For City’s new Lord Mayor Alan Yarrow charity starts at home November 9, 2014 Newly sworn in Lord Mayor of the City of London Alan Yarrow has had a big weekend. There have been golden carriages, Masai dancers, mechanical fish and fireworks. But there is more to being Lord Mayor than pomp and ceremony, and when it comes to charity, Alan Yarrow’s plan for the Lord Mayor’s Appeal is [...]
Helena Morrissey gives Oxford’s deans a dig as her son graduates November 9, 2014 One woman powerhouse and mother of nine Helena Morrissey doesn’t stop championing equality and diversity when she clocks off at 6pm on a Friday (we know, we doubt she gets out at 6pm too, but humour us). The CEO of Newton Investment went to see her eldest son Fitzroy graduate from Oxford Uni, [...]
Sage vs Netsuite: CEOs Stephen Kelly and Zach Nelson take Tube-inspired ad war to Twitter November 6, 2014 Netsuite, the US software firm, is on the war path. The cloud computing giant wants a slice of UK rival Sage’s market share and isn’t afraid of getting its hands a bit dirty. On Wednesday, it launched a newspaper ad campaign, using a Tube-like map to attack Sage: “All Sage lines terminate here,” said the [...]
Fire and ice mix at the launch of Canary Wharf’s skating rink November 6, 2014 It's not winter until there’s an ice skating rink popping up next to your office, and last night was the turn for Canary Wharfers, as its rink launched – and in a blaze of glory at that. The party, attended by Barclays and Citibank among others, saw the Guinness World Record for most [...]
The new Lord Mayor Alan Yarrow rehearses for Saturday’s show November 5, 2014 Anyone motoring through the City at 4.50am yesterday would have had quite the surprise. The next Lord Mayor, Alan Yarrow, was being trotted through the streets in his horse-drawn golden carriage in rehearsal for Saturday’s Lord Mayor’s Show. “We had to get up early for the practice, but I think we all enjoyed [...]
M&S boss Marc Bolland puts the focus on womenswear and a five gold rings chocolate Christmas cake November 5, 2014 Everyone knows Marc Bolland is a bit of a charmer. The M&S chief has been under pressure all year with disappointing clothes sales and a finance chief who decided every little really did help and hopped over to Tesco. But yesterday, at the retailer’s half-year results event, the suave Dutchman came out fighting, with compliments. [...]
Battle of the Nigels: Farage vs Askew as Ukip to take on the Reality party in South Thanet November 5, 2014 Russell Brand has been making the headlines as a pop culture icon-cum-political revolutionary lately, but he certainly isn’t the only one. Let’s not forget Bez from the Happy Mondays and his Reality party. Someone who is unlikely to forget is Ukip’s Nigel Farage, as he’ll be up against one of its candidates in [...]
Lord Tim launches Bell Pottinger’s first charity dinner at Lancaster House November 4, 2014 It’s not very often that a pop star gets to introduce a member of the royal family on to a stage, but at last night’s inaugural Bell Pottinger charity dinner at Lancaster House that’s what happened. Singer Jamelia summoned Princess Beatrice to speak to the gathered crowd, which included City grandees Harvey Soning of James [...]
Boisdale gets its smoke on with a 35th birthday bash for Forest November 4, 2014 Forest, the pro-smoking lobby group, celebrated its 35th anniversary at one of finance’s favourite watering holes last night. Boisdale Belgravia happily provided an ample heated smoking area along with Cuban cocktails and Latin canapes. “The world is obsessed with people’s rights, but one sizeable group with no rights are smokers,” Boisdale owner Ranald Macdonald told [...]
High-end firms gather for Walpole British Luxury Awards at the V&A November 3, 2014 Model Jodie Kidd led the fashion pack last night as some of the stars of the British luxury industry slipped into their finest and trotted over to the V&A for the annual Walpole British Luxury Awards. The crowd was certainly eclectic; chef Marcus Wareing was there, along with Olympic rower Sir Matthew Pinsent, ex-footballer Sol [...]
