FIT IN THE CITY November 21, 2011 FITNESS & DIET EXPERT If you’re looking to rock your Christmas tux, or slide into your salopettes without a hint of Stella belly, you’ll need to work. Here’s how: Opt for high-energy workouts. In a study at Duke University in the US, 30 minutes of vigorous aerobic exercise (the type where you’re sweaty and out [...]
EPISODE 37: IN WHICH I ASK SOME QUESTIONS – AND GET SOME ANSWERS November 21, 2011 We’ve had lawyers and accountants in all morning. The Question: How to minimise the tax exposure of an offshore special purposes vehicle? The Answers: Lengthy. Complex. Expensive. And dreary. What is it about lawyers and accountants? Maybe it’s the years of professional study and examinations after the years of university study and examinations. Institutionalises them. [...]
Fornata joins Italian legion November 21, 2011 Fornata 15 Kingly Street, London W1B 5PS Tel:020 8181 8887 FOOD *** SERVICE **** ATMOSPHERE *** Cost per person without wine: £20-25 When Casanova came to London in 1763, Soho was his first port of call. At just 38, he was already renowned across Europe as a distinguished polymath. His spheres of expertise included mathematics, [...]
QUAFFER’S CORNER November 21, 2011 Soaking up the Alsatian tastes I had an interesting tasting here at Lutyens last week. Christophe Ehrhart from Josmeyer gave a talk with accompanying wines from the estate he runs in Alsace, the sliver of land between the Vosges Mountains and the Rhine that boasts some of the lowest rainfall in France and a complex [...]
FOOD & BOOZE NEWS November 21, 2011 WINTER-WONDER COCKTAILS AT CASSIS The bar at Cassis, the popular French bistro in Knightsbridge has launched a new winter menu including a new range of dessert cocktails, perfect for those who would prefer a liquid dessert to one of their renowned Provencal tarts. Guests can choose from Tiramisu or Apple Pie cocktails. For a winter [...]
Let’s not go back to sub-prime loans November 21, 2011 THERE are two ways one can address a problem caused by faulty policies: by tackling its root causes – or by addressing some of its manifestations, and risk creating more issues thanks to the law of unintended consequences which plagues all government actions. Regrettably, when it comes to house prices, the government is largely going [...]
BOOST FOR MORTGAGES November 21, 2011 THE GOVERNMENT will today launch a scheme to encourage first-time buyers to take out 95 per cent mortgages even as new figures show the largest monthly drop in house prices since before the financial crisis. Prime Minister David Cameron and his deputy Nick Clegg will today unveil a plan to “help people get on the [...]
HELP THEM TO HELP THEMSELVES November 20, 2011 ‘African boy runs in dusty street’ from current Getty Gallery ‘It Takes More’ exhibition. Framed original kindly donated by the photographer Harry Hook Stone.
Creating an Opportunity to transform lives in Africa November 20, 2011 TODAY City A.M. is launching its first Christmas appeal. As a newspaper that has become a standard bearer for private enterprise and individual responsibility, I’m delighted that we have formed a partnership with Opportunity International, a brilliant charity that helps poor entrepreneurs worldwide build independent and prosperous lives for themselves by lending them money to [...]
Back our appeal – and make a real difference November 20, 2011 CARLOS Moreno’s life changed forever when he received a loan from Opportunity International. In less than two years, the hard-up Colombian entrepreneur had turned his small spice making business into an 11-man operation growing, drying, packaging and selling more than 50 different teas and spices. That was in 1971 and Carlos was Opportunity’s first-ever customer. [...]
