Meet the man behind the wheel at Addison Lee July 17, 2011 RECESSIONS are colonic irrigation for the economy,” John Griffin tells me, “all the crap gets washed out.” He smirks at me. “When things started going down the pan, I employed more staff. 150 drivers, 35 in the central office. I put my foot to the floor because everyone else started scaling back.” Griffin is a [...]
ENTREPRENEURS NEED A GOOD START-UP STORY July 17, 2011 THE creation of new firms is the single most important part of the economic drama,” says Carl Schramm, the chief executive of the Kauffman Foundation, the world’s largest private foundation devoted to encouraging entrepreneurship. He was speaking about the challenges facing the world’s entrepreneurs. While the whole speech was fascinating, that statement really stood out. [...]
ENTREPRENEURS NEWS | IN BRIEF July 17, 2011 SMES ARE NOT TAKING DATA LAWS SERIOUSLY Half of small firms in the UK still believe that the loss or theft of data from their organisation would have no impact on their business, according to new research commissioned by Shred-it, a document destruction company. The survey among 1,000 UK businesses, undertaken by Ipsos, found that [...]
Seaweed and bog myrtle? Yes please July 17, 2011 IT is a bright spring day in the gentrified area of Christiana in Copenhagen, and the houseboat that is the Nordic Food Lab – or the ministry of bonkers food as it should be known, is a hive of activity. Birch twigs are being slowly cooked “sous-vide”, to be turned into tea. Buttermilk is being [...]
TRAVEL NOTES July 17, 2011 VIP SKI LAUNCHES IN VERBIER The luxury ski holiday operators have added two chalets in Verbier for the 2011/12 season. Up for grabs are the super-stylish Chalet Tortin and Chalet Mont Fort, both of which sleep six and are situated in a prime position at the heart of the village, three minutes’ walk from the [...]
Behold: the most high tech column ever July 17, 2011 Why is there a picture of Nelson’s Column on Geek Speak? This is supposed to be about technology, and Nelson’s column hasn’t been considered high-tech since 1840, when it was erected by a new type of winch. Probably. I don’t know anything about Nelson’s Column. What I do know is that you would be wrong [...]
Golden oldie: Clarke seals a first Major at long last July 17, 2011 NORTHERN IRELAND’S Darren Clarke dedicated his Open victory at Royal St George’s to his children before promising to celebrate a hugely popular and emotional first Major success in the grand manner. The 42-year-old became the oldest winner of golf’s greatest prize since 1967, carding a final round of 70 in typically testing conditions to fend [...]
Miller backs Broad to rediscover form July 17, 2011 NATIONAL selector Geoff Miller has backed under-pressure Stuart Broad to rediscover his best form in time for the start of England’s Test series against India this week. Broad’s frustrating winter – he missed the final three Ashes Tests and the denouement of England’s World Cup campaign through injury – has been followed by an equally [...]
Cavendish joy as win No19 tightens green jersey grip July 17, 2011 BRITAIN’S Mark Cavendish tightened his grip on the top sprinter’s green jersey by winning his fourth stage of this year’s Tour de France. The HTC-Highroad rider pounced in the final 200m of the 193km route from Limoux to Montpellier to claim the 19th stage victory of his career. Cavendish, 26, is now equal sixth in [...]
Villas-Boas plans to keep spending after landing Courtois July 17, 2011 CHELSEA manager Andre Villas-Boas has vowed that Belgian goalkeeping prodigy Thibaut Courtois will not be his last signing of the summer. Courtois, 19, is expected to complete his £8m move from Genk this week, becoming the first player to arrive since Villas-Boas took charge last month. The Portuguese is not finished there, with Tottenham playmaker [...]
