IT consultant ordered to pay £50,000 after being accused of stealing Soho House members’ personal details
Letters to the editor – 11/09 – Lurch to the Left, Licence fee, Best of Twitter September 10, 2013 Lurch to the Left [Re: As the Social Attitudes Survey reveals softening views on welfare, is Britain moving to the Left? Yesterday] On certain issues, sometimes associated with the Left, the public has been steadfast over the last 30 years (support for the NHS, a decent state pension and schools funding, for example). But the [...]
Top spots for healthy lunches September 10, 2013 FITNESS & DIET EXPERT laurawilliamsonline.co.uk @laurafitness Business meals needn’t mean a calorie overdose if you know the right places to go ANYONE can russell up a relatively healthy meal in the confines of their own kitchen; eating out and keeping your calorie-count down can be a little trickier. Chefs have a love-affair with butter and [...]
Forget the English rose, start drinking the English grape September 10, 2013 Bottle.opener@cityam.com LAST Friday the day job took me to visit the vineyards of Chapel Down in Kent. The visit left me with no end of ideas and information and spurred me into action. I have always been a sceptic about English wine. Let’s face it, we live far closer to the Arctic than the Equator [...]
The real Willy Wonka is as experimental as ever September 10, 2013 Think you love chocolate the most? Elizabeth Fournier meets choc-God Paul A Young IT’S NOT hard to be passionate about chocolate, but Paul A Young takes it to a whole new level. Reviewers and customers alike may wax lyrical about his imaginative creations, which include Marmite brownies and Eccles cake truffles. Get him talking on [...]
Five wacky Paul A Young Creations September 10, 2013 The Marmite brownie It may look like a regular brownie but Marmite’s distinctively salty tang is lurking inside. Limoncello and cucumber It may sound more like a cocktail but it’s actually a light, zingy confectionary creation. Cigar leaf caramel Young is famed for his caramel and here he pairs it with a heavy, spicy cigar [...]
£459m deal for high voltage transmission link to London Array secured by favoured consortium September 10, 2013 The consortium Blue Transmission London Array – comprising Barclays infrastructure Funds Management and a UK subsidy of Mitsubishi Corporation – has been named by Ofgem as the owners and operators of the new £459m high voltage link to the London Array offshore wind farm, after a sell off by the London Array joint venture. We [...]
ECB’s Asmussen stresses importance of publishing minutes that could help or hinder forward guidance policy September 10, 2013 The European Central Bank's (ECB) Jorg Asmussen has that the central bank is ready to act if conditions deterioriate, but that it is too early for an exit from accomodative monetary policy. Asmussen said that forward guidance is intended to reduce market volatility and overreactions. That makes sense, as it's essentially a promise by central [...]
Goldman, Nike and Visa to join Dow Jones as leading US index is shaken up September 10, 2013 It's all change in the leading US index, the Dow Jones Industrial Average. The Dow says that the changes made are based on the shift in industry representations and the low stock values of departing companies. Breaking: Goldman Sachs, Nike, Visa to be added to Dow Jones Industrials. $GS $NKE $V — Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla) [...]
UK slides 4 places in World Happiness Report September 10, 2013 This year's World Happiness Report has ranked the UK 22nd in 2012 out of 156 nations studied, a fall from 18th place in 2011. Published by the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network, the study presents the widest body of data available on happiness and its causes. Denmark took first place, as with last [...]
Tokyo 2020 likely to be economic non-event September 10, 2013 Economic confidence in Japan has seen a boost from the announcement that Tokyo will host the Olympic Games in 2020. That enthusiasm could be misplaced, according to Capital Economics. Marcel Thieliant, Capital Economics: Tokyo’s hosting of the 2020 Olympic Games is unlikely to provide any material contribution to economic growth in Japan. Overall spending on [...]
