The new style of job applications March 3, 2010 MOVING up the career ladder doesn’t just depend on getting good results – it’s about getting good contacts too. Managing your network is the best way to find new openings, and there are iPhone tools to help you do it. Firstly, if you aren’t already signed up to LinkedIn, you really should be. The professional [...]
A psychological masterpiece set amid the beauty of rural France March 3, 2010 TRESPASS BY ROSE TREMAIN Chatto and Windus, £17.99 ROSE TREMAIN has proved herself time and again to be a novelist of astonishing skill, verve and imagination. Her latest outing was the Orange Prize-winning novel about the contemporary immigration experience of an Eastern European man, The Road Home. But she’s written brilliantly about everything from Charles [...]
OUT OF OFFICE March 3, 2010 JUDI DENCH AT THE ROSE One of the most noteworthy shows in London at the moment isn’t to be found in the West End, or even on Southbank. You have to head to Kingston to see Judi Dench starring as a rather senior Titania in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, under the direction of the no-less-legendary [...]
How to be as healthy as Barack March 3, 2010 EARLIER this week, the White House released the results of President Obama’s first medical report since he took office. For a 46-year-old man in a stressful job, they were pretty good. The only area of concern was indicated by the reference to continuing “smoking cessation efforts” – oh, and some borderline cholesterol issues. Obama’s otherwise [...]
I’m trying not to scream at my ex-lover/colleague March 3, 2010 VEXED IN THE CITY SOLVING YOUR RECESSION PROBLEMS DEAR VEXED: I had an affair with a colleague that ended recently. He’s now seeing someone else outside work and won’t shut up about it. It’s making me miserable and I’m afraid I’ll have an outburst soon if something doesn’t change. Is there anything I can do [...]
BP: We promise we’ll do better March 2, 2010 BP has pledged to improve its underlying pre-tax profitability by more than $3bn (£2bn) over the next two to three years by cutting further costs and increasing efficiency. Anthony Hayward, chief executive, announced the ambitious targets yesterday at the company’s annual strategy presentation to investors. It comes just a month after Shell said it planned [...]
Cash call weighs on Prudential March 2, 2010 EUPHORIA surrounding Prudential’s £23bn purchase of American International Group’s Asian arm turned into concern yesterday as its share price lurched downwards for the second day in a row. Prudential’s paper fell eight per cent to 487.5p, down from its pre-deal level of 602p. Investors are worried about the dilutive effect of the £13.4bn rights issue [...]
Rival seeks to buy BBC unit March 2, 2010 A rival broadcaster has slammed the BBC for its proposed closure of 6 Music. The BBC announced yesterday it will close the station, pending a consultation period, despite a public and political outcry. Absolute Radio’s chief operating officer Clive Dickens branded the BBC “irresponsible” for not looking for alternatives that could save the brand. Absolute [...]
Britain needs more world-class firms March 2, 2010 IF you want to understand why so many people have now become so downbeat about the prospects for the UK, look no further than yesterday’s survey of the Hundred Group of FTSE 100 finance directors. Their total tax rate – combining all taxes borne or collected by FTSE 100 businesses on the government’s behalf – [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING March 2, 2010 FINANCIAL TIMES HGCAPITAL SAYS GOLDSHIELD UNDERSTATED PROFITS FOR YEARS Goldshield Group understated its profits by several million pounds over a number of years, according HgCapital, the private equity group that backed a £179m management buy-out of the drugmaker last year. HEDGE FUNDS RAISE BETS AGAINST EURO Hedge funds are raising their bets against the euro [...]
