Broadgate ice skating rink’s warm welcome for professionals as Christmas comes to the City November 26, 2014 Broadgate was filled with the sounds of relieved admiration last night as the crowd at its ice rink launch party watched as performers glided, spun, lifted and swung. Representatives from the Prince’s Trust, Berkeley Group, Broadgate and FTI Consulting among others all mingled, enjoying their first mulled wine of the year and bites [...]
AO.com founder John Roberts: The man who started his business over a £1 bet November 25, 2014 AO.com founder John Roberts is the kind of bloke you want to go for a pint with. He may well have presided over a £1.2bn float earlier this year and reportedly trousered half a billion in the process, but he’s down to earth, thinks being called Kitchen King is conceited and he’s wary of the [...]
Lib Dem’s Caroline Pidgeon to take the fight to TfL over Wembley Park tube closure chaos November 25, 2014 Leader of the Lib Dem London Assembly Group, Caroline Pidgeon, plans to confront Transport for London (TfL) over closures at key Tube stations during significant events, after the women’s football international at Wembley on Sunday. “With close to 50,000 people visiting Wembley to see this international game, it seems TfL opted for a cap on [...]
Donald Trump gets the hump over Vicky Ward’s book The Liar’s Ball November 25, 2014 She was married to Conrad Black’s step-nephew and gave the red-tops a field day with her divorce. But now New York-based Brit, Vicky Ward, is back in London and launched her second book The Liar’s Ball in Henry Sotheran’s bookshop last night. When The Capitalist spoke to her yesterday, she had just had a brush [...]
Megauploader Kim Dotcom appears at UnBound tech conference in Vinopolis – sort of November 25, 2014 Punters at the UnBound tech conference at London Bridge’s Vinopolis yesterday were no doubt wondering how entrepreneur-cum-internet-freedom-fighter Kim Dotcom would speak at the event at first, given his inability to leave New Zealand. But all was revealed as he appeared on screen, via Skype “looking suitably Bond villain” as one tweeter put it. The German [...]
Aldi gives us a Lidl bill of the week for Christmas #FestiveFeast with chef Jean-Christophe Novelli November 24, 2014 The Cotes du Rhone and Riesling were free-flowing at terribly trendy Home House members club last night, but it wasn’t serving its usual crowd. Discount supermarket warrior Aldi was hosting its #FestiveFeast, along with celeb chef Jean-Christophe Novelli – serving a five-course Christmas meal to a room full of customers who won their seats [...]
Lord Bilimoria and the power of partnerships at Mishcon de Reya’s Summit House November 24, 2014 The name of Mishcon de Reya’s Holborn HQ, Summit House, became all the more pertinent last night as the law firm held the second of its “The Leap” events – aimed at encouraging growth businesses to reach their own summit. Last night’s theme was the Power of Partnerships. The audience, a mix of venture capitalists, [...]
Win tickets to Movember’s gala at York Hall November 24, 2014 If you’ve been growing your Mo, or supporting the cause as a Mo Sista this Movember, there’s only one place to be this Friday night – the Movember Gala Parté, in York Hall. The fancy dress bash gives Mo Bros a chance to show off their facial achievements, while dressing to suit their mo in [...]
Wembley Park Tube station closed as England plays Germany: Did Boris and the FA drop the ball on the biggest day yet for women’s football? November 23, 2014 On 3 August this year, the England women’s football team stormed to victory against Sweden by four goals to nil in a friendly international match. The joyous celebrations didn’t take place on the hallowed turf of Wembley though, as would have been the case for their male peers, but up in the far-flung reaches of [...]
Boxing for Buhinga: City lawyers from HSBC, Credit Suisse, Taylor Wessing, EDF and Baker & McKenzie don gloves for charity match November 23, 2014 Lawyers are known for their ferocity inside the courtroom, but rarely do we get to see them bare their teeth outside. Well, thanks to Baker & McKenzie senior associate Matt Totman, now we do. Saturday night saw the Boxing for Buhinga event take place at The Brewery and with it, 16 City lawyers pulling [...]
