Tips for public speaking from political party conferences: Keep sentences short and – if offered an autocue – use it October 7, 2015 At least I don’t have to worry about [Cherie] running off with the bloke next door,” said Tony Blair in his valedictory speech at the 2006 Labour Party Conference. Combining humour with an honesty about his differences with Gordon Brown, the performance was heralded as one of the greatest in British politics, and received a [...]
Football Comment: Klopp can return Reds to top four October 7, 2015 I WAS a little surprised by Liverpool’s decision to sack Brendan Rodgers but, as the dust begins to settle and the club prepare to appoint his replacement, he can harbour few complaints. None of the numbers show his reign in a very flattering light. Yes, he had to contend with the unavoidable loss of star [...]
Lancaster: I picked right England side October 7, 2015 HEAD coach Stuart Lancaster insists the group of players which presided over England’s worst ever World Cup showing can rise from the ashes of failure and prove the foundation for future success. Lancaster admitted that his squad remain in a “dark place” after the 33-13 defeat to Australia at Twickenham on Saturday confirmed their tournament [...]
Conservative party conference 2015: Race to succeed the PM has just turned nasty – The City View October 6, 2015 When David Cameron finishes his speech at the Conservative conference in Manchester today, he will look down at his cabinet ministers as they clap and smile, and he will know that many of them now picture themselves in his place. The Prime Minister fired the starting gun on the race to succeed to him when [...]
London’s economic growth: The capital leads the way as a wealth maker October 6, 2015 London’s economy is outstripping the rest of the country, growing 3.3 per cent year on year, compared with a national average of 2.5 per cent, according to RBS’ regional growth figures out today. London’s economic growth was boosted by its burgeoning professional, scientific and technical services industries. The City and the West End, unsurprisingly, were [...]
Standard Chartered plan for subsidiary bank in India October 6, 2015 Standard Chartered is set to become the first major foreign bank to set up a subsidiary in India. The London-based bank is the only one of India’s three big foreign lenders, which include HSBC and Citigroup, to agree to regulatory changes requesting foreign banks set up subsidiary companies, according to a report in the Financial [...]
New businesses in London grew by 6.9 per cent last year October 6, 2015 Britain’s economy continues to grow as new figures show 89,000 new businesses opened between March 2015 and 2015 – a 3.8 per cent increase. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) reported that the number of businesses in the UK, which it defines as having VAT or PAYE systems, has been picking up since the recession [...]
City Moves for 07 October 2015 | Who’s switching jobs October 6, 2015 EY The professional services firm has announced the appointment of Nick Parkhouse to lead its new financial services debt advisory team. He joins as an executive director from RBS, where he was a senior director and led a structured finance team focused on specialty finance markets in the UK. Parkhouse has also previously held roles [...]
Wall St dips on third-quarter earnings jitters – New York Report October 6, 2015 A five-day winning streak came to an end on Wall Street yesterday, as investors focused on upcoming quarterly reports that are expected to reflect a dip in corporate earnings. The Dow Jones industrial average edged up 0.08 per cent to end at 16,790.19 points. The S&P 500 lost 0.36 per cent to 1,979.92 and the [...]
The new pension freedoms are transforming asset management October 6, 2015 The pensions freedom and choice agenda, announced at Budget 2014 and implemented in April this year, took fund managers by as much surprise as insurers. Eighteen months on, what can we see happening in the asset management world, as investment houses digest the implications? The biggest change in the new agenda was the final [...]
