Fine watch show SalonQP arrives at the Saatchi Gallery November 6, 2014 If you’re a SalonQP regular, you’ll know what the fuss is about. Slowly but surely expanding in size and repute since 2009’s frayed-around-the-edges debut at One Marylebone, the Saatchi Gallery on King’s Road is now precisely the sort of slick, spacious, yet exclusive venue that London’s watch fans (both curious and diehard) and SalonQP’s [...]
Ryanair share price rises after full-year profit expectations revised July 28, 2014 There is the cliche of blue skies ahead for Ryanair, after the budget airline raised the upper limit of its profit expectations to €650m from €620m. Shares climbed on the news and were up 4.6 per cent at pixel time. The revision comes, Ryanair said, because of expectations that full-year traffic will rise by 5 [...]
Champions League draw: Arsenal meet Dortmund once again as Liverpool handed tough Real Madrid test August 28, 2014 Arsenal have been drawn in the same Champions League group as Borussia Dortmund for the third time in four years, as Liverpool face two tough ties against Real Madrid in their return to the competition. Chelsea have been drawn against Schalke for their second year in a row in group G alongside Sporting Lisbon and [...]
The financial A to Z of Scottish independence – CNBC Comment September 15, 2014 A new, independent Scotland might flummox a foreign visitor. So it’s lucky this financial A to Z has turned up – even if some say it’s a parody of the Better Together campaign. A: Alex – Scotland’s official unit of currency, though largely superseded by an informal bartering system, where one barrel of oil [...]
World Cup: Algeria find shooting boots and take aim at uncharted territory June 22, 2014 SOUTH KOREA 2 ALGERIA 4 ALGERIA took a giant stride towards a place in the World Cup last 16 for the first time with victory over South Korea in a wildly entertaining clash last night. The north Africans, beaten by Belgium in their Group H opener, raced into a three-goal lead before half-time with goals [...]
High street kicks-off sales frenzy ahead of Christmas December 19, 2013 DISCOUNTING activity in the crucial run-up to Christmas has begun in earnest as new figures out yesterday showed that nearly three quarters of retailers were now holding sales in a last-minute bid to win over shoppers. PwC said 72 per cent of the 100 high street retailers surveyed were now on sale or holding promotions [...]
What the other papers say this morning – 8 January 2014 January 7, 2014 FINANCIAL TIMES UBS and Credit Suisse to pare back Switzerland’s two largest lenders are prepared to scale back their investment banking operations further if the country’s strict capital rules become even more onerous, their chairmen have said. UBS and Credit Suisse have made cuts of different magnitudes to their investment banks, but a heated political [...]
London’s top lidos: Make a splash in an outdoor pool July 8, 2014 Wherever you are in London, there are outdoor pools perfect for cooling down during the coming heatwave. Here are some of our favourite places to take our kit off in public: Brockwell Lido, SE24: Located in Brockwell park, this is as much of a Brixton landmark as Electric Avenue and Atlantic Road. The [...]
A&B shops left after rescue are closed down May 29, 2014 ADMINISTRATORS for the high street pawnbroker Albemarle & Bond have closed most of the 59 stores not rescued by Promethean last month as they work to release money from the remains of the business. According to documents filed recently at Companies House, Albemarle & Bond Holdings has debts to trade creditors in the region of [...]
Retail demand on the rise says Hammerson November 12, 2013 BRITISH and overseas retailers in search of bigger stores are driving demand across Hammerson’s shopping centres and retail parks, the property group’s chief executive said yesterday. The owner of Brent Cross shopping centre said tenant sales were flat in the third quarter to 30 September while occupancy – though marginally down – remained around its [...]