Macmillan gives cancer patients a lending hand December 18, 2014 THIS CHRISTMAS, CITY A.M. IS PRESENTING FIVE OF ITS FAVOURITE CHARITIES TO INSPIRE READERS’ CHARITABLE GIVING – OUR FINAL CHARITY IS MACMILLAN NO ONE should face cancer alone – this is Macmillan Cancer Support’s mantra and it’s one which resonates with millions of people in the UK; most of us know someone who has been [...]
Swiss watch-maker hits London’s West End December 18, 2014 LONDON’S West End is attracting new international luxury brands just days before Christmas. Yesterday Swiss watch-maker IWC Schaffhausen opened a two-storey shop on New Bond Street – the company’s first UK boutique.
Best of the Brokers for 19 December 2014 December 18, 2014 To appear in Best of the Brokers, email your research to notes@cityam.com BRIT Numis reiterated its “buy” rating, stating that XL Group’s bid for Catlin has highlighted the potential attraction of the London underwriters. The broker said Brit is “well positioned in the current underwriting environment” and increased the target price by 20p to 310p. [...]
Exclusive: Liverpool still in mix for top four, insists Barnes December 18, 2014 CRISIS club Liverpool can still finish in the top four this season but only if the Anfield hierarchy maintains faith in under-fire boss Brendan Rodgers, according to Reds great John Barnes. Rodgers’ position has become precarious just months after falling agonisingly short of the Premier League title, following the club’s worst start to a domestic [...]
Dan to be Ladbroke man again with Shelford December 18, 2014 Bill Esdaile offers his best bets this weekend at Ascot and over the festive season THE LADBROKE (3.30pm), with a total prize fund of £150,000, is one of the richest handicap hurdles of the season and tomorrow’s race at Ascot promises to be fascinating. The ground will be soft, which has resulted in the absence [...]
Smellovision and internet parties: 2015 predictions December 18, 2014 AS 2014 draws to a close, we’re all starting to think about what 2015 will bring. Will the economy soar or slump? Will we have an inconclusive general election? Will oil prices sag even further downwards? At Nesta, each year we try to pinpoint the biggest social and technological trends that could shape our lives [...]
Let’s empower London’s fintech innovators to banish rip-off remittance fees December 18, 2014 HUNDREDS of thousands of Londoners will work extra hours this Christmas in difficult and low paid jobs so they can send money to relatives living abroad. Remittances like these now outstrip the amount sent in donor aid to sub-Saharan Africa. But these remittances will be reduced in value by money transfer charges as high as [...]
How much will Sony lose by cancelling The Interview? Counting the cost of the cyber attack December 18, 2014 “The holiday season”, as it’s referred to in the film industry, is supposed to be one of the most lucrative periods of the year for Hollywood studios. Yet for Sony Pictures, hopes for a bump in its Christmas stocking have been hit by the insidious cyber-attack which has pushed it to cancel the release [...]
Huh? Rightmove offers real-time data technology as the battle of the property portals heats up December 18, 2014 As online property portals draw their battle lines in the fight for estate agent loyalty, something weird's going on. Rightmove has just offered the technical specifications for its real-time data feed to its rivals. For free. It might sound like a small thing, but in an industry where technology is moving fast, Rightmove's speedy listings [...]
Welcome to City A.M. Giving December 18, 2014 We regularly bring you stories about individuals in this amazing City who do extraordinary things to raise funds to help others. I would like to introduce you to our Christmas Charity Index, which for the first time this year is contained within a special edition charity magazine, City A.M. Giving. This magazine, at the [...]