Any Other Business – 28/03
The Capitalist stands corrected. Yesterday we said the City was close to its first official rock band but it seems rock has in fact been around in the City for sometime. “Whilst we would never call into question the accuracy of your report, we feel we must put the record (!) straight on one point,” Investec’s Eden Riche told us. It seems Riche’s band, the Bank of Blues, has been around for some time and won last year’s inaugural charity Finance Rocks award. It seems Andrew Sentance and RockInTheCity have a turf war on their hands. “We’d like to throw down the gauntlet to Sentance and co. to test their mettle against the best, and long established City based band,” challenged Riche. Stratocasters at dawn.
Heathrow Express has taken an unprecedented interest in American butts (bums to you or I). It loves and wants more of them. In fact, it’s invested in an ad campaign to attract them. But you can stop with the alarm bells, it’s all above board – even though it’s below the waist. The UK rail-air train service has embossed its logo on the back of USA Rugby players’ shorts, declaring: “We’re doing this because we want American butts on our seats.” The cheeky one-year partnership across all forms of elite USA rugby is the company’s ploy to boost US customer numbers. As the official partner of the England Rugby Sevens team, the US deal could result in an awkward clash of allegiance for Heathrow Express should its two teams meet on the field of play.