POCKET SQUARES FOR A GOOD CAUSE October 14, 2010 Everywhere you go right now you see men sporting a raffish flash of colour in the breast pocket. Pocket squares are the suiting accessory du jour, and if you get one of these cool checked numbers from Brooks Brothers –?including its City shop – you’ll be donating to charity too, as £5 from every sale [...]
OUT OF OFFICE October 14, 2010 WINTER HAND CLINIC John Lewis Oxford Street has teamed up with luxury skincare brand Elemis to launch free Winter Hand Clinics to run throughout November and into December in-store. The bespoke consultations will be led by an expert Elemis skin therapist who will give customers top tips and advice on how to protect their hands [...]
Hodgson could come unstuck at the Toffees October 14, 2010 EVERTON vs LIVERPOOL SUNDAY, 1.30PM, SKY SPORTS Roy Hodgson’s men have taken six points from their opening seven games, but have only bagged a solitary point on their travels. Everton also have just six points from a possible 21, but they have picked up four points from their last two away games and will be [...]
French raider Vision D’Etat looks just Champion at 9/2 in Newmarket finale October 14, 2010 NEWMARKET stages its historic Champions’ Day for the very last time tomorrow as from next year the Champion Stakes will be held at Ascot almost a month earlier. Although some have argued that this is racing doing away with tradition, I’m firmly in the progressive camp and I’m sure it will provide the British flat [...]
World stocks hit two-year high October 14, 2010 World stocks hit a two year high, touching levels not seen since September 2008 just after the collapse of Lehman Brothers. Emerging market stocks led the way, with their best performance since June 2008. MSCI’s all-country world index, a leading benchmark used by professional investors, was up 0.8 per cent in the day at around [...]
Ashmore sees assets jump to £26bn October 14, 2010 Emerging markets fund manager Ashmore saw assets jump 18 per cent in the first quarter to an estimated £26.2bn – fuelled by Asian retail investors. Assets under management had been forecast to rise up to 10 per cent to £24.6bn at the end of September. the company said that it had net inflows of £2.1bn, [...]
John Laing to float infrastructure fund October 14, 2010 Infrastructure group John Laing has announced its intention to list an infrastructure fund in London raising up to £270m. Laing, owned by asset manager Henderson Group, will sell up to £256m of yielding infrastructure assets to the newly formed John Laing Infrastructure Fund, in a move that was flagged up earlier this month. This forms [...]
Mouchel warns over profit in tough environment October 14, 2010 Outsourcer Mouchel has warned full-year profit could be lower than expected. The company, which provides maintenance for highways and handles local government payrolls, estimated that pre-tax profit before exceptionals for the year would be around £30.5m. Analysts were, on average, expecting £34.85m, a Thomson Reuters poll showed. “Taking into account the challenging business environment and [...]
WH Smith hikes dividend after profit rise October 14, 2010 Retailer WH Smith beat forecasts with a nine per cent rise in year profit, hiked its final dividend by 18 per cent and said it would return up to £50m to shareholders. The newspapers, books and stationery retailer, said the return of cash would be through a share buyback programme. WH Smith made an underlying [...]
Asos sees sales surge by 47 per cent October 14, 2010 Online fashion retailer ASOS said it was on track to meet full-year profit forecasts after a 47 per cent surge in second-quarter sales. ASOS, which launched a US website last month, also said it expected to launch French and German versions by the end of the month. Retail sales jumped to £69.7m in the three [...]
