Women’s fashion: summer style May 28, 2014 JW Anderson x Versus Versace top, £POA, uk.versace.com; Antonio Berardi trousers, £440, antonioberardi.com; Christian Louboutin shoes, £545, 08432274322; Cartier bracelet, £55,500, 020 3147 4850; Theo Fennell ring (purple stone) £1,550, ring (red stone), £1,550, and ring (band) £1,650, all available at theofennell.com; Pippa Small earrings, £3,100, 201 Westbourne Grove, London, W11 2SB Antonio Berardi [...]
Your new name from Heron-in is going to be… May 27, 2014 LAST week’s renaming of Heron Tower (or the artist formerly known as Heron Tower to you and I) to Salesforce Tower London is causing some kerfuffle in the City. Salesforce’s CEO Marc Benioff is pretty chuffed with his eponymous high-rise, and Heron is actually to be joined by another Salesforce Tower in Silicon Valley when its [...]
Don’t worry – despite the name shame, Salesforce Tower’s in pretty good company May 27, 2014 Hardly a day goes by when one of London’s newest skyscrapers isn’t making headlines and this week it’s the artist formerly known as Heron Tower. Last week it emerged that the building, on the City’s Bishopsgate, had signed a deal welcoming a new (and largest) tenant, American CRM giant, Salesforce. As part of the [...]
Spotlight on financial fair play in football: Uefa’s new fair play rules are called offside | City A.M. May 23, 2014 THE FAIRNESS of football’s so-called financial fair play (FFP) rules, which last week saw English champions Manchester City hit with a raft of punishments, was the overriding theme of last night’s City A.M. roundtable event. The debate, sponsored by BT Sport and held at its City of London premises, attracted a stellar audience, including former FA [...]
Spotlight on financial fair play in football: Uefa’s new fair play rules are called offside May 22, 2014 THE FAIRNESS of football’s so-called financial fair play (FFP) rules, which last week saw English champions Manchester City hit with a raft of punishments, was the overriding theme of last night’s City A.M. roundtable event. The debate, sponsored by BT Sport and held at its City of London premises, attracted a stellar audience, including former FA [...]
City Moves for 23 May 2014 | Who’s switching jobs May 22, 2014 Addleshaw Goddard The law firm has announced the election of John Joyce as a managing partner. He specialises in corporate restructuring. Joyce has been a partner since 1998, and was most recently head of business support and restructuring. Euler Hermes Bonding The surety bond provider has appointed Adam Hinc as a senior underwriter in its [...]
Google takes a bite out of Apple as world’s most valuable brand May 20, 2014 GOOGLE has dethroned Apple as the world’s most valuable brand, as its total value soared to nearly $160bn (£95bn) this year, according to new global research. The online search giant’s rise is due to its booming financial performance – Google’s revenues last quarter grew nearly 20 per cent to $15.42bn – and Apple’s lack of [...]
Ex-F1 champ Brabham dies May 19, 2014 THREE-TIME Formula One world champion Sir Jack Brabham has died aged 88 after battling liver disease. The Australian designed, built and raced his own rear-engined BT 19 car to world championship victory in 1966, after claiming back-to-back crowns in 1959 and 1960. Brabham, a former Royal Air Force mechanic, was knighted for services to motor [...]
Vodafone shares are in the red this morning. Here’s why May 19, 2014 Vodafone shares have shed 0.9 per cent this morning, following news that telecoms firm AT&T is buying satellite television provider DirecTV. The $48.5bn deal will create not only a fierce competitor to other cable companies, but significantly lowers the odds that AT&T will continue considering buying Vodafone. The merged firm will have around 26m video [...]
BT starts broadband hiring drive May 19, 2014 BT has pledged today to hire 1,600 new engineers to work on its Openreach phone and data network. The telecoms firm said the jobs are being created by its efforts to connect the whole country to superfast broadband lines. More than two-thirds of UK premises in the UK are now near an Openreach cable, the [...]