London Sports Festival moves from 3×3 basketball success to pickleball at the City of London Corporation’s Guildhall Yard
London Report: Water firms to show how well profits flowing November 24, 2013 THE FTSE 100’s latest female executive, Liv Garfield, will get an idea of what she’ll face when she joins Severn Trent next year as her new employer announces interim results, along with Pennon and United Utilities. The three, who have been called on by regulators to stop planned price hikes, are expected to have increased [...]
Wall St The Week Ahead: Thanksgiving lull ahead of Black Friday November 24, 2013 Wall Street set another record last week, and the rally that has taken the S&P 500 index nearly 30 per cent higher for the year shows no sign of losing steam as Americans prepare to celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday. Trading volume is likely to be light as US stock markets will be closed on Thursday [...]
Why low cost carriers and hub buster planes make Gatwick the UK’s future November 24, 2013 NEXT month, we effectively reach the halfway point in the debate about what extra aviation capacity the UK needs, and where it should happen. The Airports Commission, led by Sir Howard Davies, will set out its shortlist. This is an issue the UK has grappled with since the end of the Second World War, and the [...]
City Matters: The City and capitalism must adapt to the challenges of a fast-changing world November 24, 2013 IN RECENT years, London’s business community has been forced to face up to a number of challenges to the status quo. The changes the industry has gone through since have been substantial and not always pleasant. But one positive that has come out of this is an increased focus on a more sustainable form of [...]
Unsecured debt is rising: Students could face the long-term consequences November 24, 2013 AS THE UK economy recovers, some have begun to fear an emerging unsecured credit boom. Total unsecured borrowing has indeed risen by 4 per cent in 2013 to £216bn, the first increase since the financial crisis. But this is not the full story. Our analysis shows that almost all the £8.5bn increase is made up [...]
Letters to the Editor – 25/11 – Broken promises, Party change, Best of Twitter November 24, 2013 Broken promises [Re: Osborne’s budget deficit is going down but progress is slow, Friday] Thank you for reminding the chancellor about his pledge to increase the inheritance tax threshold. This (so far) broken promise leaves a bitter taste for self-reliant people who want their children and grandchildren to have a better standard of life. The [...]
The unlikely bedfellows driving a cab revolution November 24, 2013 Annabel Palmer talks taxis with Russell Hall and Ron Zeghibe, two of the founders behind Hailo IN 1639, a licence was granted to the Corporation of Coachmen, allowing its members to compete with the then-dominant licensed sedan chairs. Today, there are over 23,000 licensed taxi drivers in London. They’ve become a British institution – described [...]
Geek Speak: Hands-on review: The iPad Mini November 24, 2013 @steve_dinneen iPAD MINI From £319 for 16GB wi-fi only Four Stars TWO weeks ago, I wrote a big review of the iPad Air, which I said was the best tablet on the market, despite not incorporating all the latest tech from the iPhone 5S. Now, I’m going to have to do it all again, because [...]
And here’s something nice to wrap it up in November 24, 2013 EMILY DICICCO BRINGS YOU THE VERY BEST iPAD CASES Smythson All of Smythson’s leather iPad Mini cases can be personalised with up to fifteen characters of text or images for just under £100. smythson.com; £235 Burberry Anyone who eats, sleeps and breaths Burberry will want this sleek and simple case to add to their collection. [...]
Discovering the entrepreneurial spirit behind Argentine wine November 24, 2013 Laura Ivill travels to Mendoza in Argentina to experience the wine-making journey from humble grape to fine-dining staple DRAW a line on the map from the bustling streets of Buenos Aires west across Argentina’s interior and you reach the soaring 6,000-metre peaks of the Andes. In the foothills, the low-rise sprawling city of Mendoza lends [...]
