Palmer to continue his love story with gutsy filly Covert August 20, 2015 BILL ESDAILE PREVIEWS DAY TWO OF YORK’S EBOR FESTIVAL THE weather gods haven’t exactly shined on the Knavesmire so far this week. We were all expecting a dry few days, but it bucketed down on Tuesday night resulting in good to soft ground for the start of the meeting. It’s difficult to know exactly how [...]
Hamleys’ rival toys with takeover August 20, 2015 THE MIDDLE Eastern owner of Hamleys’ rival, The Toy Store, is said to be considering a takeover bid for the country’s most famous toy shop. Gulf Greetings has sent a letter of intent to Hamleys’ French owner Ludendo, highlighting its interest in acquiring the iconic Hamleys names, according to Retail Week. It is the second [...]
Yvette Cooper pushes for boardroom quotas to up number of women at the table August 20, 2015 Labour leadership hopeful Yvette Cooper has called on the government to consider introducing quotas for the number of women on corporate boards. Cooper said last night that if she were Labour leader, she would introduce a new Equalities Act to “look at positive discrimination in areas such as the judiciary or executive boards where there [...]
Sand landmarks at St Paul’s Cathedral August 20, 2015 ENOUGH with the sand. Despite the sub-par summer, London has an obsession with beaches this year – now sand sculptures are being built at St Paul’s. A different world landmark is being chiselled each day, marking the launch of travel company Lonely Planet’s Ultimate Travellist guide. So far we’ve seen the pyramids of Egypt and [...]
Miner Glencore and China lead FTSE to seven-month low – London Report August 20, 2015 THE FTSE 100 fell yesterday to its lowest level since January, hit by anxiety over metals consumer China’s economy, with Glencore leading the mining sector lower after poorly-received results. The blue chip index was down 122.84 points, or 1.9 per cent, at 6,403.45 points by the close – its lowest closing level since 15 January, [...]
Best of the Brokers for 20 August 2015 August 20, 2015 To appear in Best of the Brokers, email your research to notes@cityam.com HENDERSON GROUP Shore Capital raised its “hold” rating to “buy” for the asset manager. Excellent early progress has been achieved towards the five year plan to December 2018 and the once-stretched balance sheet is also now in much better shape, analysts at Shore [...]
Following the Kids Company fiasco, what does alternative finance such as peer-to-peer and crowdfunding offer charities? August 20, 2015 What's the connection between charities and alternative finance? Currently, the answer is not a lot – charities are often big, well-oiled machines, and peer-to-peer lending and crowdfunding platforms are still very new. But do the latter offer the former something? The ongoing Kids Company fiasco has put the charity model under scrutiny. And the [...]
Three “softer” skills you don’t know you need August 20, 2015 Bosses can tell if you’re tolerant just from your handwriting As GCSE results are released today, employers are once again questioning the usefulness of the national curriculum in preparing young people for their careers. A 2014 survey by Kaplan and supported by the CBI, for example, revealed that technical knowledge was ranked twenty-fourth out [...]
Supreme queen muffles horn in juddmonte August 20, 2015 CHAMPION Jockey-elect Silvestre de Sousa engineered a huge upset aboard 50-1 shot Arabian Queen in the Juddmonte International Stakes at York’s Ebor Festival yesterday. A much-anticipated duel between 2,000 Guineas winner Gleneagles and unbeaten Golden Horn never materialised as the former was declared a non-runner due to soft ground, and the latter was beaten into [...]
Frequent flyers are miserable all too frequently August 20, 2015 Readers who are well accustomed to business travel might think of flat-beds, friendly service, champagne and suave business class lounges, but apparently it’s not all chrome furniture and free booze. A new study claims that frequent business flyers are sickly and lonely and their kids are miserable. A study from the University of Surrey, whose [...]
