Bullets, bombs and books on the front line June 24, 2009 THE JUNIOR OFFICERS’ READING CLUB: KILLING TIME AND FIGHTING WARSBy Patrick HennesseyPENGUIN, £16.99PATRICK HENNESSEY is a 27-year-old trainee barrister, who happens to have spent the past five years as an officer in the Grenadier Guards, fighting his way through the horrors of Iraq and Afghanistan and – as the title of his book suggests – [...]
CAREERS CLINIC June 24, 2009 LINDA JACKSONMANAGING DIRECTOR, FAIRPLACEI used to work in fund management, but quit three years ago to bring up my children. I’m looking to return to work, but have lost touch with most of my old contacts and am worried, in this job market, that I’ll have trouble getting employed. What can I do to improve [...]
CAREER CASE STUDY June 24, 2009 CARMEL BOURKE, SENIOR PA AT GLOBAL INSURANCE FIRMI didn’t go to secretarial school or anything, but that’s not really what it’s about now. Most people think of it as filling in calendars and taking dictation, but it’s not that anymore. It’s really about understanding the message being put across to the client, asking lots of [...]
PA sought: grads with languages, intellect and drive may apply June 24, 2009 ANYBODY in the financial industry looking to employ a competent secretary or executive assistant would do well to avoid BBC3’s latest drama offering. Personal Affairs, about a trio of secretaries working for a London bank, proposes a world of twirling bimbos who appear to be good for little other than photocopying, gossiping and inspiring the [...]
GLAMOROUS DRAGON HAS SIGHTS ON TV DEN June 24, 2009 ENTREPRENEURIAL types and their brave backers packed the Institute of Directors yesterday for the fifth bi-annual Entrepreneur Country conference, hosted by BBC Dragon, Ariadne Capital chief executive and City A.M. columnist Julie Meyer. Meyer was proud to introduce her new protégé, Warren Cole, to the investors in the room, after he became her third investment [...]
CITY VIEWS: how well are the supermarkets coping with the recession? June 23, 2009 ORRAINE NAYLER ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND“I don’t really go to big supermarkets and prefer to shop in my local stores. But I think the budget supermarkets are benefiting from the downturn – the stigma attached to Aldi and Lidl is probably disappearing and people are looking beyond packaging to non-branded goods if they are cheaper.” [...]
US authorities vow to pursue tax evasion probe of UBS June 23, 2009 THE US Justice Department yesterday slapped down any suggestion that it could drop its legal case against UBS, which aims to force the Swiss bank to hand over details of 52,000 US citizens suspected of using the bank to evade tax. “While the department is always willing to consider settlement in any case, the suggestion [...]
Aldi and Lidl’s growth rate falling behind June 23, 2009 DISCOUNTERS like Aldi and Lidl are now growing less quickly than British stalwarts such as J Sainsbury and Morrisons in a sign that the traditional supermarkets’ fight-back is succeeding, a survey showed yesterday. Britain’s grocery market grew by a recession-beating 6.5 per cent in the 12 weeks to 14 June compared to the same period [...]
Brown expels Iranian diplomats June 23, 2009 Prime Minister Gordon Brown expelled two Iranian diplomats from the UK yesterday, after Iran forced two British diplomats to leave. President Obama broke his silence, criticising Iran and denouncing the regime’s “threats, beatings and imprisonments”.
Regulation gurus speak to City June 23, 2009 EU regulation guru Jacques de Larosiere will join Financial Services Authority chairman Lord Adair Turner and Conservative Sir James Sassoon to speak at the Business for New Europe (BNE) conference. The trio, who have each produced recommendations on the future of regulation, will address an audience of business leaders at JP Morgan’s Victoria Embankment headquarters.
