A plan for UK growth needs more than warm words: An entrepreneur’s call to arms March 1, 2012 LIKE most entrepreneurs, I love my business and I want to grow it. It would seem, from all the government’s powerful rhetoric, that David Cameron loves my business, too. After all, the official line is that this is the year the government needs to unlock the creativity and entrepreneurial talent buried deep in many of [...]
Don’t let retrospective rules put out the lights March 1, 2012 THE laws of physics have apparently been reinstated. The suggestion from Cern at the end of last year that neutrinos could travel faster than light sent our models of the universe atremble – but Cern, having turned everything off and on again, now puts the effect down to some faulty wiring. The rule of law, [...]
RAPID RESPONSES March 1, 2012 Pay up and leave [Re: Hysteria over student visas is damaging Britain’s future growth, Wednesday] I’m from Singapore and chose to study in the UK because I’m interested in the car industry, where the UK is well-established. But I’m rejected by work placements because my visa doesn’t allow me to take a year off to work. [...]
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PROPERTY: BUY March 1, 2012 DIRECTOR DOUGLAS & GORDON Q. I have been offered a parking space that’s close to my flat. Parking is a nightmare around my flat in Tooting but I don’t have a car. Should I consider buying it? A. Depending on where you live, a parking space can be a very good investment. Closer to the [...]
Return of the Mayfair home March 1, 2012 It would be disingenuous to call Mayfair “up and coming” – after all, its prestige and attractions have drawn the world’s elite for centuries. But change is afoot: no longer just a haven for hedge funds, designer shops and the odd rich Russian resident, Mayfair’s stock of residential property is rocketing as offices are converted [...]
Rising stock: residential options in W1K March 1, 2012 PARK STREET Price: £14,950,000 An impressive Mayfair town house with generous accommodation and entertaining space with direct access onto the secret Green Street gardens. Planning permission is in place to extend the house from 7,345 sq ft to 9,304 sq ft. Call Wetherell on 020 7493 6935. WALPOLE MAYFAIR Price: TBD A conversion of former [...]
Wetherspoon and co make for easy laughs March 1, 2012 Film THIS MEANS WAR Cert: 12A *** WHEN Charlie’s Angels director McG meets Simon Kinberg, writer of the original Mr and Mrs Smith script, the result is big, brainless fun. Throw a great cast into the mix, ensuring they can deal with some incredibly cringeworthy clichés, and you’re onto a dumb-but-enjoyable winner. When CIA agents [...]
Canary Wharf station gets an arty screen March 1, 2012 CANARY Wharf station just got a whole lot more interesting. No longer just a place for commuters to rush through en route to work, it is – for the next year at least – home to a series of video art installations commissioned by Art on the Underground. The opening series of Canary Wharf Screen [...]
Fine Parchment to give Charlie Mann back-to-back wins in the Greatwood March 1, 2012 SPORT TRADER BILL ESDAILE AND DAVID WILD WITH THE WEEKEND’S BEST RACING AND RUGBY BETS THE calm before the storm will be how the next 10 days are referred to by countless racing people as owners, trainers, jockeys and punters nervously pray that their horses get to Cheltenham in one piece. There have been a [...]
