Shirley Temple and The Gent get their gongs at Stock Exchange Vets dinner June 26, 2014 Two City legends were decorated at the annual Stock Exchange Vets dinner in The Grange Hotel last night. Ex-chairmen Les Ames and Bill Sharp, played the perfect (and tall) double act as they received their honorary president titles – while using their old trading floor titles, The Gent and Shirley Temple. “I’m so proud. I [...]
Handbags at dawn: City ladies go gaga over designer arm candy June 26, 2014 RBS’ atrium became a flurry of activity last night as it hosted the annual Bag Ladies event, which saw handbags from the likes of Anya Hindmarch, Victoria Beckham and Burberry go under the hammer in aid of the British Association for Adoption and Fostering. Supported by RBS and run by ex-JP Morgan Cazenove comms director [...]
Boris Johnson’s Barclays bikes could be getting an animal print paint job June 26, 2014 When Barclays hands over the reins of its Boris Bike sponsorship next year it could well be passing them to an east London toy maker. TellTails is hoping to raise £37.5m on crowdfunding site Indiegogo to give each bike an animal print paint job and tail. We think they’re rather fetching… From the [...]
Gatwick airport back in profit and aims for 2nd runway June 26, 2014 Gatwick yesterday made its case for a second runway, as it announced that a record 35.9m passengers had passed through the Sussex airport in the last financial year, up 4.8 per cent from 34.2m in the previous year. The UK’s second busiest airport was back in the black with pre-tax profits of £57.5m in the [...]
Aviva Igloo Fund’s Bermondsey Square up for sale for £34m June 26, 2014 Aviva’s Igloo Fund has appointed property agents Knight Frank to put its mixed-use development in Bermondsey up for sale, with a price tag of £34m. The development at Bermondsey Square is already fully let and includes an 80-bed boutique hotel as well as 35,000 square feet of offices, shops and 76 homes. It also has [...]
Malaysia Airlines to rethink Jet purchases June 26, 2014 MALAYSIA Airlines, whose flight MH370 disappeared mysteriously more than three months ago, could alter plans for future aircraft purchases, chief executive Ahmad Jauhari Yahya has said. Passengers have kept away from the company following the unexplained disappearance of the Kuala Lumpur-Beijing flight and no wreckage has been found.
AMS plans Dialog deal for €3.4bn chip empire June 26, 2014 AUSTRALIAN semiconductor firm AMS yesterday said it was in discussions to buy Frankfurt-listed Dialog Semiconductor in a deal valuing the combination at around €3.4bn (£2.7bn). “These discussions are at a very preliminary stage and there can be no certainty that a transaction will be forthcoming,” the companies said in a joint statement. According to takeover [...]
Monitise buys voucher firm Markco for £55m June 26, 2014 MOBILE payments firm Monitise yesterday said it would acquire MyVoucherCodes.co.uk and Last Second Tickets owner Markco Media in a £54.5m deal. Monitise said the acquisitions would allow it to become “the enabling partner of choice amid the biggest shift in financial services and shopping in a generation, as brands turn to mobile”. The deal is [...]
Bwin.Party denies any plans for sale or split June 26, 2014 ONLINE gaming company Bwin.Party yesterday denied that it was considering selling itself or part of the company as part of a strategic review. Bloomberg had earlier reported that a sale was being considered, causing Bwin’s shares to jump as much as nine per cent. “The board of Bwin.Party has noted the recent speculation in the [...]
London tops UK table for boost in population June 26, 2014 London’s population rose at twice the pace of that of the UK between the middle of 2012 and the middle of 2013, according to figures published this morning. The total number of people in the UK rose by 400,600 during the 12 month period, a 0.63 per cent rise, of whom 107,900 were concentrated in [...]