The Square Mile’s long transformation continues October 27, 2010 POLICY CHAIRMAN, CITY OF LONDON CORPORATION THE wind of change is blowing through the City and in this instance, I am not referring to London’s financial heart in the wake of the economic crisis. I am talking about One New Change, Cheapside’s largest shopping destination, which is set to transform the Square Mile. Is that [...]
THE TIPSTER October 27, 2010 THE Bank of Japan (BoJ) is expected to make its interest rate decision tomorrow and investors will be looking for signs of further intervention to weaken the yen. Recently the dollar-yen looks like it has reached an area of support around the 15-year low of ¥80.00. Considering that the market is speculating that there will [...]
LISTED PRODUCT NEWS October 27, 2010 RBS LAUNCHES RETAIL BONDS Following up on the success of the recent Lloyd’s deal, RBS is releasing two more royal bonds this week, designed explicitly for retail investors. Unlike many other issuers, there is no minimum size order. The bonds feature CREST settlement, smaller tradable sizes and an ‘all in price’, all features designed to [...]
Flame and meat on Jamie’s menu October 27, 2010 IF you know where to look, there are still plenty of places in the City where you can have gristly pies, waterlogged vegetables and boiled potatoes smeared with marge for your lunch. However, in the past years the City’s restaurants have changed beyond recognition, with a sprinkling of Michelin stars and one of the country’s [...]
Afternoon tea by Bea is for City folk in the know October 27, 2010 B EA Vo is an excited lady. And well she might be, because this week sees the launch of the second branch of Bea’s of Bloomsbury, the cake shop that has become one of the worst-kept secrets in foodie London. Although the new branch will be located in the biggest new shopping centre in the [...]
EVENTS | WHAT’S ON? October 27, 2010 THURSDAY 28 OCT OPENING DAY 12 noon: Join in the celebrations with special guests as One New Change is officially opened. Make sure you arrive a little earlier so as not to miss out on the fun. 12:30pm: Don’t miss the live musical performance from The Hoosiers. 4pm: Enjoy another live performance with The London [...]
Few cheers for physical base metal products from analysts October 27, 2010 THIS year’s annual London Metal Exchange (LME) week was abuzz with the news that physical exchange-traded commodities (ETC) for base metals are going to see the light of day. After plenty of speculation in both the press and the markets, ETF Securities confirmed what many had assumed and announced that it was preparing to launch [...]
Smooth operators come to the City October 27, 2010 IT is said that there is a craze at Goldman Sachs for traders to wax their chests, then unfasten three buttons on their shirts so that their glorious, smooth skin is shown off. Which suggests that when Strip, the upmarket waxing chain, opens its first City store in One New change, it might not just [...]
While you’re in the City soak up the atmosphere and the history October 27, 2010 FOR centuries St Paul’s, and not the Stock Exchange, was where the City’s activity and bustle reached its highest pitch. A seventeenth century writer wrote of it that “the noyse in it is like that of Bees, a strange humming or buzze, mixt of walking, tongues and feet: It is a kind of still roar [...]
Dr Kay Scarpetta is back October 27, 2010 PORT MORTUARY BY PATRICIA CORNWELL Little, Brown £18.99 OOH, goodie. Patricia Cornwell – the reigning queen of crime fiction – is back with her 18th Dr Kay Scarpetta thriller. Only this time we get Kay herself: after years of third person, Kay is back in her own voice. And what a tight, riveting story she [...]
