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Ash London’s Amanda Ibgui and Sharon Elalouf bring the French interior design Touch to the City October 30, 2014 Imagine how Sharon Elalouf and Amanda Ibgui felt arriving in London from their native Paris on a rainy day in 2006. Not only did they have to contend with English food and English weather, the pair also came up against English interior design. Enthusiastic devotees of modern French style (which for them means clean [...]
Bow, Tower Hamlets: All you need to know about London’s new eastern hotspot October 30, 2014 Everyone knows how well Hackney is doing in the property stakes, with house price increases outstripping any other borough in London over the last 12 months. But how about its neighbour Tower Hamlets? As a borough, it’s building more new homes than any other in the country. Bromley-by-Bow, in particular, has been popular with [...]
Private View: On the market in bow this week October 30, 2014 BELLEVUE BOW, E3 from £417,500 for a two bed apartment This 27-storey tower is one of the tallest residential buildings in the regeneration of Bow. It sits on the site of the former Crossways Estate and provides 93 new homes. Developer Swan New Homes has just released their platinum collection of apartments spread across the [...]
Merchants Walk in east London: Affordable house prices, yet very commutable October 30, 2014 As the fringes of the City soar in both popularity and price, first-time buyers and young professionals on modest incomes are looking to move a bit further afield. In this case “further afield” means 15 minutes away by Tube. Bow in Tower Hamlets, east London, has seen a spurt in popularity as a result, [...]
The office horror stories to avoid this Halloween October 30, 2014 Liam Ward-Proud looks at the workplace gaffes that should keep you awake at night. Is smoking an e-cigarette at work the new eating soup with a dessert spoon? No one seems quite sure. Debrett’s, the etiquette taste-maker in chief and centuries-old chronicler of distinguished Brits, released its new handbook for modern politeness this week, [...]
Charismatic chief executives could be bad for firms October 29, 2014 Compelling as they may be, strong leaders can lack humility. I am soft, I am lovable, but what I really want to do is reach in, rip out their hearts and eat them before they die.” Not the words of a general before battle, but Lehman Brothers’s last chairman and chief executive Dick Fuld, [...]
Steven Pinker: How to banish business jargon October 28, 2014 The cognitive scientist tells Harriet Green why buzzwords just don’t cut the mustard. Business jargon is annoying: “we need to find the synergy here”; “do you feel empowered to do that?” It’s also utterly mystifying. What is a core competency? And how far can you feasibly stretch leverage? Guilty users we may be, but [...]
What’s the right risk profile for you? Key questions to consider October 28, 2014 Think carefully about your ability to handle high volatility. Working out the appropriate level of risk for an investment portfolio has become a far more sophisticated process in recent years. Where advisers would once have asked clients just to tick a box marked “adventurous” or “cautious”, says Jason Hollands of Tilney Bestinvest, investors today [...]
Why Thomas Piketty should back high banker pay – CNBC Comment October 27, 2014 With reporting season kicking off today, cue the usual brouhaha over how much those greedy bankers are getting. But maybe it’s worth pausing a moment to take a lesson or two from the world of high finance. True, official statistics show that financiers have enjoyed a 27 per cent wage rise since the start of [...]
Trading isn’t all about riches: Here’s the harsh reality – Daily FX Tips & Picks October 27, 2014 WHEN people think about trading, many things come to mind. Some will think of huge amounts of cash and massive gains. This may be accurate in some cases, but today I would like to break things down and tell you about the harsh reality. Trading is all about probabilities and psychology. When a person trades, [...]