Cosy up in your house this winter December 17, 2009 1 Louis Philippe Day Bed, Grange, from £3,489, 020 7935 7000 2 Stag head candelabra, Joanna Wood, £94, www.joannawood.co.uk 3 Traditional balls wreath, Quintessentially Flowers, £75, www.quintessentiallyflowers.com 4 Ravello five arm candelabra, Heal’s, £220, www.heals.co.uk 5 Little red dot teapot, Fairmont and Main, £22, www.johnlewis.com 6 Grey shetland throw, John Lewis, £130, www.johnlewis.com 7 Hot [...]
FOCUS ON: NOTTING HILL December 17, 2009 SHREWSBURY MEWS, W2 Price: £695,000 Located near the junction of Westbourne Park Road and Chepstowe Road, this 900sq ft traditional mews house has a first floor reception, two bedrooms, and two bathrooms, one en suite. It is close to bars and restaurants, and Westbourne Grove Tube station. Contact: Hamptons Notting Hill, 020 7034 0404 KENSINGTON [...]
Camden: an urban hotspot with leafy streets December 17, 2009 THOSE who consider Camden a gritty choice may want to think again. “Prices dipped in the credit crunch,” says Ed Robinson, of the year-old Camden office of Foxtons. “But they’re already higher than they were before it, and they’re going to rise next year. There’s limited stock and a lot of demand.” The spring opening [...]
IN-RUNNING TRADING HINTS December 17, 2009 The most fascinating in-running trading contest of the weekend looks to be Ascot’s Long Walk Hurdle run at 2.05pm tomorrow. Big Buck’s is currently trading at around 1.55 on Betdaq, but I expect him to trade at a considerably bigger price in-running. Last year’s World Hurdle winner never came off the bit on his seasonal [...]
Save the Big Buck’s for Bellvano and Dave’s Dream at Ascot today December 17, 2009 PAUL NICHOLLS continued his extraordinary run of Saturday big race wins by landing last weekend’s Boylesports.com Gold Cup at Cheltenham and the Champion trainer will hope that Big Buck’s can make it a ‘famous five’ tomorrow. Kauto Star, Denman, Twist Magic and Poquelin have all grabbed the racing headlines on consecutive Saturdays for Team Ditcheat [...]
SPREAD BETTING AND CRICKET –THE PERFECT MATCH December 17, 2009 It’s always crucial to keep an eye on the weather when spread betting on cricket and with rain forecast at Centurion, the draw is now the bookies favourite at stumps on day two. The beauty of spread betting means we need not focus on that and can place a bet on England’s first innings batting [...]
No festive joy for shaky Hammers against Blues December 17, 2009 WEST HAM vs CHELSEA SUNDAY, 4.00PM SKY SPORTS 1 THE Premier League has been something of a baptism of fire for Gianfranco Zola and he has certainly suffered more than his fair share of bad luck. Financial crises and key injuries have caused big problems for the Hammers and the way they capitulated at Bolton [...]
Retail sales fall dampens hopes of festive boost December 17, 2009 The Christmas shopping season has got off to a slow start, with retailers reporting a fall in sales volumes in November, dampening hopes of a bumper festive period on the high street. Figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed that retail sales volumes unexpectedly fell by 0.3 per cent in November. Department stores [...]
Bank of America appoints Moynihan as new chief December 17, 2009 BANK of America has promoted Brian Moynihan to be its new chief executive with the task of nursing the conglomerate back to health. The appointment of Moynihan – who heads the bank’s retail division – follows the retirement of Kenneth Lewis. His promotion comes after the bank posted two quarterly losses in the past year [...]
JJB sales plunge 52% in “difficult” trading December 17, 2009 JJB sports has reported a 52 per cent plunge in sales in the past six months, with the Christmas season failing to reverse its fortunes. The struggling sports retailer has been trying to stage a fight back after it came close to going into administration earlier in the year. But the latest gloomy figures have [...]
