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Bringing panache to lunchtime July 8, 2010 THE eureka moment for a new business idea can strike at any time. For Mark Lilley it was while he was eating fresh sushi with his wife in downtown Sydney in the middle of a round-the-world trip in 2002. The result was a ticket home and opening Abokado, a cross between a sushi bar and [...]
Is the age of small businesses ending? July 8, 2010 A GROWING divide is emerging between the fortunes of the UK’s large and small businesses. While UK Plc has seen strong profits and is sitting on record high cash piles, life has been harder for small businesses and entrepreneurs. According to a survey from the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (Nesta), venture [...]
INSURANCE July 8, 2010 Q. What are the basic kinds of insurance required of a small business? A.Business insurance requirements depend on the firm’s type, but at the bare minimum you will require public liability insurance, business motor insurance and liability insurance for any employees. While public liability insurance isn’t necessarily legally mandated, most serious businesses cover themselves for [...]
A franchise hunted to extinction July 8, 2010 Film PREDATORS Cert: 15 It’s 23 years since Arnold Schwarzenegger first did battle with one very ugly extraterrestial hunter, during which time there’s been a slew of spin-offs ranging from poor to dreadful. On paper the latest attempt to revamp the franchise seems encouraging, produced as it is by action whiz Robert Rodriguez, and with [...]
ALSO OUT THIS WEEKEND ENTERTAINMENT July 8, 2010 FILM LEAVING Kristin Scott Thomas gives a typically powerful performance in this French romantic thriller. LONDON RIVER Moving drama set in the aftermath of the 7/7 bombings, with Brenda Blethyn. WENT THE DAY WELL Rerelease for the classic wartime propaganda movie. DVD PERCY JACKSON & THE LIGHTING THIEF Fantasy fun a little too much in [...]
Sizzle in your swimwear July 8, 2010 IT was reported last week that women spend more on their swimwear than they do on their holidays. This either means that their holidays are very cheap or that their swimsuits are amazingly expensive, but the upshot is that swimwear is in the fashion spotlight and it just won’t do to, err, skimp. Yet it’s [...]
TREND WATCH: UNDERWEAR AS OUTWEAR July 8, 2010 UNLESS you happen to have the figure of Kate Moss, going bra-free – or even strapless – is not usually an option. Fuller-chested women need proper bras, straps ‘n’ all. Problem is,when it comes strappy top season, it’s hard to get dressed without showing your bra straps – and that look is dubious at best. [...]
Spain can hold their nerve to lift the title July 8, 2010 HOLLAND vs SPAIN SUNDAY – 7.30PM BBC 1 AND ITV 1 MOST football purists would have been purring at the start of the tournament if I’d said it was going to be a Netherlands v Spain final in Johannesburg on Sunday 11th July. However, the Dutch have taken a far more pragmatic approach to this [...]
Flying filly Fleeting Spirit to take July Cup for second year running July 8, 2010 THERE is an international flavour to today’s July Cup at Newmarket with speedsters from Australia, the US, France and Ireland taking on the home contingent. However, I think the prize will stay in Newmarket and Jeremy Noseda’s FLEETING SPIRIT can become the first horse since Right Boy in 1959 to win the race back-to-back. This [...]
The INSIDER July 8, 2010 Ihaven’t had too many two-yearold bets so far this season but I’ll be changing that tomorrow with a hefty wager on MAJOR CONQUEST (8%) in the nursery at Ascot (2.20pm). John Hills’ runners often improve and this son of Librettist has been going the right way. The form in the book is very strong with [...]
