A drink with the master of UK entrepreneurship June 19, 2011 LUKE Johnson is a man who takes a while to introduce. He seems to have run, or had his hand in running, half of the middle-class high street. Pizza Express, Giraffe, Patisserie Valerie, Belgo, Strada, Feng Sushi, Baker and Spice, the Signature Restaurants that owned The Ivy and Le Caprice – to name a few. [...]
Learn how the experts secure their business funding June 19, 2011 ARE you an aspiring entrepreneur, a business owner or investor? If so, then you should come to the City A.M. and Entrepreneurs World conference on 22 June 2011. It’s happening on Wednesday and is a must for those interested in entrepreneurial business funding. The plan for the conference is simple: we are bringing successful entrepreneurs [...]
YOUNG WOMEN: BATTLE SEXISM WITH BUSINESS June 19, 2011 BUSINESSES run by women in Britain generate £130bn for our economy. Between 1997 and 2007, the number of female-owned companies in the US grew 44 per cent, twice as fast as the number of male-owned firms. And in China, women own more than 40 per cent of private businesses. This trend is a global phenomenon [...]
The training steps needed to become a trading superstar June 19, 2011 IN ANY popular Hollywood movie that aspires to true greatness, a montage scene, in which the hero learns the skills needed to succeed, is de rigueur. The pinnacle of this cinematographic method can be seen in the 1976 film Rocky. A movie about a retail trader earning a steady income from spread betting might not [...]
THE WEEK AHEAD in association with GFT June 19, 2011 COMPANIES ● Agrekko will make a trading announcement today. The company has benefited from large temporary energy supply contracts following Japan’s earthquake. ● On Tuesday, First Property, Halma and Creston release earnings. The latter provides marketing insights and communications services. ● On the same day, Whitbread will release its interim management statement. With consumer spending [...]
THE TIPSTER June 19, 2011 TEMPORARY power provider Aggreko is due to make a trading announcement today, having enjoyed some really good gains in the last three months. Investors will be hoping that the good news continues with the shares trading near all-time highs. CMC Markets offers a spread of 1,883.60p-1,890.43p. Falling resource prices are doing commodity stocks few favours, [...]
Amsterdam steps out of the shadows June 19, 2011 AMSTERDAM is undergoing an image change. Earlier this month the Dutch government announced plans to ban foreigners from using the city’s coffee shops (the coy name for bars in which you can legally smoke marijuana), turning such places into members’ clubs for permanent residents only. It’s a controversial move designed to make Amsterdam a less [...]
THINK ROOMS… with LateRooms.com June 19, 2011 SWISSOTEL AMSTERDAM 4* Damrak 96 | Amsterdam | 1012 LP This lovely Swisshotel is placed on Amsterdam’s Dam Square – and you can’t get more at the heart of it all than that. It blends perfectly into the surroundings with its typically Dutch exterior, yet offers a stylish and modern stay inside. There’s a gym [...]
TRAVEL NOTES June 19, 2011 HEALTH AND LUXURY Forget the usual muddy bootcamps with miserable skimmed-milk porridge and daybreak marathons. Arcanum, above, a new uber-luxurious health spa sanctuary resort just launched offering guests weight loss and rejuvenation, the civilised way. The new resort overlooks the waters of Phuket. All guests receive their own personalised “health journey” program, including nutrition, energising [...]
Rory’s Glory: McIlroy seals US Open win June 19, 2011 NORTHERN IRELAND’S Rory McIlroy announced himself as the heir apparent to Tiger Woods as golf’s main attraction by clinching his first Major title in emphatic style. The 22-year-old turned the US Open at Congressional in Washington into a one-man show as he tamed a notoriously unforgiving course and decimated a high-class field, eventually winning by [...]
