Sri Lanka win triangular series January 13, 2010 CRICKET: Sri Lanka rallied to an impressive four-wicket win over India to clinch the triangular tournament in Bangladesh. Suresh Raina smashed a brilliant 106 but his was the only real resistance as India slumped to 245 all out. But Sri Lanka, led by former captain Mahela Jayawardene, who made an unbeaten 71 from 81 balls, [...]
Caldwell leaves Celtic for Wigan January 13, 2010 FOOTBALL: Wigan have completed the signing of Celtic defender Gary Caldwell on a four-and-a-half year contract. The Scottish international, 27, was out of contract at the end of the season and opted for a move to the DW Stadium after rejecting an offer to join former boss Gordon Strachan at Middlesbrough. But Caldwell’s three ex-Celtic [...]
If it’s control and independence you want, then boutique is best January 13, 2010 A GENERATION ago boutique financial firms were viewed with suspicion. Unless you were the owner, then if you were involved with a boutique firm you probably earned less, and had fewer career opportunities than your peers who worked for large, well-known institutions. But in the last decade boutiques have been revolutionised and the previous reasons [...]
Six short steps to better job interviews January 13, 2010 PREPARE THOROUGHLY Just as the candidate has to prepare for an interview, so does the manager. This should begin well before you have your short-list of candidates. You will need to make decisions about the format of the interview, who is going to participate, where interviews are to be held, what equipment is required if [...]
Businesses are not out of the woods just yet January 13, 2010 DAVID HUDSON LONDON HEAD OF CORPORATE INSOLVENCY, BAKER TILLY WHILE businesses fail during recessions, many also fail coming out, having spent the cash reserves during the hard times that they so crucially need when they have to grow again to serve a more confident customer base, against revitalised competition. The underlying message of Baker Tilly’s [...]
How a wedding-phobic divorcee came to fall in love with marriage January 13, 2010 COMMITTED BY ELIZABETH GILBERT Bloomsbury, £12.99 ELIZABETH GILBERT shot to fame with her memoir Eat, Pray, Love – it was such a hit that a film version starring Julia Roberts is set for release later this year. At the end of that tale of recovery following a grisly, heart-rending divorce and a long period of [...]
OUT OF OFFICE January 13, 2010 ICE SCULPTURE COMES TO CANARY WHARF If it’s a winter challenge that combines skill, beauty and speed, it must be ice-sculpting. Five teams from Europe descend on the Wharf this week to compete against the clock to carve 2m square blocks of ice into shapes suggestive of commerce and adventure, such as ships riding big [...]
It’s time to hunker down in a cosy pub January 13, 2010 THE JERUSALEM TAVERN, CLERKENWELL Yes it’s a classic and an obvious choice, but there’s still no finer place to hunker down and enjoy a few pints of beer. And what beer it is. This Farringdon pub serves the full range of the very fine St Peter’s beers, including their Organic bitter, blackberry, nettle and gooseberry [...]
Union warns that 7,000 Cadbury jobs under threat January 13, 2010 UNION leaders have warned that up to 7,000 jobs could be lost if Kraft’s hostile bid for chocolate maker Cadbury is successful. Unite claim Kraft’s £22bn of debt would put the company under pressure and lead to jobs being axed. The union has issued a briefing to Cadbury investors asking them to put the wider [...]
Matalan auction boosted by Xmas sales January 12, 2010 FASHION and homewares retailer Matalan has boosted its £1.5bn auction by revealing further strong growth over the Christmas period. The group revealed that like-for-like sales rose 13.7 per cent in the five weeks to 2 January. The upbeat trading statement came despite tough comparatives with positive trading figures seen a year earlier. Five private equity [...]
