Gadgets, technology and luxury on the waves August 31, 2011 PUTTING THE SUPER IN SUPERYACHT Watch out Roman, there’s about to be a new superyacht in town – literally. The Big Fish, a remarkable boat that’s designed equally for adventure on the high seas as it is for sitting in the marinas of Monaco and Mustique, will be appearing on the Thames tomorrow, mooring at [...]
THE NEW SONY RANGE AT A GLANCE August 31, 2011 1. 6” EREADER WITH ENHANCED TOUCHSCREEN E-readers from Sony have always looked the part; the problem is nobody buys them. This version is the lightest reader in the world, again using E-ink paper. It will offer connectivity to public libraries in the US but the decider will be price. 2. SONY TABLET P MULTITOUCH FLIP-SCREEN [...]
Das Kapital: only this time, it’s erotic, says LSE fellow August 31, 2011 HONEY MONEY: THE POWER OF EROTIC CAPITAL BY CATHERINE HAKIM ALLEN LANE, £20 THE best way to create a stir is to publish a book that claims that sex sells, and should do so more. Better yet, embed the claim in an argument for women to think and do more – not less – about [...]
We’re starved of a holiday and it’s driving me up the wall August 31, 2011 SOLVING YOUR WORK-LIFE PROBLEMS Business has been bad for my boyfriend and we’ve had to cancel our holidays all year. I’m at my wits’ end – especially now that everyone’s coming back all rosy and fresh from their August holiday. I’m feeling a lot of resentment. What should I do? Judy, IT, 31 I DON’T [...]
OUT OF OFFICE August 31, 2011 BOOK NOW: EPICUREAN DREAM BRINGS TOGETHER THE VERY BEST For a truly first-rate foodie affair, blot out 9 and 10 September in your diary. Quintessentially Epicure is a luxury food festival at the Hurlingham Club that will see some of the world’s most renowned chefs including Hèlène Darroze, Marcus Wareing, Brett Graham, Giorgio Locatelli and [...]
City sales set to net £250m for Ireland August 30, 2011 A NUMBER of major City property developments are expected to come up for grabs for £250m when a long-awaited sale by Irish investors begins next month. Among the buildings ready to be sold it 107 Cheapside, the upmarket development near St Paul’s Cathedral. The office and retail building, opened three years ago, was developed by [...]
Regus sees a lift in office space market August 30, 2011 OFFICE rentals specialist Regus said yesterday sales and profits were growing as businesses hunted for temporary space amid global economic uncertainty. The company’s January to June pre-tax profit before exceptional items was £13m compared with £9.7m last year. Revenue grew 10 per cent to £565.6m. Regus, which offers ready-to-use offices for rentals as short as [...]
Volvo at its heart-warming best August 30, 2011 THE current Volvo V70 is the descendant of the big, cumbersome boxy Volvo estates of my childhood. Which is one reason why I’m keen to test this DRIVe model, the most eco-friendly version of Volvo’s big estate. The engine capacity is just 1.6 litres – albeit a 115PS turbodiesel – so I don’t expect much [...]
CAR TALK August 30, 2011 BENTLEY’S CONTINENTAL Bentley has released the first images of its new Continental GTC ahead of its Frankfurt motor show introduction. The second generation GTC is sportier than its predecessor; is lighter in weight, has a wider track and engine power is increased too. A new six-speed transmission means gear shifting times have been halved and [...]
Mortgage approvals up but borrowing weak August 30, 2011 Lenders approved the highest number of mortgages since May 2010 last month, but unsecured consumer borrowing was unexpectedly weak, Bank of England figures showed. Separate figures showed the Bank’s preferred money supply gauge – M4 excluding intermediate other financial corporations – picked up to show growth of 0.6 per cent on the month, after a [...]