Dashing chaps: Jaguar’s design guru, Ian Callum has teamed up with the boys from Bremont April 8, 2015 As a watch enthusiast who’s also lucky enough to be a watch-industry insider, one tends to get blasé about meeting the legends of the trade – something that’s par for the course when it comes to doing the rounds at that annual extravaganza of all things horological, the Baselworld watch and jewellery trade fair. So, [...]
Don’t get burned by the buy-to-let boom: Funding retirement with rental income could turn into a disaster April 7, 2015 The new pensions freedoms are finally here and many savers will be considering taking a lump sum from their savings. Investing in a buy-to-let property to fund retirement may seem like a good idea, but pensions experts are warning of the risks. Eighteen years after the creation of the first buy-to-let mortgage, this form of [...]
Wall St slips before reports – New York Report April 1, 2015 US STOCKS eased yesterday as weaker-than-expected economic data spurred concerns over growth ahead of tomorrow’s jobs report and first-quarter earnings. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 77.94 points, or 0.44 per cent, to 17,698.18, the S&P 500 lost 8.2 points, or 0.4 per cent, to 2,059.69 and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 20.66 points, or 0.42 [...]
US car sales slow down at General Motors and Ford April 1, 2015 US car manufacturers General Motors (GM) and Ford reported a drop in US car sales in March as consumer demand hit the brakes. GM’s share price has been dipped slightly on reaction to the news, falling by almost two per cent to around $36.80 per share. Shares in Ford dropped by around 1.5 per [...]
US car sales slow down at General Motors and Ford April 1, 2015 US car manufacturers General Motors (GM) and Ford reported a drop in US car sales in March as consumer demand hit the brakes. GM’s share price has been dipped slightly on reaction to the news, falling by almost two per cent to around $36.80 per share. Shares in Ford dropped by around 1.5 per [...]
How Veronique Laury plans to create the Apple of DIY – Bottom Line March 31, 2015 If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses”. Kingfisher’s new chief executive Veronique Laury dusted off her dictionary of quotations yesterday, picking this one from Henry Ford to make the tenuous link that just as Ford gave middle-class Americans a car, the DIY chain will give consumers “what they [...]
City Moves for 01 April 2015 | Who’s switching jobs March 31, 2015 Investec Jane Warren has been appointed head of digital in the UK in Investec’s wealth management and investment services business. She started her career in financial services in 1987, and joined the Investec Group (then Carr Sheppards Crosthwaite) in 1994. Warren has subsequently served as head of CSC’s third party administration business, and head of [...]
Wilkinson: Ford needs time to make mistakes March 29, 2015 ICONIC England fly-half Jonny Wilkinson has backed modern day successor George Ford to cope under the escalating level of pressure being heaped on his shoulders in World Cup year. The 22-year-old Bath No10 has been a revelation since ousting Owen Farrell and making his full Test debut against Samoa in November. He now looks set [...]
Losing run bites as Bath defeat condemns London Welsh to drop March 29, 2015 LONDON Welsh coach Rowland Phillips insists the club will bounce back after defeat against Bath yesterday – their 18th consecutive loss – confirmed their relegation from the Premiership. The Exiles, who came straight back up last season after being demoted to the Championship in 2013, mustered two tries but could not prevent Bath from prevailing [...]
London’s new low emission black cabs will be made in Coventry with £250m Chinese investment from owner Geely March 26, 2015 The new generation of London's iconic black cabs will be made in a new factory in the Midlands being built by a Chinese company, creating 1,000 new jobs. Geely, the Chinese firm which took over the 100-year-old British cab manufacturer Manganese Bronze in 2013, will invest £250m in building a new factory and research and [...]