Banks lead the FTSE to small gains as traders eye Eurozone May 25, 2011 BRITAIN’S top shares edged higher yesterday, led by banks on bargain hunting, but the prevailing mood was cautious with some analysts and traders pessimistic about the long-term prospects for equities. The FTSE 100 ended up 11.73 points, or 0.2 per cent, at 5,870.14 helped by some sense of relief that there was no deterioration in [...]
Energy shares help Wall St close higher May 25, 2011 US stocks ended a three-day losing streak yesterday as recent underperformers led a thinly traded rally that wasn’t seen as strong enough to overcome worries about waning global demand. The S&P 500 hit its lowest intraday level since 19 April on Tuesday, and recent weak breadth suggested selling had gone too far for now. Energy [...]
Top tips for keeping the taxman out of your pocket May 25, 2011 BASED upon the latest government forecasts, the Adam Smith Institute is predicting Tax Freedom Day – the notional day when you stop working for the taxman and start filling your own coffers – will fall on Monday, making it three days later than last year. Fidelity International has translated this into the fact that basic [...]
How a career coach can take you that extra mile May 25, 2011 NOBODY thinks twice about sportsmen having coaches. Why shouldn’t business people do the same? They’re expected to be high-performers too,” says Olympic silver medallist Roger Black, who set a national sprinting record in 1996. Fellow Olympian and world record-breaker Steve Backley agrees: “A businessman has the same goals, they want a long sustainable career too.” [...]
FACING UP TO THE FEAR OF FAILURE May 25, 2011 AUTHOR ASK what was holding me back and I can tell you immediately: fear. Fear of failure, in fact. This self-fulfilling mental condition is a disaster for too many careers. I wrote What’s Stopping You? out of frustration with this and the self-help universe. I saw a disconnect between what the psychologists stated were our [...]
CAREERS NEWS | IN BRIEF May 25, 2011 CITY WORKERS TO EARN MORE THIS YEAR Financial services professionals expect to earn an extra £4,900 this year, costing their employers an extra £3.1bn. According to research from financial services recruiter Marks Sattin, professionals in the sector expect a 13.5 per cent salary increase in 2011, supplementing an 8 per cent increase last year. In [...]
An exclusive way to sample the simplest, best Gallic food May 25, 2011 AS dinner parties go, this one’s a bit different. Over to my left sits double Michelin-starred chef Claude Bosi of Hibiscus, on the right is Joel Antunes of South Bank’s acclaimed Brasserie Joel and opposite him is Russell Norman, the rising star of London’s restaurant scene with his hugely popular “Venetian tapas” joints Polpo, Spuntino [...]
Bunny-tails to be shaking once again May 25, 2011 Finishing touches are being applied to Mayfair’s prettiest new face, where Hugh Hefner plans to evoke the golden age of his empire – the Playboy Club London on Old Park Lane soft launches tonight. Would-be Don Drapers will absolutely adore this extravagant and exclusive establishment, where gentlemanly desires such as dining, drinking and gambling will [...]
Learning from mistakes for success May 25, 2011 ADAPT BY TIM HARFORD Little Brown, £20 by Philip Salter THE “undercover economist”, Tim Harford has a new book out: Adapt. Its central theme is the examination of failure and success, reasoning that a bit of the former is vital to achieve the latter; and even when you are successful, in order to keep it, [...]
Fancy yourself as a top chef? Sign up to The Big City Cook May 25, 2011 WE’VE all been there – Sat in front of the television watching “Masterchef” frustrated, as yet another builder/housewife/Z-list celebrity turns out a deflated soufflé. Suddenly the thought pops in to our heads: “I could do better than that.” Well soon, the suffering could be over. September sees the launch of The Big City Cook, a [...]
