EY to launch cleantech arm August 8, 2010 Accountancy giant Ernst & Young is planning a hiring spree to create a new cleantech advisory group, mainly focused on raising capital for entrepreneurs looking to set up clean energy businesses. Over 300 people are expected to join the division, which will be headed by corporate finance partner Steve Lang in the UK. Around 100 [...]
CITY MOVES | WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS June 2, 2010 BDO The accountancy firm has appointed Tim Kirk as head of its advisory services practice, leading its offering in the risk, regulatory and management consulting areas. Prior to joining BDO, Kirk was managing director of The Kirk Consultancy, a specialist marketing and customer experience consultancy serving FTSE 100 and global companies. Prior to that, he [...]
Be chairman of the board in this City penthouse May 6, 2010 SPENDING one’s working day in the boardroom is one thing, but living in one? That’s the option awaiting anyone who snaps up this smart-as-they-come penthouse on the edge of the City. The triplex three bedroom apartment called The Provenance (you’ll just have to get used to the name) sits at the top of a Victorian [...]
OTHER OPTIONS IN BELGRAVIA April 12, 2010 ZAFFERANO One of London’s most valued Italian restaurants, with a kitchen formerly led by Giorgio Locatelli, now by his protégé Andy Needham. Luxurious Italian dishes include duck lasagna with morel mushrooms and veal shin ravioli with saffron. 15 Lowndes Street, SW1X 9EY. 020 7235 5800, www.zafferanorestaurant.com BOISDALE OF BELGRAVIA The London home of Scottish good [...]
CITY MOVES | WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS March 23, 2010 Ernst & Young Dawn Aloof has joined EY from rival PricewaterhouseCoopers, to lead its Europe, Middle East, India and Africa (EMEIA) financial services transaction integration practice. Aloof also previously spent 15 years at Barclays, where she was responsible for clients’ global operating strategy, planning and M&A operations. She is joined by four ex-PwC colleagues: Ari [...]
The top spots to see in the new decade December 16, 2009 BLACK AND WHITE BALL AT BEACH BLANKET BABYLON Think art nouveau and film noir with a dash of Casino Royale – if your mind stretches that far. Notting Hill’s most glamorous restaurant/bar is offering a New Year’s Eve night with a jazz band and guest DJs till 2AM. There’s a four-course dinner too, for those [...]
OUT OF OFFICE November 10, 2009 JAMIE LUMLEY PHOTO SHOW OPENSAs the son of Joanna Lumley, Jamie Lumley is in pole position to comment on the plight of the Ghurkas. Last night saw the launch of his new photo exhibition, which explores the concept of home based on his experience of London and time spent in Nepal with his mother on [...]
FOOD & BOOZE NEWS October 26, 2009 ROKA OPENING IN CANARY WHARFCanary Wharf is becoming the talk of the town for its buzzing food scene.?With restaurants flinging open their doors faster than you can say “bruschetta”, it’s getting tough to keep up. Do not, however, miss Monday’s opening of the fantastic Japanese restaurant Roka, which serves a delectable assortment of sushi, meat [...]
GOLDMAN BANKER IN DIVORCE SKIRMISH September 7, 2009 DIVORCES are always grim affairs, but when they involve senior bankers, at least there’s a bit of colour involved. A Goldman Sachs managing director, Frenchman Yann Samuelides, has been in court battling with Denis Morley, a 67-year-old pensioner, over his wife’s divorce petition. Morley told Clerkenwell and Shoreditch county court that Samuelides promised a £500,000 [...]
SANTANDER CHIEF BREAKING CITY HEARTS WITH HIS EXOTIC CHARM August 3, 2009 WHILE all the big British bank bosses are pitted against each other this week in terms of first-half profits, Spanish bank Santander’s UK boss António Horta-Osório has been enjoying the glory of a rather more frivolous accolade. Horta-Osório became chief executive of Abbey in August 2006, after long stints at the helm of the bank’s [...]