Al Murray vs Nigel Farage: Pub Landlord’s FUKP takes on Ukip in old South Thanet January 14, 2015 The fight for the South Thanet seat in the next general election is turning out to be a battle of the beer swiggers, featuring two pub landlords and one ale loving MEP. David Cameron’s distant cousin-cum-comedian Al Murray, aka the Pub Landlord, threw his lager into the ring yesterday. He joins Ukip’s Nigel Farage and, [...]
Standard Life lures Countdown star Rachel Riley to pull the pub quiz crowds January 14, 2015 Moving on to pensions now, but oddly not away from pubs, it seems Standard Life is continuing its theme of using celebrities and drinking holes to get us to think about our pensions. Last month the pensions provider published a video featuring Gogglebox’s Steph and Dom, talking about their long-term savings with some people in [...]
Ocado outperforms its rivals during Christmas and sees sales rise 15pc January 14, 2015 ONLINE grocer Ocado yesterday announced that it had outperformed its traditional supermarket rivals over Christmas, adding it was confident about prospects in 2015 despite an escalating price war. The firm, whose range includes products supplied by upmarket grocer Waitrose, said sales growth in December continued at the rate it achieved in the final quarter of [...]
C&C fails to enjoy a festive craic as fizz goes out of cider market January 14, 2015 IRISH cider maker C&C yesterday issued a profit warning due to poor sales in Britain in the last four months of 2014 as it pursued a failed takeover bid for pub group Spirit. The makers of ciders Magners and Bulmers, as well as Tennent’s lager, said it would advance plans to “significantly reduce costs” in [...]
Just Eat takes away 50pc jump in its like-for-like orders in 2014 January 14, 2015 ONLINE takeaway service Just Eat yesterday reported a 50 per cent jump in like-for-like orders in 2014. The company, which listed in London last April, said total orders grew 52 per cent, including those from its French business Alloresto.fr. David Buttress, the chief executive of Just Eat, said this “provides an excellent base for further [...]
Company floats in 2014 score higher than FTSE 100 average January 14, 2015 IF YOU invested in any the 30 companies that completed public floats last year, chances are you’ll be happy you did. Research out from Deloitte shows the 2014 additions to the share market generated an average return of 12.4 per cent, outperforming the FTSE 100 by 14.4 percentage points. An investment of £1,000 in each [...]
Barratt Developments sees property sales and completions jump in first half January 14, 2015 Sales at residential property company Barratt Developments jumped by 17 per cent in the six months to 31 December, up to £1.68bn from £1.44bn in the first half of the 2014 financial year. Completions also increased, improving from 6,195 to 6,971. Of the total number of completions, 1,149 were in the affordable housing sector, which [...]
Bumper Christmas for shopping centre January 14, 2015 OVER half a million shoppers visited Quintain’s London Designer Outlet, home to retailers such as H&M and Gap, during the 2014 festive season. The Wembley-based outlet centre, which opened in October 2013, hosted 18,000 last minute bargain-hunters on Christmas Eve alone.
London house prices to drop as surveyors see slowdown January 14, 2015 SURVEYORS are predicting a fall in London house prices in 2015, new survey data shows today. Surveyors in London are anticipating a decline in prices of two to five per cent, according to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). The price falls are expected to go along with a five to 10 per cent [...]
Investec looks to M&A expansion as investment bank gets its Guy January 14, 2015 SOUTH African specialist banking and asset management group Investec yesterday added to its investment banking business with the appointment of veteran M&A adviser Guy Gillett. Working closely with head of consumer Gary Levin, Gillett is charged with strengthening Investec’s M&A offering, particularly focusing on private companies and private equity clients. Gillett joins from Ternion Capital, [...]
