Making interiors more fashionable February 24, 2011 BLACK leather rock and roll was certainly a feature of this year’s London Fashion Week. Kate Moss was slapped across yesterday’s papers for finishing the week in a floor length leather dress. But she wasn’t the only one to be upping the ante and embracing cow skin. The German twins, Daniela and Annette Felder, behind [...]
Making interiors more fashionable February 24, 2011 BLACK leather rock and roll was certainly a feature of this year’s London Fashion Week. Kate Moss was slapped across yesterday’s papers for finishing the week in a floor length leather dress. But she wasn’t the only one to be upping the ante and embracing cow skin. The German twins, Daniela and Annette Felder, behind [...]
2011 is the year that London becomes the world’s best place to stay February 20, 2011 JUST when it seemed as though London couldn’t fit another slice of luxury into its five star-crammed hotel scene, along comes… well, everything. This has been a huge year for the capital. The completion of the spectacular £200m refurb of the Savoy sparked the buzz of excitement. Since then, Park Lane has seen the rebirth [...]
Splits widen on banking reform January 23, 2011 SPLITS emerged over the direction of UK banking reform yesterday, as deputy leader of the coalition Nick Clegg expressed support for a break-up of British banks even as his own government’s Independent Commission on Banking (ICB) came out against a radical break-up plan. The divisions throw into doubt the implementation of the ICB’s recommendations, which [...]
Splits widen on banking reform January 23, 2011 SPLITS emerged over the direction of UK banking reform yesterday, as deputy leader of the coalition Nick Clegg expressed support for a break-up of British banks even as his own government’s Independent Commission on Banking (ICB) came out against a radical break-up plan. The divisions throw into doubt the implementation of the ICB’s recommendations, which [...]
CNBC’s Maria Bartiromo shares the secrets of her long-running success March 1, 2011 I LOVE this city!” Maria Bartiromo waves her arm, indicating not just the art deco luxury of Claridge’s, where we meet over breakfast, but London in its teeming, cosmopolitan entirety. “Chic, sophisticated… great for business. I feel jazzed to be here. I grab the chance to come.” Bartiromo is a long-time New Yorker, famous for [...]
Builder of the Gherkin to move into house market December 9, 2010 NORDIC building firm Skanska launched a UK housebuilding arm yesterday in an effort to cash in on what it sees as a gap in supply. The builder of the Gherkin and Heron Tower skyscrapers said it hopes to sell 800 homes a year by 2015. “The financial crisis and the dramatic decline in the housing [...]
Builder of the Gherkin to move into house market December 9, 2010 NORDIC building firm Skanska launched a UK housebuilding arm yesterday in an effort to cash in on what it sees as a gap in supply. The builder of the Gherkin and Heron Tower skyscrapers said it hopes to sell 800 homes a year by 2015. “The financial crisis and the dramatic decline in the housing [...]
Xchanging tanks on torrent of bad news February 9, 2011 ALARMED investors wiped out half of outsourcing firm Xchanging’s market value yesterday after the firm warned on its profits, scrapped its dividend and announced that its chief executive had left. Xchanging, which sponsors the Oxford and Cambridge boat race, also said it will take a £100m impairment charge linked to the loss of goodwill from [...]
Xchanging tanks on torrent of bad news February 9, 2011 ALARMED investors wiped out half of outsourcing firm Xchanging’s market value yesterday after the firm warned on its profits, scrapped its dividend and announced that its chief executive had left. Xchanging, which sponsors the Oxford and Cambridge boat race, also said it will take a £100m impairment charge linked to the loss of goodwill from [...]