THE WEEK AHEAD in association with GFT June 12, 2011 COMPANIES ● Today, the recently listed Glencore will release its first quarter trading statement to 31 March. On the same day, Majestic Wine and Advanced Computer Software will announce for the year. ● Carphone Warehouse and Oxford Instruments will announce on Tuesday. The latter was the first commercial spin-out company from Oxford University. Investors will [...]
THE TIPSTER June 12, 2011 SAINSBURY is due to report its quarterly figures this week. The share price of the supermarket has had a torrid start to the month. Despite the fall in share price, expectations for the results are good, due to the hot bank holidays and the royal wedding. Interestingly enough, it is now also the seventh largest [...]
Leading the way to a digital Holy Grail June 12, 2011 WE USED to work in media buying so we know what makes media owners tick,” Henry Rowe tells me. He and his business partner Dominic Finney got the idea for their business, FaR Partners, when they realised that they had the killer combo of media buying know-how and tech savvy. It has been a roaring [...]
Hear it straight from the financier’s mouth June 12, 2011 ILOOK for people with enthusiasm, drive and a willingness to listen when I consider a company for investment. Lengthy business plans don’t really do it for me,” says Paul Turner, the chief executive of Seventeen Group and an early stage investor in companies like Julie Meyer’s Ariadne Capital. “I like meeting and connecting with people [...]
The stress test: why great leaders find opportunities even in a crisis June 12, 2011 TO LEAD in today’s environment, you must go beyond tolerating stress and fear to actually using them as a motivator and tool to enhance your focus and your people’s focus. Even though it can render intelligent people incapable of complex thought, adrenaline is one of the most useful tools in the human arsenal, and in [...]
ARK CHAIR’S SPOTLIGHT TURNS TO VACCINES June 12, 2011 IT has been a busy few days for Ian Wace. After last Thursday’s Ark Gala raised a spectacular total of more than £17.2m for various children’s charities, the hard work was by no means over for the foundation’s chairman. Shaking off any late night cobwebs to get straight back to fundraising over the weekend, the [...]
BILL OF THE WEEK June 12, 2011 SIX City lawyers made a weekend trip into the Square Mile on 28 May to sample a limited edition tasting menu at High Timber – specially created for the restaurant by recent Masterchef finalist Tom Whittaker. The six-course meal featured several dishes first cooked for the judges, including suckling pig and his innovative “Seahorse and [...]
Serenity and decadence at Dubai’s hottest new hotel June 12, 2011 DUBAI seems an unlikely place for a relaxing holiday at first. Even 2,700 feet up, at the top of the Burj Khalifa tower, the whirr of cranes and speeding Jeeps in every direction makes the sea view throb with activity. My guide points past the hollow half-built skyscrapers jutting across the city skyline to the [...]
THINK ROOMS… with LateRooms.com June 12, 2011 AL BUSTAN ROTANA 5* Casablanca Road | Al Garhoud | Dubai | 30880 Taste the kind of luxury Dubai is renowned for at the sumptuous Al Bustan Rotana. The impressive lobby sets the scene here with its striking Gazebo café, before giving way to a hotel full of deluxe delights. There are five restaurants to [...]
TRAVEL NOTES June 12, 2011 READING ROOM AT W HOTEL Talk about intellectual stimulation. This month W London – Leicester Square is introducing The (W)riters’ Library (right) an oasis of literary calm for guests with books curated by journalist and playwright Damian Barr. Barr has tapped ten of his favourite authors including Bret Easton Ellis, David Nicholls, Geoff Dyer, Naomi [...]
