Investment Comment: Investing in a low interest climate August 13, 2013 THE BANK of England’s decision to link interest rates to unemployment was widely expected. Accordingly, interest rates could remain at all-time lows until at least the middle of 2016. So what does this mean for investors? WINNERS AND LOSERS Savers will be the worst hit by the pledge of three more years of low interest [...]
What forward guidance means for mortgages August 13, 2013 LAST week, the Bank of England pledged to keep interest rates at 0.5 per cent at least until unemployment falls below 7 per cent – a threshold it expects to be met in mid-2016. Assuming the Bank sticks to the promise, and there a host of caveats in the announcement, this is good news for [...]
Review: Joe’s Southern Kitchen & Bar August 13, 2013 RESTAURANT 34 King Street, Covent Garden Tel: 020 7240 4008 FOOD Three Stars VALUE Three Stars ATMOSPHERE Three Stars Cost for two without drinks: £45 Restaurant critics are like Eskimos: we lead isolated lives and are prone to eating seal blubber. No, that’s not it. We’re like Eskimos because we both have 20 words for [...]
Mix it up: Wake up and smell the Kahlua: a remedy to the daily grind August 13, 2013 IN 17th century Britain, coffee houses sprung up across London. Idle gossip, radical ideas and business matters were traded freely between men of diverse wealth and class. Unsurprisingly, those with the most to lose were not keen on this outpouring of freedom. Charles II’s edict tried to rid the country of the “very evil and [...]
Flower backs captain Cook after Warne’s Twitter blast August 13, 2013 ENGLAND team director Andy Flower has leapt to the defence of captain Alastair Cook following stinging criticism from Australia’s all-time leading wicket-taker Shane Warne. Cook masterminded Australia’s collapse on day four of the fourth Test in Durham as England moved 3-0 ahead in the series with one match to play. However, Warne had been critical [...]
Cricket Comment: What would Australia give to have Ian Bell? August 13, 2013 WHEN Ian Bell was selected for Michael Vaughan’s team in the 2005 Ashes series he was ridiculed by Australia. They nicknamed him the Sherminator and, Old Trafford aside, he scored 47 runs in four Test matches. Fast-forward eight years and what would Australia give to have Bell in their team now? He has been by [...]
Gerrard to go out all guns blazing against Scotland August 13, 2013 ENGLAND captain Steven Gerrard has risked upsetting Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers on the eve of the new Premier League season by outlining his desire to play as many minutes as possible in tonight’s friendly with Scotland at Wembley. Just three days before Liverpool take on Stoke in the opening game of the new campaign, Gerrard [...]
Hodgson backs young talent as England hit six August 13, 2013 ENGLAND manager Roy Hodgson believes the Under-21s’ 6-0 thrashing of Scotland last night at a packed Bramall Lane proved there is plenty of reason to be positive about the strength of the national team. With senior manager Hodgson in temporary charge after previous boss Stuart Pearce departed earlier this summer, England’s youngsters took the lead on [...]
Strachan wants regular renewal of auld rivalry August 13, 2013 SCOTLAND manager Gordon Strachan hopes his side can start to play England more often, as they prepare to take on the auld enemy at Wembley tonight for the first time in 14 years. The pair have met competitively just three times since 1989, with England triumphing 2-0 in a Euro ’96 group match and 2-1 [...]
Spurs prepare to lighten midfield load by three August 13, 2013 TOTTENHAM have accepted a £2m bid from Championship club Queens Park Rangers for tough-tackling midfielder Scott Parker, while Tom Huddlestone and Jake Livermore have emerged as targets of Hull. Parker moved to north London in August 2011 and made 50 Premier League appearances for Spurs, also winning the club’s Player of the Season award during [...]
