The Debate: Should France’s economic weakness be a cause for increasing concern in the Eurozone? February 3, 2013 YES Yannick Naud French economic weakness is not only apparent from its very high unemployment figures and persistent lack of growth. It’s even more striking when you analyse leading indicators like manufacturing purchasing managers’ indices – the worst of all Eurozone countries, except for Greece. France’s manufacturing downturn is accelerating, with both output and new [...]
Letters to the editor February 3, 2013 London by night [RE: Tube could run until 2am, says transport boss, Thursday] Last week’s announcement that London Underground will run extended weekend Tube services is a boon for businesses across the capital. It is also positive for businesses like Addison Lee, as we also benefit from Londoners being able to get around at busy [...]
The trusted brand with personality at its core February 3, 2013 YOU may have seen Clippy McKenna’s eponymous preserves on your supermarket shelves. Her two-man show (it is just Clippy and fiancé Paul Gorman working at the business; everything else, including the actual jam-making, is contracted out) now stocks its products in some of the biggests stores – including Tesco and Harvey Nichols. After graduating as [...]
Disney ending for the man who started golden era of animation February 3, 2013 WHAT are the three words in the English language beginning with Dw? Our boozey boys’ lunch suddenly took an intellectual turn when someone lobbed in this cracker of a question. Our bodies momentarily froze and we stared into the distance, slight frowns, deep in thought, competition now upon us. “Dwarf!” someone yelled, and at first [...]
Business contests aren’t just vanity February 3, 2013 ERNST & Young has just opened nominations for its UK Entrepreneur of the Year competition. Previous category winners have included Hilary Devey of BBC’s Dragon’s Den (and more impressively, founder of Pall-Ex, the freight company), and the former boss of JD Sports Peter Cowgill. Certainly, of the many competitions out there, Ernst & Young’s has [...]
It’s Davos, but not as you know it February 3, 2013 DESPITE being a 30-something supposed grown-up, I must confess to still suffering from the occasional nightmare. While on duty as a night editor of this newspaper, for example, my sleep can be disturbed by a recurring dream in which I’m culpable for printing over 130,000 front page headlines of “UK ECOMONY DIPS AGAIN” (yes, reread [...]
Twelvetrees elicits 2003 comparisons February 3, 2013 ENGLAND 38 vs SCOTLAND 18 ENGLAND centre Billy Twelvetrees has hailed his fledgling partnership with fly-half Owen Farrell after the pair drew comparisons with the 2003 World Cup winning Will Greenwood-Jonny Wilkinson axis. Twelvetrees capped a barnstorming debut with a try as England began their RBS Six Nations campaign with a handsome victory over Scotland [...]
Fancied France stunned as Italy toast shock win February 3, 2013 ITALY 23 vs FRANCE 18 CAPTAIN Sergio Parisse believes Italy have given their credibility an enormous shot in the arm by inflicting a huge upset on RBS Six Nations favourites France in Rome yesterday. Parisse and Leicester prop Martin Castrogiovanni scored the tries and replacement Kris Burton a decisive drop-goal as the Azzurri repelled a [...]
Mancini refuses to give up title hope despite nine point deficit February 3, 2013 MANCHESTER CITY 2 vs LIVERPOOL 2 MANCHESTER City boss Roberto Mancini last night insisted that the title race is still alive, despite seeing his team draw for the second time in a week. City trail local rivals Manchester United by nine points at the top of the Premier League, after goals from Edin Dzeko and [...]
Spurs march on but Villas-Boas faces striker headache after injury to Defoe February 3, 2013 WEST BROMWICH ALBION 0 vs TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 1 TOTTENHAM manager Andre Villas-Boas admitted that he is sweating over the fitness of Jermain Defoe after the striker limped out of yesterday’s win at the Hawthorns. A second half strike from Gareth Bale earned Spurs all three points against West Brom, who played nearly half of the [...]
