UK Coal output jumps but cuts full-year target October 28, 2010 Britain’s biggest coal miner UK Coal posted a 22 per cent rise in production in the third quarter and said it remains on track to meet its full-year output guidance of around 6m tonnes for its deep mines. However, the company cut its estimate for surface mines production to about 1.5m tonnes, from 1.6m previously, [...]
OUT THIS WEEKEND | PREVIEWS October 28, 2010 FILM SAW (3D) Yet another depressingly horrid instalment of the world’s worst torture porn franchise. THE HUNTER Beautiful, courageous and highly unsettling Iranian drama. IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT Showing at the BFI, Capra’s classic screwball comedy. DVD IRON MAN 2 Robert Downey Jr’s inventor/superhero returns to fight Mickey Rourke. BACK TO THE FUTURE 25th anniversary [...]
Stuart Rose cheers One New Change October 28, 2010 CITY shopping centre One New Change attracted thousands of workers from across the Square Mile when it opened for trading yesterday. Outgoing Marks & Spencer chairman Sir Stuart Rose officially opened the mall, which is home to 60 shops and restaurants on Cheapside opposite St Paul’s Cathedral. Topshop owner Sir Philip Green and representatives of [...]
INTERIORS October 28, 2010 HEAD DESIGNER, APD INTERIORS Q.Dear Andrew, we have family visiting for Christmas and need to buy a sofa. Do we still have time and what should we consider? A.If you want to take delivery for Christmas you need to start looking now because your choice will already be limited by long lead-times for some furniture. [...]
High street sales rise for the fourth month in a row October 28, 2010 RETAIL sales continued to rise in October despite the wide ranging cuts announced by the government last week, according to figures from the Confederation of British Industry. But the rate of growth slowed compared with September – which was at a six-year high – but long term outlook remains unclear. The CBI’s monthly distributive trades [...]
Nintendo hit as high yen takes its toll on business October 28, 2010 NINTENDO yesterday reported a half-year loss after being hit by falling sales and the high value of the yen, which lowers its overseas earnings. The Japanese computer games firm posted a net loss of 2bn yen (£15.6m) for the six months to 30 September. This compares with a net profit of 69.5bn yen for the [...]
Find yourself the perfect snowy bolthole October 28, 2010 AFTER reports this week that the UK economy has sharply bounced back from recession, confidence has returned to the second home market and those with a penchant for skiing can’t help but turn their attention Alps-ward – especially as the first snowfall of the season came two days ago. “We’ve seen an increase in demand [...]
CITY VIEWS: WHAT WILL ONE NEW CHANGE MEAN FOR THE CITY? October 28, 2010 MARK WEBSTER | BT “It means I won’t have to spend my weekends shopping, as I can do it all in my lunch break. It’s interesting to see such a large project in these economic times, but from the crowds today it seems like it will be used.” JANDRE ELS | REDSTONE “It’s quite a [...]
Hats off to 1920s elegance October 28, 2010 Hats these days get a raw deal. They’re either dramatic creations worn for summer occasions – all too often resembling odd flower arrangements or wedding cakes – or they’re unseemly woollen things we wear for skiing. But it seems that with the resurgence of 1920s glamour, hats are having a moment of long-neglected elegance. Sahar [...]
FOCUS ON: ASHFORD, KENT October 28, 2010 HARLING HALL, WYE Price: £499,950 This detached five-bedroom property set is set in a village just outside Ashford. Two of the bedrooms have en suites and this new property has been designed to create as much space and light as possible. There is an open-plan kitchen/breakfast room, a separate study and a rear garden. Contact: [...]
