Vincent Tchenguiz interview: the Mayfair tycoon fighting to clear his name June 3, 2011 An afternoon with Vincent Tchenguiz, the property tycoon fighting to clear his name of fraud allegations linked to the collapse of Icelandic bank Kaupthing, makes you realise why cases like this take a team of accountants years to unravel. For nearly 90 minutes, I’m bombarded with figures and facts, allegations and claims. At one point [...]
Fujitsu to roll out fibre internet to rural Britain April 13, 2011 Fujitsu has announced plans to deliver next generation internet services to 5m homes in rural Britain. It says it will provide the infrastructure and work with broadband providers including Virgin Media and TalkTalk, which will wholesale its fibre. Fujitsu says the network is a “ground breaking and innovative alternative to BT Openreach.” The open access [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING June 29, 2011 FINANCIAL TIMES BRITISH LAND TO BUY RESIDENTIAL COMPLEX IN THE CITY British Land is in advanced talks to buy a City of London residential complex, in its first acquisition under a strategy to focus on the booming market for prime homes in the capital. The UK’s second-largest property company has agreed to buy Wardrobe Court [...]
FA prepare to submit full dossier on Fifa corruption May 11, 2011 THE FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION will submit a full dossier to Fifa after the world governing body requested urgent evidence of the corruption allegations aimed at four members of its Executive Committee by former England 2018 bid chairman Lord Triesman. Fifa general secretary Jerome Valcke wrote to the FA, addressing chairman David Bernstein, demanding a copy of [...]
ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR June 20, 2011 ENTREPRENEURSHIP has hogged the political limelight over the last year. David Cameron called on the nation’s “doers and grafters” to “roll up their sleeves” and fix our broken economy. The companies on our list have been pushing ahead, creating the jobs and wealth we desperately need. We are all the winners from their enterprise. We’ve [...]
Sony starts fightback against Apple with launch of tablets April 26, 2011 SONY yesterday launched its first tablet computers, with the Japanese firm desperate to recapture the initiative from Apple’s all conquering iPad. The devices have a wider significance for Sony, which has slipped from its pedestal as the world’s most popular electronics manufacturer to be widely seen as an also-ran, chasing the tail of rivals such [...]
BARRED: MOBILE BOSS TALKS HIS WAY INTO HIS OWN GLASTO PARTY June 30, 2011 IF YOUR name’s not down, you’re coming in – not even if your name is Tom Alexander, chief executive of Everything Everywhere, and you are trying to get in to your own party at Glastonbury. As the other partygoers got stuck in to the free drinks inside the VIP farmhouse rented by the mobile phone [...]
BARRED: MOBILE BOSS TALKS HIS WAY INTO HIS OWN GLASTO PARTY June 30, 2011 IF YOUR name’s not down, you’re coming in – not even if your name is Tom Alexander, chief executive of Everything Everywhere, and you are trying to get in to your own party at Glastonbury. As the other partygoers got stuck in to the free drinks inside the VIP farmhouse rented by the mobile phone [...]
THE CITY MUST NOT FORGET ITS CREATIVE EDGE May 15, 2011 IT is no fluke that Britain’s young, creative businesses are concentrated in London. Two out of three international advertising agencies have their European headquarters in the capital. It is the home of one of the largest film centres in the world, some of the largest and most important fashion schools, design schools, stage schools and [...]
Hop film bounces into box office April 3, 2011 Animated movie Hop, about a music-loving teenage rabbit, jumped to the top of box office charts with $38m (£23.6m) in North American ticket sales, according to studio estimates yesterday. The movie, in which comedian Russell Brand voices a young rabbit who will one day become the Easter Bunny, easily outdistanced thriller Source Code, which collected [...]