The reports of live television’s death are greatly exaggerated – Thinkbox October 27, 2014 Heavy warnings that live TV would fall into terminal decline due to on-demand services like Netflix are proving unfounded, according to new research. Figures released by Thinkbox, the UK TV industry’s promotion body, yesterday revealed that 88 per cent of all TV viewing is still live. The news bodes well for commercial broadcasters Channel 4, [...]
London bridge fire causes traffic chaos October 27, 2014 London Bridge was closed last night, causing traffic chaos, after a fire broke out at a nearby building site. The fire started as scaffolding caught alight on the tenth floor of 33 King William Street, a 12-storey office block which is under renovation. Fire crews arrived just after 6pm and brought the fire under control [...]
Topshop comes over all destiny‘s styled October 27, 2014 Sir Philip Green and popstar Beyonce are to embark on a joint venture producing a global athletic streetwear collection under a company called Parkwood Topshop Athletic. The brand, which will include clothing and footwear, will be launching in the later half of 2015.
Investment boss Abberley takes over as Charles Stanley’s chief October 27, 2014 CHARLES Stanley yesterday promoted chief investment officer Paul Abberley to the role of chief executive. The top job became vacant last month when new EU rules forced chairman Sir David Howard to relinquish his executive role – the Capital Requirement Directive argues the chairman should oversee the executives, rather than holding both jobs at once. [...]
Spear‘s names top private bankers October 27, 2014 Last night saw the annual Spear’s Wealth Management Awards come to The Savoy and with them, The Spear’s 500. Among the top 10 wealth managers were HSBC Private Bank’s Charlie Hoffman, Close Brothers’ Penny Lovell and William Drake from Lord North Street. Charlie Hoffman HSBC Private Bank William Drake Lord North Street Penny Lovell Close [...]
Harvey Nash to wine and dine energy chiefs October 27, 2014 THE ENERGY industry’s top City slickers (pun intended) are set to meet for an evening of food and fine conversation at the Harvey Nash annual Oil & Gas dinner in The Dorchester’s Orchid Room tonight. Centrica’s outgoing boss Sam Laidlaw is the evening’s guest speaker and no doubt he’ll be looking forward to meeting old [...]
Cam’s many T-shirt tantrums October 27, 2014 POOR David Cameron had to defend himself more than once yesterday. There was his run-in with a protester in Leeds, who turned out to be a jogger accidentally running into the PM. All that on the back of his T-shirt tussle with Elle magazine. Cameron’s refusal (or five reported refusals) to wear the Fawcett Society [...]
Google‘s Mysterious New Zealand kitty cat October 27, 2014 JUST as you can get away with editing the odd Wikipedia page for your own entertainment, someone has discovered you can do the same with Google maps. This cat was drawn onto a map of Hobson Bay, New Zealand and baffled Google when discovered. “We were aware that cats were trying to take over YouTube, [...]
Anglo Amercian delivers first ore October 27, 2014 MINING firm Anglo American yesterday reported the delivery of first ore on ship from its Minas-Rio iron ore project in Brazil. The first cargo of more than 80,000 tonnes of iron ore for the pellet feed market has been loaded onto a chartered vessel at the dedicated export terminal at the port of Acu in Rio [...]
Randgold shares slip in spite of new action plan at Tongon mine October 27, 2014 AN ANNOUNCEMENT by Randgold Resources stating that its Tongon mine in Cote d’Ivoire has finally turned a corner after experiencing technical difficulties failed to stop a decline in its share price yesterday. Shares fell by 1.67 per cent despite chief executive Mark Bristow claiming that the mill throughput and recovery rate, the main challenges faced by [...]
