FIVE TIPS FOR BECOMING A SAVVY TRADER June 22, 2011 SENIOR TRADER, GLOBAL REACH THERE are lots of opportunities to become a foreign exchange (FX) trader, especially with the increased use of trading portals and spread betting. Whether it’s as a private trader using your own funds or working for a trading house, the rules for success and promotion are the same. The key to [...]
CAREERS NEWS | IN BRIEF June 22, 2011 BUREAUCRACY BARRIER TO INNOVATION Three quarters of business executives think bureaucracy within organisations is the biggest barrier to innovation, according to a survey by London Business School. When polled, 77 per cent of the business audience said that improving incentives, reducing red tape and promoting greater flexibility in the business environment was key to stimulating [...]
Maths: not just for geeks June 22, 2011 FOR far too many people, maths is associated with memories of torturous classes from their childhood – the slow walk towards the blackboard to undertake the intricacy of long division. Yet there are some really good books on the market that can make maths appealing, even to the most innumerate. Indeed, the sudden rush of maths-made-fun [...]
I want to break up, but we’re going away… June 22, 2011 DEAR VEXED: I’m thinking of breaking up with my girlfriend but we’ve got a holiday booked in August. Should I wait to break up after the holiday or do it before and face the consequences? We paid quite a lot for it. Neil, distressed debt, 29 Afriend of mine was recently going through a bad [...]
OUT OF OFFICE June 22, 2011 ROSENCRANTZ & GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD The playwright Tom Stoppard made his name 40 years ago with this absurdist retelling of Hamlet from the point of view of his hapless student friends, here revived under the direction of Tom Stoppard. Samuel Barnett – known for his role as one of the classmates in the History Boys [...]
Social and delicious in one June 22, 2011 THERE are restaurants that open with whimpers and others that open with bangs. Ex-Ramsay super-protégé Jason Atherton’s new eaterie, Pollen Street Social, was always going to open with a bang – and, two months in, continues with a clamour. The clamour is not of chaos, plates smashing or chefs shouting, but of the throngs trying [...]
City’s cigar terraces are heating up June 22, 2011 GOING OUT WITH the inconsistencies of a British summer it’s very important for cigar aficionados to be able to take shelter in high style while enjoying Cuba’s finest. The newest addition to London’s most lauded and exclusive cigar terraces offers just that and is at one of London’s most famous nightspots, Tramp on Jermyn Street. [...]
FOOD & BOOZE NEWS June 22, 2011 NEW FROM NUNO Two of the country’s leading chefs are behind new London restaurants. First up, Nuno Mendes, the Portuguese star who has been wowing diners and Michelin judges with his multi-course creations at Viajante in Bethnal Green, has opened a more relaxed dining room upstairs in the same building, the Town Hall Hotel. Corner [...]
War breaks out over 2012 football team June 21, 2011 OLYMPIC chiefs sparked a furious row last night by announcing that a deal had been reached paving the way for players from all four home nations to represent Team GB in the London 2012 football tournament. Scottish, Welsh and Irish football associations swiftly responded by collectively rubbishing the notion, with one official saying he was [...]
GOODBYE PORTO, HELLO CHELSEA June 21, 2011 CHELSEA last night confirmed they are in negotiations with managerial target Andre Villas-Boas and hope to reach a satisfactory conclusion shortly. The 33-year-old, who led Porto to the Treble last season, yesterday resigned from the Portuguese club who later revealed they had received the outstanding £13.3m compensation detailed in the termination clause of Villas-Boas’ contract.
