JP Morgan comms head to join Goldman in the US June 21, 2010 DAVID Wells, the head of communications for JP Morgan in Europe, is leaving the investment bank to move over to Goldman Sachs in the US. Wells will report to Goldman’s chief spinner Lucas van Praag, who has been steering the bank through one of the rockiest periods in its history following America’s Securities and Exchange [...]
Taking on Sky is a risky Vision for BT August 9, 2010 INthe run up to the new football season there is a fascinating encounter taking place off the field as BT Vision tries to take on the might of BSkyB in the showing of live football. BT Vision, boosted by a ruling from the regulator on the price that Sky can sell its sports channels to [...]
Taking on Sky is a risky Vision for BT August 9, 2010 INthe run up to the new football season there is a fascinating encounter taking place off the field as BT Vision tries to take on the might of BSkyB in the showing of live football. BT Vision, boosted by a ruling from the regulator on the price that Sky can sell its sports channels to [...]
A high-flying PR success story August 12, 2010 A DEGREE in law couldn’t stifle Anthony Payne, the founder of Peregrine Communications, from unleashing his entrpreneurial spirit. Even when he was completing articles – the early stages of legal training – he took time out to start a pizza delivery business called Moonlight Munchies. Skip forward a couple of decades and Payne is eating [...]
Why unemployment remains so high August 3, 2010 UNEMPLOYMENT in the UK is far higher than most commentators realise. The figures used by economists and the media only include people who are looking for work, thus missing out several million benefit claimants who are on the dole in all but name. The latest official statistics (from last November) reveal that there are 5.87m [...]
Huang vows to spend big in Liverpool bid August 2, 2010 CHINESE businessman Kenny Huang has promised to give manager Roy Hodgson big money to spend in the transfer market if he succeeds in his bid to buy Liverpool. Huang, a former Wall Street stockbroker and now head of Hong Kong-based investment company QSL Sports Ltd, announced yesterday he had been in talks with Royal Bank [...]
Huang vows to spend big in Liverpool bid August 2, 2010 CHINESE businessman Kenny Huang has promised to give manager Roy Hodgson big money to spend in the transfer market if he succeeds in his bid to buy Liverpool. Huang, a former Wall Street stockbroker and now head of Hong Kong-based investment company QSL Sports Ltd, announced yesterday he had been in talks with Royal Bank [...]
MEDIA VETERAN IN PUSH TO REPLACE LOCKE AS MECOM CHAIR January 27, 2011 FORMER Telewest chief executive Stephen Davidson has put himself up as a possible executive chairman of Mecom, the European regional newspaper group. If successful, Davidson would replace Alasdair Locke, the current chairman who is seen by some shareholders to have been too close to former chief executive David Montgomery. Montgomery recently departed after pressure from [...]
FIVE OF THE BEST OUTDOOR POOLS July 12, 2010 HAMPSTEAD HEATH SWIMMING PONDS, NW5 1QR Unlike anything else in London, the Hampstead Heath ponds are three distinct oases of nature and calm just a few kilometres from the centre of the world’s largest cities. Swim amid the lilies, willows and assorted plant life in one of three ponds that date back to 1860: one [...]
A CURIOUS PAST LIES BEHIND THE FSA’S CITY BONUS CRACKDOWN August 1, 2010 THE Financial Services Authority (FSA) was talking tough last week with plans to adopt EU rules that regulate bonuses at financial institutions. The rules include measures to ensure that 40 per cent of bonuses are paid over three years and that half of these deferred payments are non-cash. This attempt to reform City bonuses is [...]