Costly new Italian is a safe bet for good clients May 21, 2012 RESTAURANT COTIDIE 50 Marylebone High Street, W1U 5HN Tel: 020 7258 9878 FOOD *** SERVICE **** ATMOSPHERE *** You wouldn’t think London needed yet another high-end Italian restaurant. Well, apparently, it does – or at least, it won’t say no to one. For a late sitting one recent Thursday, the (fairly) new Cotidie was surprisingly [...]
How to invest in a beautiful smile May 21, 2012 Smile, and the world smiles with you. It sounds simple enough, but missing, wonky or stained teeth can leave you wanting to keep your gnashers firmly to yourself. Fed up with feeling self-conscious about your smile? Thought about getting dental treatment, but wrote it off as too much hassle? You might be surprised to learn [...]
Britain and France back Eurobonds May 20, 2012 THE UK and France have joined forces to demand that Germany underwrites Greece’s crippling debts by issuing so-called eurobonds. Eurobonds would pool sovereign debt issuance among all of the euro’s 17 member states, allowing weaker countries such as Greece to lean on the triple-A ratings of Germany and others. German Chancellor Angela Merkel has long [...]
Firms urge PM to adopt pro-jobs red tape cuts May 20, 2012 Slashing red tape will boost jobs and encourage an economic recovery, business groups and backbench Conservative MPs said yesterday, welcoming the impending publication of the Beecroft report which is expected to set out the case for cutting damaging labour market regulations. The report, commissioned by Number 10 and set to be published this week, is [...]
Britain must embrace 30pc tax revolution to boost growth May 20, 2012 IT is time for Britain to make a vital choice. Our economy is stagnant, with unemployment at horrendous levels, crippled by excessive public spending and a punitive tax system. There are two options. We can either tweak the status quo – try to keep a lid on spending, reform bits of the public sector and [...]
Saudi overtakes Russia as top crude producer May 20, 2012 Saudi Arabia has edged ahead of Russia in being the world’s biggest crude oil producer for the first time since 2006, official data showed yesterday. Figures collected by the Joint Organisations Data Initiative (JODI), whose inputs include data from Eurostat, the IEA, the UN and OPEC, show the Middle Eastern state producing 9.923m barrels per [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING May 20, 2012 FINANCIAL TIMES Funds’ €60bn to buy European bank debt Hedge funds and private equity firms have amassed almost €60bn to buy loans from stricken European banks in coming years as many of the continent’s lenders seek to shrink their way to health, according to a PwC survey. PwC estimates European banks have almost €2.5tn of [...]
Tax reform can drive recovery, say think tanks May 20, 2012 CUTTING and simplifying taxes would significantly boost the UK economy, according to a report released this morning that urges the government to adopt a comprehensive plan for growth. Taxes should be reduced to no more than one third of national income by the end of the decade, according to the 2020 Tax Commission, a group [...]
StanChart: UK encouraging shift of money to Asia by goldplating May 20, 2012 THE HEAD of Standard Chartered’s European bank has warned that the UK is accelerating the shift of economic power from west to east by goldplating bank regulations. Richard Holmes, head of StanChart’s European business, told City A.M. that Britain’s approach could cause a “creep” of investment away from London. “What’s going on here is forcing [...]
Manduca in line for chairman’s role at the Pru May 20, 2012 PAUL MANDUCA, one of the City’s best-known fund managers, is set to become the new chairman of Prudential, putting an end to a five-month search for Harvey McGrath’s successor. Manduca, 60, joined the board of Prudential, the UK’s biggest life assurer, as a senior independent director in October 2010 and has been overseeing the search [...]
