Sorrell: Advertising spend has stabilised April 26, 2010 SIR Martin Sorrell, boss of the world’s largest advertising agency WPP, said the worst appears to be behind the industry after revenues “stabilised” in the first quarter of this year. Speaking at the Numis media conference, Sorrell said he was “relieved” that the industry had levelled out after “staring into the abyss” during 2009. He joked [...]
CITY MOVES | WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS April 26, 2010 PricewaterhouseCoopers Bridget Jackson has joined the accountancy firm as director of corporate sustainability, leading the firm’s internal environmental, community and corporate sustainability strategy. Jackson has over twenty years of experience in international business and strategy consulting. She joins from management consulting firm Accenture. She will report directly to managing partner Richard Collier-Keywood. Resolution The investment [...]
Detox at your desk with the season’s hottest cleanses April 26, 2010 THE mercury seems to be rising once and for all as May hoves near, and you don’t want to be caught in short skirts, dresses and camisoles with flabby skin, extra pounds and a clogged-up winter feeling from too many meat stews and bottles of red. But most people are put off a spring detox [...]
Good food under the arches April 26, 2010 Platform 56-58 Tooley Street, SE1 2SZ Tel: 020 7403 6388 platformse1.co.uk FOOD SERVICE ATMOSPHERE Cost per person without wine: £25 RECLAIMING still another part of London Bridge’s arches (in a former strip club) are restaurateur Tony McKinlay and his farmer friend, Barnaby Butterfield, with a “gate to plate” concept venue that’s part bar and part [...]
One drunken night that I’m regretting now April 26, 2010 DEAR VEXED: I was at a conference last week and some of our clients stayed at the hotel. Well, after a bit too much to drink, I ended up in bed with one of them. We both agreed to never mention it again, but a colleague saw me doing the walk of shame. Nobody has [...]
FOOD & BOOZE NEWS April 26, 2010 SUNDAY LUNCH AT BOCCA DI LUPO Forget pub lunch on a Sunday. Head to Soho for Bocca di Lupo’s new “pasta al forno” menu, featuring authentic baked pasta dishes. Think lasagne bolognese, melanzane Parmigiana, pasta con lumache (pasta baked with snails and pecorino), scamorza and pesto lasagne and bavette with spider crab (baked together in [...]
THREE OTHER LONDON BRIDGE RESTAURANTS April 26, 2010 MAGDALENE This smart, popular restaurant is a lesson in gutsy modern European food. Have quince fizz and grilled chestnuts with butter to start with, then fried crispy pig’s head and gribiche, grilled calves’ kidneys, or smoked haddock choucroute: just the type of inventive dishes that have made this bistro one of London’s best. 152 Tooley [...]
‘I’ll quit the Super Six’, vows beaten champ Froch April 26, 2010 DEFEATED Carl Froch has threatened to pull out of the Super Six tournament if his next fight is switched from Nottingham to Berlin. The 32-year-old claimed he was the victim of an unjust points verdict when losing his WBC super-middleweight title to Mikkel Kessler in his home country, Denmark, on Saturday night. With that, the [...]
Raina ensures Chennai are the Kings of the IPL April 26, 2010 THE Chennai Super Kings were crowned Indian Premier League champions last night after securing a 22-run victory in the final against the Mumbai Indians. Batsman Suresh Raina was the hero, hitting an unbeaten 57, while skipper MS Dhoni struck 27 as the Super Kings rallied to 168-5 from their 20 overs. Sachin Tendulkar led the [...]
Dan’s the man to break GB’s European duck April 26, 2010 WORLD silver medallist Daniel Keatings led team-mate Louis Smith to a superb one-two as Great Britain’s gymnasts enjoyed their finest hour in the European Championships at Birmingham. Keatings, 20, edged out Olympic bronze medallist Smith to take pommel horse gold with a score of 15.600 and become Britain’s first ever male European champion. “Louis had [...]
