Have you bought a car over the last year? November 6, 2012 GARY MIDDLETON LOTHBURY FINANCIAL SERVICES Yes I did buy a car – but it was a used vehicle, so it wouldn’t have affected the figures. ABBY VANN RIGHT MANAGEMENT No, I don’t need a car to get around as I live in London – I can just use the trains. The public transport in the city [...]
Royal London balances out mixed results November 6, 2012 ROYAL London Group, the biggest mutual life and pensions group in the UK, yesterday revealed flat new business growth for the year, with slower inflows for its fund managers offset by increased business for its pension and protection arms. The company, comprised of eight separate business, said total new life and pensions business flatlined at [...]
Tesco set for a Christmas tussle to win back customers November 6, 2012 TOWARDS the end of last year I discussed in this column how 2011 had seen Tesco’s brand perception scores fall throughout the year. As we would expect to see, perceptions proceeded sales. Tesco’s January announcement that its sales had dropped led to a sell-off that knocked around 100p from Tesco’s share price. This is a [...]
Advisers on track to be RDR-ready November 6, 2012 A majority of financial advisers are now compliant with the forthcoming Retail Distribution Review regulations coming into force in January, a survey out yesterday said. Insurer Aviva found two-thirds of advisers had already achieved qualifications to make them RDR compliant. A further 46 per cent said that they would also obtain qualifications beyond statutory requirements. [...]
First Derivatives’ revenue boost November 6, 2012 Capital markets software provider First Derivatives yesterday posted a 23.3 per cent increase in revenues and 9.8 per cent increase in pre-tax profits after a bumper half year of contract wins. The Aim listed company, which also offers consulting services, increased turnover to £27.6m on the back of a 40 per cent increase in recurring [...]
RFU chief eyes recreating Games Makers at Twickenham November 6, 2012 RUGBY chiefs hope to copy the example of the London 2012 Olympics and use Games Maker-type stewards to improve the spectator experience at Twickenham for England internationals. Ian Ritchie, the Rugby Football Union’s chief executive, said they planned to increase the number of people greeting matchgoers from Twickenham station and lining the route to the [...]
Murray set for Djokovic again November 6, 2012 US OPEN champion Andy Murray this afternoon faces the world No1 Novak Djokovic in the most significant match so far in London’s ATP World Tour Finals. In a rivalry that is being compared with that witnessed between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, the two have been involved in several momentous matches in what has been [...]
Chelsea need a perfect game, says Di Matteo November 6, 2012 CHELSEA manager Roberto Di Matteo has demanded his side take revenge over Shakhtar Donetsk tonight at Stamford Bridge, or risk the ignominy of becoming the first Champions League winners to fail to progress from the group stage. Di Matteo said his out of sorts team would need to summon a flawless display to overcome dangerous [...]
Patel’s tour fireworks have earned him Test place November 6, 2012 LAST week I wrote about how important it was for some of England’s fringe players to step up and stake a claim for a regular Test place during the tour matches that precede the upcoming series in India. So I have been delighted to see Samit Patel do just that in the first two warm-up [...]
Lionhearts take aim at World Series November 6, 2012 A BRITISH team featuring London 2012 Olympic silver medallist Fred Evans will take part in the fledgling World Series of Boxing. The British Lionhearts, who were officially announced yesterday with a photocall on Millennium Bridge in central London, include 15 other fighters also part of GB Boxing’s Olympic programme. Middleweight Evans is joined by bantamweight [...]
