Cable demotion cheers Murdoch December 21, 2010 James Murdoch, the chairman of British Sky Broadcasting, was said to be “cock-a-hoop” last night, after Vince Cable was stripped of his role in deciding whether the satellite broadcaster can be taken over by News Corp. Sources close to Murdoch, who is also chief executive of News Corp in Europe and Asia, said Cable’s demotion [...]
BRIEFS | LEGAL NEWS November 23, 2010 CAMERONS OUTSOURCING DEAL CMS Cameron McKenna is to become the first major law firm to outsource its entire backroom operation, Legal Week has reported. Outsourcing company Integreon promises that it can save the top 20 firm 10-15 per cent on its backroom costs. Camerons has been in talks with Integreon since May, but a partner [...]
BRIEFS | LEGAL NEWS November 23, 2010 CAMERONS OUTSOURCING DEAL CMS Cameron McKenna is to become the first major law firm to outsource its entire backroom operation, Legal Week has reported. Outsourcing company Integreon promises that it can save the top 20 firm 10-15 per cent on its backroom costs. Camerons has been in talks with Integreon since May, but a partner [...]
OUT OF OFFICE October 20, 2010 LAST CALL: ENLIGHTMENT IN HAMPSTEAD Director Ed Hall’s new tenure at the Hampstead Theatre got off to an amusing start with Enlightenment – a play that is stylish and wide-ranging, if not particularly enlightening. Lia and Nick lose their 20-year-old son in a terrorist attack in the Far East. Things becomes sadder and odder from [...]
Modest rise in number of City roles in October November 16, 2010 THE City’s financial services sector saw a five per cent rise in the number of jobs created last month to 4,977, a survey will say today. The Morgan McKinley London Employment Monitor claims job availability also increased by 13 per cent year-on-year. The number of professionals looking for new roles in the City last month [...]
Invasion of the smart machines January 30, 2011 MY house isn’t smart enough. To get inside it I have to open the door myself. With a key. When I walk in, a digital voice doesn’t greet me, realise I’ve had a bad day and tell me a joke to cheer me up (I’m imagining a soothing voice like Hal from 2001: A Space [...]
Invasion of the smart machines January 30, 2011 MY house isn’t smart enough. To get inside it I have to open the door myself. With a key. When I walk in, a digital voice doesn’t greet me, realise I’ve had a bad day and tell me a joke to cheer me up (I’m imagining a soothing voice like Hal from 2001: A Space [...]
Reduced real income will hit retail October 24, 2010 RETAIL sales fell in September for the second month in a row. Real incomes are suffering and consumer confidence is weak. Some are questioning whether Apple’s disappointing iPad sales figures last week are a sign of things to come. So should spread betters take the hint and shun the sector? Demand certainly looks like it [...]
Reduced real income will hit retail October 24, 2010 RETAIL sales fell in September for the second month in a row. Real incomes are suffering and consumer confidence is weak. Some are questioning whether Apple’s disappointing iPad sales figures last week are a sign of things to come. So should spread betters take the hint and shun the sector? Demand certainly looks like it [...]
CITY PUBLIC AFFAIRS LANDSCAPE DUE FOR A SHAKE-UP AS TIM BURT LEAVES BRUNSWICK December 1, 2010 TIME for some fresh blood in City public affairs, it seems, with the founding of a brand new financial PR firm by Brunswick partner Tim Burt. Burt is set to launch Stockwell Group along with the former chief executive of Maitland Philip Gawith and Financial Dynamics co-founder Julian Hanson-Smith, both of whom will be on [...]