JOBS of the WEEK June 13, 2012 PHYSICAL FUELS TRADER LONDON £150k pa A leading UK energy plant is looking for an entrepreneurial candidate to join its physical trading operations. Applicants must have at least 12 months commercial experience in fuels. http://www.cityamcareers.com/job/15518 OPERATIONAL IMPROVEMENT MANAGER SOUTH EAST £50k-£55k pa A leading financial services firm is looking for applicants with financial or accounting [...]
Cook serves up new MacBook range June 13, 2012 It is testament to how much Apple has evolved over the last decade that the launch of its new range of Mac laptops is seen as a warm up event for the arrival of the iPhone 5 later this year. But the new range is worthy of more than a footnote. Here is the lowdown [...]
Why the Greek government could soon be taking tips on its economy from Diablo June 13, 2012 How much can you charge for something intangible? Rather a lot, it seems. Games manufacturer Blizzard yesterday launched a real money Auction House for its hit title Diablo 3, meaning you can sell the stuff you find on the charred corpse of a ghoul for actual cash, that you can spend in the real world, [...]
Father’s day Get it right! June 13, 2012 Rugged dad Make sure you have the most stylish dad in town with this check shirt ‰ Gant ‰ £75 ‰ www.gant.co.uk Posh dad Socks with an expensive twist ‰ Pantherella cashmere socks ‰ £35 ‰ mrporter.com Green dad For the green-fingered gent with little time on his hands: an allotment – in a box [...]
London Time – The world on your wrist June 13, 2012 In our latest watch feature we look at the appeal of watches with a global outlook, pay tribute to a modern classic, find Cameron Diaz bringing some glitz to TAG Heuer and join Formula 1 ace Stefan Johansson at the track to discover why he’s now producing watches himself. Click on the images below to [...]
WPP shareholders reject Sir Martin Sorrell’s pay deal June 13, 2012 Investors at WPP, the world’s largest advertising agency, this afternoon revived the shareholder spring by rejecting a big pay rise handed to chief executive Sir Martin Sorrell. At the firm’s Dublin AGM 59.5 per cent of shareholders voted against the group’s remuneration report, which will hand Sorrell a a substantial increase to his pay package, [...]
Stelios’ African airline prepares for launch with Lonrho acquisition June 13, 2012 Stelios Haji-Ioannou’s plans to launch a new budget airline for Africa moved a step closed this morning after conglomerate Lonrho announced the sale of its aviation business. British investment firm Rubicon has bought the unit for £55.1m and will now make plans to launch a carrier named ‘FastJet’ with Stelios. As part of the deal [...]
Cairn buys North Sea firm for £414m June 13, 2012 British oil firm Cairn Energy announced this morning that is has bought North Sea firm Nautical Petroleum for £414m. The offer represents a premium of 51.1 per cent to yesterday’s closing price of 297.8p per share. Cairn said in March that it would look to spend some of its $1.2 billion cash pile to build [...]
Sainsbury’s sales get jubilee boost June 13, 2012 J Sainsbury, Britain’s third-largest supermarket, posted a rise in first-quarter sales, assisted by shoppers celebrating the recent diamond jubilee. Sainsbury’s said sales at stores open over a year – and excluding fuel – rose 1.4 per cent in the 12 weeks to 9 June. The firm said it outperformed the market and it was well [...]
OSBORNE: GREXIT MAY BE NEEDED TO RESCUE EURO June 12, 2012 CHANCELLOR George Osborne has suggested that Greece may have to crash out of the euro for German voters to be convinced of the need to save the single currency. At a gathering of business leaders in London yesterday, an unusually blunt Osborne risked provoking anger in Berlin by hinting that a so-called Grexit could persuade [...]
