AO World profit warning sends shares crashing February 25, 2015 AO WORLD shares crashed 32 per cent yesterday after the online electricals giant warned its final quarter had been tougher than expected, blaming the extra publicity it received around its float in the same period last year. Founded in 2000 by former kitchen salesman John Roberts, AO World has become one the most successful players [...]
Working five years longer boosts pension pots by a third February 24, 2015 The secret to a more comfortable retirement is to stay in work that little bit longer, new research has shown. Staying in full-time employment for five years after the retirement age, while continuing to pay into a private pension, could lift final weekly incomes by a third according to the Pensions Policy Institute and Friends [...]
Liam Fox describes Eurozone as main threat to global financial future February 23, 2015 Former Conservative leadership candidate Liam Fox will tonight look to curry favour with his party’s eurosceptic wing by describing the Eurozone as the greatest threat to global financial stability. Speaking at the right of centre think-tank Parliament Street, Fox will say that “the euro was always a flawed project”, and warn that “if the euro [...]
Okinawa: Japan, but not as you know it February 22, 2015 Everyone who is serious about travel should have their Alex Garland destination; somewhere you can casually name-drop at dinner parties, safe in the knowledge that nobody else will have been. Garland immortalised – and doomed – Thailand’s then-pristine Koh Phangan when he wrote about it in his novel The Beach. That was in 1996, just [...]
City Moves for 06 February 2015 | Who’s switching jobs February 5, 2015 Warburg Pincus Rene Obermann is joining the global private equity firm as managing director and partner. Obermann was chief executive of Deutsche Telekom from 2006 to 2013, and was most recently chief executive of Ziggo NV. He will be based at the firm’s London office. Hay Group The management consultancy has appointed Jim Tapper as [...]
Dixons Carphone signs deal with Hutchison Whampoa’s Three to offer mobile services February 1, 2015 DIXONS Carphone has struck an agreement with network provider Three to offer mobile services that will also seek to help customers link up their devices and appliances. Under the terms of the agreement with Three’s owner Hutchison Whampoa, the company will offer mobile contracts that will let customers tailor their price, minutes and data to [...]
Dixons Carphone to launch mobile service for Internet of Things plans through Hutchison Whampoa’s Three February 1, 2015 Dixons Carphone is the latest to jump into the mobile ring with plans to launch its own mobile service to customers. The retailer has made an agreement with Hutchison Whampoa, the owner of mobile network Three, to provide a mobile service to its customers who are increasingly buying connected devices. Dixons Carphone previously outlined its [...]
Sport Comment: Players turned pundits can earn a packet after football January 29, 2015 FOOTBALL pundits: don’t you just love them? Well, maybe you do, perhaps you don’t. They are there to curry debate, adding their professional perspective to TV and radio coverage of our great game. Only yesterday, we woke up to reports that former Spurs and England schemer Danny Murphy was facing a £2.5m tax bill. Now [...]
Rushed off your feet? How to invest when you’re very busy January 27, 2015 Consider a multi-manager fund as a time-saving option. We all know how difficult it can be to juggle the demands of modern life – and your financial affairs may feel the squeeze from time to time. “In our experience, a great many people who started out as DIY investors with bags of enthusiasm conclude that [...]
Building a nest egg: The best ways to invest for your child January 20, 2015 Don’t be afraid to take risks on your children’s behalf. With the Institute for Fiscal Studies forecasting that, in 18 years’ time, fewer than half of us will be able to own a home, saving for your children may well feel more important than ever. Calculations from Nutmeg show that, in order to amass a [...]