out and about again after splitting from her boyfriend Alex Loudon, an analyst at brewing giant SAB Miller. And one of the first places Middleton has patronised in her newly single life is the Markham Inn on Elystan Street, the latest restaurant venture from Mahiki owners Nick House and Piers Adam that [...]
CITY MINER GOES FOR GOLD WITH ROYAL GIFT August 10, 2011 DISASTER has been averted at the Palace, The Capitalist can reveal, after a well-connected miner stepped in to replenish the stocks of the Welsh gold traditionally used to make the royal wedding bands. Gold from the mines of the Dolgellau field in North Wales has been used to make the royal wedding bands since Anglo [...]
Middleton effect means sales sparkle for Boodles November 7, 2011 BOODLES, the luxury jeweller beloved by Kate and Pippa Middleton, could be set for a global push after seeing annual profits soar by more than a quarter, City A.M. can reveal. Pre-tax profits rose 25.5 per cent to £4.71m for the year to 28 February, according to the accounts of Boodle & Dunthorne, which were [...]
KATE PREPARES FOR THE BIG DAY April 27, 2011 BRIDE-TO-BE Kate Middleton is all smiles ahead of her wedding to Prince William at Westminster Abbey tomorrow. The 11am service – thought to include vows written by the couple – will be broadcast on video screens around London, and to billions of TV watchers around the world.
ROYAL WEDDING GLAMOUR: ON A MODEST BUDGET May 26, 2011 FOUNDERS OF ROUS ILAND MEMBERS’ BOUTIQUE, WWW.ROUSILAND.COM Q. I’m getting married in September. I absolutely love what Kate Middleton wore but I don’t have a royal budget! What should I go for? A. CREATING the perfect wedding dress is all about the fabric – you want to look elegant and slightly regal but remain natural [...]
London designers to strut their stuff at Fashion Week September 15, 2011 LONDON Fashion Week kicks off today and stores surrounding its Somerset House are already stocking up on Diet Coke and cigarettes in preparation for the barrage of models, fashion editors and buyers descending. From today until next Wednesday, the cobbles of the fabled house will be witness tottering fashionistas and booming music as designers’ collections [...]
John Lewis sales hit by wedding and easter May 6, 2011 Easter and a half-day closure for the royal wedding led to a sharp fall in weekly sales at Britain’s biggest department store chain John Lewis, it said. Sales dropped 9.2 per cent year-on-year to £48.7m in the week ended 30 April, and were down 10.7 percent excluding VAT sales tax. Employee-owned John Lewis, viewed as [...]
POKER FACE BY BANKERS AS RANK IS DEALT BID May 8, 2011 TALK about raising the stakes. Just days after Rank Group held its annual poker tournament, the company’s largest investor Guoco Group raised its holding to 40.8 per cent, triggering a mandatory offer for the gaming business. Strangely, Quek Leng Chan, the Malaysian billionaire who controls Guoco, was nowhere to be seen as the cards played [...]
CHARLIE BICK IS COMEBACK KING AS X FACTOR DEFEAT OPENS DOORS April 26, 2011 THEY thought it was all over for the singing career of Charlie Bick, the son of Square1 Consulting’s chairman David Bick, who was voted off the Chilean version of the X Factor after just two live performances. Not for long however, as the next morning Charlie Bick – who this column first reported on on [...]
REISS ON THE RISE January 23, 2011 High street fashion retailer Reiss predicts earnings from its UK stores will have risen by 40 per cent in its current financial year ending this week. The brand, a favourite of Kate Middleton, forecast earnings before interest, taxation, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) from the UK outlets to be around £12.7m, up from £9.1m last year.