Barclays’ Sam Dean makes speedy return to bank as chairman of global finance and risk solutions October 8, 2014 When Barclays’ head of equity capital markets Sam Dean announced he was taking a sabbatical last December it raised a number of eyebrows in the City. Dean, a highly popular and well-respected part of the Barclays team, cited family reasons for his break, but that didn’t stop the bank’s rivals from gossiping about whether the [...]
Pets at Home swaps kittens for big cats to launch its new report October 8, 2014 Team Pets At Home have embarked on a safari this morning, trekking far from their home office in Cheshire to unknown and dangerous territory – the Tiger Territory enclosure at London Zoo to be exact. While guests are tucking into a hearty breakfast, commercial director Peter Pritchard, head of pets Maeve Moorcroft and er, comedian [...]
Daniel Stewart Securities’ Champagne Odyssey Christmas party invites sent on same day as suspension of shares statement October 7, 2014 It was a busy day for Daniel Stewart Securities yesterday. A hectic morning at the City-based investment bank involved sending out invitations to its lavish Christmas party – dubbed A Champagne Odyssey to be held at Brown’s on Old Jewry. Three hours later the bank, founded in 1989, was rushing out a statement regarding its [...]
London Underground’s Tuesday Tube strike could be called off as mediators move in October 7, 2014 Talks are going ahead this morning between Transport for London (TfL) and the RMT Union, which has asked its members to down tools next Tuesday for 48 hours in protest against Tube ticket office closures. Mediator Acas, which has a 94 per cent success rate in resolving disputes, became involved yesterday after transport chiefs blasted [...]
CMC Markets to join rock ‘n’ roll royalty in The Sanctum Soho Hotel for 25th birthday October 7, 2014 The City doesn’t have a reputation for being overly rock ‘n’ roll, but it seems that Peter Cruddas’ CMC Markets has developed a penchant for one of London’s edgier hangouts – The Sanctum Soho Hotel – and it’s celebrating its 25th birthday there tomorrow night. The hotel is part-owned by the managers of Iron Maiden, [...]
MoneySuperMarket invites customers to crush a car in latest stunt October 7, 2014 As far as publicity stunts go, MoneySuperMarket is getting a raft of attention at the moment with its Epic Car Insurance Car Crusher. The price comparison site is offering customers a chance to crush a real car with a giant metallic claw. The gigantic 6,000kg robotic hand crusher is available for 48 hours, until 9pm [...]
French PM Manuel Valls laughs off Andy Street’s faux pas and promises cheap Aspirin for Denis MacShane October 6, 2014 Sacre Bleu, a few short days after John Lewis chief Andy Street’s “France is over,” faux pas and the French PM Manuel Valls was in town, speaking at the Guildhall to a packed-out City audience yesterday. Orating in his mother-tongue (let’s hope everyone remembered their GCSE French), Valls said he thought Street had “drunk too [...]
George Osborne’s changed his unhealthy ways but most MPs indulge a tad too much October 6, 2014 They're in the public eye, up to their knees in advisers and not wanting for pocket money to spend in Holland & Barrett, but Britain’s MPs are an unhealthy bunch according to Nuffield Health. A poll of 100 MPs found almost half failed to meet the government’s recommended two-and-a-half hours of moderate activity a [...]
Liberal Democrat party conference 2014: The ties are off! Danny Alexander is up for election fight October 5, 2014 Perhaps Danny Alexander fell victim to a particularly saucy bacon sandwich in between his appearance on Sky News yesterday morning and his speech at the party’s conference just a short while later. Maybe it was a baby-kiss photo op gone wrong, or a sudden gust of wild Scottish wind that carried his on-message, fresh-out-of-the-box yellow [...]
Judges decide as the City A.M. awards close in October 2, 2014 WITH the City A.M. awards on the near horizon, our esteemed panel of judges met yesterday to chew over which names will be revealed on 13 November. The looming IPO of Virgin Money meant Goldman Sachs’ Phil Raper almost missed the action, arriving after the coffee and croissants had been dealt out but just on [...]
