Would you say yes to Oink Energy’s Peppa Pig-ish porcine power? September 15, 2014 It’s fair to say energy companies are still not at the top of the public’s Christmas card lists – and this morning, a new energy company has trotted on to the scene to give us all something to think about. Would we rather get their energy bills from Centrica’s Sammy “two pools” Laidlaw or Peppa [...]
Any Scots want to see Ed Balls in shorts? Vote No to independence on Thursday September 15, 2014 One further casualty of a potential Scottish Yes vote can now be revealed – the annual appearance of Ed Balls struggling to come to terms with a tight-fitting football shirt. Yes, Sunday’s match between the gentlemen of the press and Labour MPs at the party conference in Manchester is likely to be cancelled by a [...]
A fracking great win for Cuadrilla backed farmers August 28, 2014 It often feels as though fracking firm Cuadrilla doesn’t have many friends in the countryside. But yesterday a fracking court case came to a conclusion, which saw local farmers and landowners team up with Cuadrilla to get rid of the protesters on their land. The frackers had some backers. Local landowners from Lancashire went to [...]
Bill of the Week (It’s Back!): Lidl’s lavish V&A dinner August 28, 2014 Bill of the Week is coming out of retirement for a special appearance today. But contrary to its predecessors, which regularly toted up the price of umpteen bottles of Krug and countless Grey Goose martinis, this bill is all about frugality. One might call it a really Lidl bill. One of our roving reporters [...]
Brian Cox dives into Canary Wharf’s pool of talent August 28, 2014 Professor Brian Cox was in Canary Wharf last night talking about inflation. Not the kind that Mark Carney worries himself with though, Professor Cox was wowing a room of City types and entrepreneurs about the inflationary universe. Minds were boggled. The audience was gathered in ClubLounge39 in the FinTech hub of the same name. Prof [...]
City A.M. helps Vodafone to launch its refurbished store August 27, 2014 Vodafone enjoyed a momentous day in the City yesterday – not least because City A.M.’s chief executive Jens Torpe and The Capitalist went down to its new store on Fenchurch Street, cutting the ribbon on the newly spruced up premises. The store is part of the mobile giant’s £100m investment in the high streets. UK [...]
Who said it? Was it The Office’s David Brent or Telecity’s Michael Tobin? August 26, 2014 In retrospect, publishing a book called, Forget Strategy, Get Results, probably wasn’t the best thing for Telecity chief Michael Tobin to publish in April this year. Four months later, and he’s making a surprise resignation, “to make way for a new CEO”. Perhaps the board quite fancied a bit of strategy after all. But [...]
City spat comes to an end with win for Guy Naggar August 25, 2014 A line has finally been drawn under a long-running City row between veteran stockbroker Barry Townsley and his former business partner and friend Guy Naggar. Townsley lost his claim against Naggar last summer and lost his appeal of that decision this summer. Now the time in which he could apply to appeal once more has [...]
Sophie Turner is (Sansa) stark choice for Karen Millen’s new campaign August 25, 2014 Having released a teaser video last week, in which viewers follow a mystery red-head as she strides around east London, clothing brand Karen Millen has revealed the face of its autumn/winter campaign to be Game of Thrones’ Sansa Stark (or actress Sophie Turner to be precise). “The London-focused KM campaign is a culmination of a [...]
Ice bucket challenge hits the City as finance chiefs get a soaking August 25, 2014 It’s official; the ice bucket challenge has hit the City. HSBC’s chief economist Stephen King, PwC’s Andrew Sentance and economist Danny Blanchflower have all had a soaking. But we particularly liked this snap of Withers’ co-head of wealth planning, Filippo Noseda feeling the cold, in his pants. Who’s next? Come on, Carney.
