Pour de France: London battles rain to take in race through City July 7, 2014 At approximately 3.30pm yesterday, work in the City and Canary Wharf came to a grinding halt as bankers shuffled out on to the streets to get an oh so fleeting glimpse at Le Tour. The race was held up by roughly half an hour and there was a bit of grumbling as the heavens opened [...]
Mark Carney cancels cricket but Bank of England isn’t short on cake July 7, 2014 Mark Carney may have caused a stir by banishing the traditional Bank of England summer cricket match this year, but by all accounts staff had a great day out, replete with face-painting, wheel-barrow races, the Wimbledon final on a big screen and a bake-off. The governor, described by one tweeter as a “very [...]
Jones Lang LaSalle makes a splash but CEO Guy Grainger misses out at charity triathlon July 7, 2014 Property titan Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) held its annual charity triathlon on Friday at Dorney Lake near Windsor. An impressive 3,000 property bods took part, completing a 750m swim, 21km cycle and 5k run all in aid of Samaritans for whom the event raised £16,000. Sadly, triathlon nut and JLL chief exec Guy Grainger (who [...]
Rodney Schwartz: Three things you didn’t know about the ClearlySo CEO July 7, 2014 Chief executive of ClearlySo Rodney Schwartz He made his name on Wall Street in 1983 when he put a sell call on the entire investment banking sector while everyone else was saying buy. He turned out to be right. He stood for parliament for the Lib Dems in 1997. Looking to boost their financial [...]
Justin King has his final party at Sainsbury’s July 3, 2014 Some might think it’s odd to listen to “White Christmas” and eat Brussels sprouts on the hottest day of the year, but certainly not Sainsbury’s staff. “It’s the third time we’ve had our Christmas review on the hottest day of the year – it’s something of a hat-trick,” chief Justin King told The Capitalist at [...]
Ships ahoy as Silicon Valley Bank sets sail for Independence Day summer party July 3, 2014 Silicon Valley Bank UK’s boss Phil Cox may hail from Cornwall rather than California, but he’s still keen for the bank’s British employees to celebrate the 4th of July in style. Employees at the Lothbury branch of the bank will be setting sail on a cruise along the Thames this evening for the outfit’s aptly-timed [...]
Lord Mayor Fiona Woolf follows her pipe dreams ahead of cupcake competition July 3, 2014 The Lord Mayor Fiona Woolf gets some cupcake decorating tips from Peter Sidwell, the ITV chef from Britain’s Best Bakery, ahead of next week’s Great Guildhall Bake-off. Next Friday is the Lord Mayor’s Giving Day and as part of the festivities, she is inviting City bakers to submit their cupcake creations in a [...]
Sir Richard Branson mouths off over being forced to wear a tie July 3, 2014 You’d imagine being a billionaire would mean never having to do something you really don’t want to do. If you don’t want to eat your greens, consider them gone. If you really dislike pairing socks, there’s someone else can do that for you. But it seems the UK’s favourite billionaire Sir Richard Branson [...]
Guildhall Yard hosts Britain’s best breweries at the City Beerfest July 3, 2014 Sculpture in the City won’t float everybody’s boat of course, and for those in that camp, there’s something on over in Guildhall Yard that might tickle your fancy – the City Beerfest is back today. There’s more than a dozen of Britain’s top breweries there peddling their wares, including Meantime and Hepworth. There’s also a [...]
The Tories give summer its big ball back again July 2, 2014 The Tory Summer Ball got underway last night at the Hurlingham private members’ club, with many of the City’s Conservative donors expected to make an appearance. Howard Shore of Shore Capital, headline sponsor of last year’s event, had a number of tables and Bell Pottinger took one also. But other attendees remained tight lipped about [...]
