What lies beneath November 9, 2009 WHEN rumour broke that law firm Clifford Chance’s female employees were being given a £90 allowance to buy fresh knickers after all-nighters at the office, our first thought, perhaps worryingly, was not for their wellbeing. Instead, we couldn’t help but wonder just what City women are wearing under their suits, such that nothing short of [...]
Koffman’s pop-up proves that he’s still the king of London fine dining November 9, 2009 NOSTALGIA is a wonderful thing. When it was announced that Pierre Koffman would come out of retirement to run a restaurant on the roof of Selfridges for one week only, the phones rang off the hook with former customers who remembered his Chelsea restaurant Tante Claire, which closed several years ago. But the crowd wasn’t [...]
TOP FRENCH RESTAURANTS November 9, 2009 HELENE DARROZE AT THE CONNAUGHTThe holder of two Michelin stars for her Parisian restaurant, Darroze picked up her first star for the Connaught restaurant this year. The food is inspired by her native Landes region in south west France, with dishes including chicken stuffed with mushrooms and spit roasted wild pigeon with grilled foie gras. [...]
FOOD & BOOZE NEWS November 9, 2009 SKETCH POPS UP IN THE ART WORLD Mayfair destination restaurant Sketch is going to be getting in with the art crowd next month by launching a pop-up café at the Royal Academy of Arts. It’s designed to reflect the themes of the Piccadilly institution’s exhibition GSK Contemporary, Earth: Art of a Changing World, focusing on [...]
Haye all set for Wembley showdown November 9, 2009 DAVID HAYE is setting his sights on a huge Wembley showdown with one of the Klitschko brothers next summer in a fight already being billed as the biggest in heavyweight history. Britain’s new heavyweight king is in talks with Wembley chiefs over a possible unification bout with champions Vitali or Wladimir after winning the WBA [...]
Cameron: I’ll back the City November 9, 2009 TORY leader David Cameron yesterday threw his weight behind the City as he hit out at government proposals for a Tobin tax on global financial transactions, saying it was a “bad idea”. Speaking at an event in the Square Mile, Cameron added that Prime Minister Gordon Brown had lost touch with reality and that his [...]
VW becomes world’s biggest carmaker November 9, 2009 CARMAKER Volkswagen-Porsche yesterday overtook rival Toyota as the world’s biggest car manufacturer, boosted by state-backed “cash-for-bangers” stimuli worldwide. VW, which makes family cars like the Golf and Polo, and luxury vehicles like the Boxster, has made 4.4m cars this year so far, pipping Toyota, which has made 4m, to the post as top manufacturer. VW [...]
Higher prices hurt Gazprom November 9, 2009 GAZPROM, the state-owned Russian energy giant, yesterday said its profits for the first six months of the year had halved, even as the cost of gas soared. Profits in the period tumbled to 305.8bn roubles (£6.3bn) from 609.4bn roubles in the first half. The company blamed the price of buying gas from central Asia, which [...]
Electronic Arts makes a move into social gaming November 9, 2009 ELECTRONIC Arts (EA) has acquired privately-held social gaming firm Playfish for $275m (£170m) in cash plus $25m in share options. EA said the acquisition of Playfish – which makes games for people to play on computers with friends, unlike traditional videogames that need dedicated consoles – strengthened its focus on the transition to social gaming. [...]
G4S looks to secure deals inside Bric November 9, 2009 G4S, the world’s biggest security firm, said yesterday it plans to boost operations in China and Brazil, as it reported a nine per cent sales increase in the first nine months of the year. The company, formed from the 2004 merger of Securicor and Group 4, said operating profit was up 12 per cent in [...]
