Tumbleweed moment for Tesco as Philip Clarke auction price stumbles July 21, 2014 Tesco suppliers, celebrity chefs, an Eastenders actor and a British touring car racer all gathered in Old Billingsgate on Friday night for the decidedly unsexy-sounding Tesco Packaged Food Summer Ball. But while chefs Raymond Blanc and Tom Kerridge mingled with Tesco’s suppliers, chief exec Philip Clarke was nowhere to be seen, something which later transpired [...]
Silver for Barclays beach volleyball team as the City battles it out in the sunshine July 21, 2014 What better time to enjoy a corporate volleyball mash-up than the hottest day of the year? Friday saw teams from the likes of Barclays, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Linklaters and Fitch Ratings go up against each other on Action for Kids’ beach volleyball courts but victory was saved for the returning champions Reebok [...]
Daniel Freedman: Three things you didn’t know about the London & Capital co-founder July 21, 2014 Co-founder of London & Capital Daniel Freedman 1 He started his career as a wealth manager serving the rich and famous of Hollywood. Working in the US in the late 80s, Daniel managed the financial affairs of A-listers and movie-stars and today still looks after many US celebrities. 2 He is London & Capital’s five-a-side [...]
Maggie’s cancer centre has green light at St Barts July 17, 2014 Plans to build a new cancer care centre at St Bartholomew’s Hospital were passed by the City of London Planning and Transportation Committee yesterday, having received support from City figures such as Sam Laidlaw of Centrica and HSBC’s Stuart Gullliver, with backing from City A.M. Building of the centre, designed by architect Steven Holl and [...]
Property bigwigs enjoy City views at LandAid’s annual summer party July 17, 2014 Panoramic views over the rooftops of the City, one of the hottest days of the year and giant Connect 4 on the lawn – LandAid certainly didn’t disappoint with this year’s summer fundraiser at Cannon Bridge Roof Gardens. “She knows how to throw a great party,” Mike Slade, chief exec of Helical Bar, [...]
Why London should be proud of Airbnb’s new “rude” logo July 17, 2014 When Airbnb launched its rebranded logo in San Francisco last night, it knew it would get a fair bit of attention but it couldn’t have anticipated that the new logo would be trending at number one on Twitter for eight hours. But is was. And why? Well, people think it’s a bit rude. And [...]
Reshuffle and bubbly mix at Hanover’s summer party on Westminster’s College Green July 16, 2014 The cabinet reshuffle was still very much the topic of conversation at Hanover’s summer drinks on Westminster’s College Green last night, as the communications agency’s clients from the corporate world and the political quaffed champers in the sunshine. The Capitalist heard some members of parliament were more eager than others – Eric Pickles was the [...]
Top think tanks compete for Think Tank Top at Institute of Directors July 16, 2014 The Institute of Directors was bustling with activity last night as it hosted a handful of events in its hallowed halls, but boss Simon Walker only had eyes for one shindig – the Think Tank Awards. “It’s fantastic to host an award for these folks, we love think tanks… well, most of them,” [...]
Royalty comes to the City but did the Duke sit on the non-Royal privy? July 16, 2014 We had a royal visitor in the City yesterday as the Duke of Edinburgh headed to Fishmongers’ Hall to congratulate the winner of the annual Race for Doggett’s Coat and Badge. The race is thought to be the world’s longest running annual sporting event (next year it’ll celebrate 300 years) and sees six [...]
Worth a try? Retired Mike Tindall to give FX trading a go July 16, 2014 When UFXMarkets booked its sporting ambassador Mike Tindall to come and appear at its rebranding event in Canary Wharf, it had no idea about his plans to announce his retirement from rugby on the same day. As it turned out, all eyes were on the ex-England international yesterday, and that’s a PR stunt [...]
