HEINZ TESTS OUT ITS NEW CAFE IN THE CITY January 12, 2010 FOR those City workers already missing their comfort foods after the Christmas break, food group Heinz has come up with the ideal solution. Just three minutes walk from Liverpool Street station, Heinz is trialling a cafe this week whose power lunch is the well-known staple of baked beans on toast. This is the first restaurant [...]
Boost for Clinton Cards from Halloween sales phenomenon November 26, 2009 GREETING cards retailer Clinton Cards yesterday reported that its like -for-like sales for the 16 weeks to 22 November have jumped by 3.9 per cent, aided by a solid performance across all product categories and exceptional Halloween sales. Clinton Cards – which sells flowers, gifts and Halloween outfits in addition to its card selection – [...]
THE TIPSTER December 14, 2009 SPORTS retailer Sports Direct is continuing to do well, rising to as high as 110p last week after opening Monday’s trading session at 102p. The stock lost some ground towards the end of the week, but there could be another recovery to come in the run up to Christmas. ShortsandLongs.com has a rolling spread of [...]
OUT OF OFFICE October 26, 2009 HAPPY HOUR AT GREEN’S RUNNER BARLeave work before seven this week and you’ll be in time for cut-price drinks at the Runner Bar at Green’s: 50 per cent off house cocktails, wine and beers from 5:30 to 7pm. If that’s not tempting enough, the bar is offering free live jazz this Wednesday and Friday too. [...]
OUT OF OFFICE October 26, 2009 HAPPY HOUR AT GREEN’S RUNNER BARLeave work before seven this week and you’ll be in time for cut-price drinks at the Runner Bar at Green’s: 50 per cent off house cocktails, wine and beers from 5:30 to 7pm. If that’s not tempting enough, the bar is offering free live jazz this Wednesday and Friday too. [...]
Consumers plan thrifty Xmas November 2, 2009 Consumers are planning to spend less on gifts this Christmas than last year as they worry about rising unemployment and taxes, putting into question signs of a recovery in consumer spending, a survey showed yesterday. Broker Execution interviewed a representative sample of 2,000 Britons in October and found participants on average plan to spend £358 [...]
THE TIPSTER January 10, 2010 THERE’S been no shortage of news regarding the increased demand for natural gas by UK consumers as the cold snap continues to grip the country. As a result, BG Group (formerly British Gas) has got the year off to a cracking start, outperforming the FTSE-100 by over 100 per cent. But the cold (hopefully) won’t [...]
A IS FOR… A TOUCH OF ACRIMONY AT ALCHEMY February 2, 2010 PROOF, if it were needed, that the old adage about time being the best healer does not always ring true. Private equity veteran Jon Moulton is in the preliminary throes of building his new business, Better Capital, after quitting his former firm Alchemy Partners last September amid a boardroom bust-up over strategy. (His resignation letter [...]
Bankers must get act together December 21, 2009 IT SEEMS an age away now but back in July, on one of those long summer evenings that makes London such a marvellous place to live in, a group of the country’s foremost politicians, business leaders and bankers gathered at the home of Roland Rudd. Rudd, the founder of the City’s foremost public relations firm [...]
CITY A.M. TOASTS A NEW ERA IN ALLIANCE WITH INTERACTIVE INVESTOR December 14, 2009 IT WAS off to the iconic Gherkin building last night for one of the most exciting developments in the history of City A.M. – our newly-announced alliance with online financial services provider Interactive Investor. Guests at the party sipped champagne as they admired the view over the City, chatting about the partnership, under which we [...]