Hel-Yeah January 13, 2013 YOU can’t see much from the back of a twin-engine Bell 212 helicopter when it’s packed with eleven adventurous skiers. Resembling ski-masked marines on a mission, we sit opposite each other, tightly buckled into our seats as we fly through the Canadian Rockies in spectacular fashion. Heli-skiing is the ultimate off-piste, backcountry skiing experience, in [...]
Kippers and oats: breakfast the Boris way January 8, 2013 LONDON Mayor Boris Johnson was at City Hall yesterday morning, wolfing down porridge with children from Haseltine Primary School, to mark the launch of the Mayor’s Fund supporting the Magic Breakfast healthy eating initiative. The Mayor, who is patron of the charity, told The Capitalist: “It is a real shame that so many kids in [...]
Mayor’s Fund backs healthy brekkie for kids January 7, 2013 The Capitalist is pleased to announce news of the Mayor’s Fund for London and Magic Breakfast’s campaign to provide 5,000 children with free healthy breakfasts. The Mayor’s Fund has teamed up with Cazenove Capital Management, Tropicana Orange Juice and Quaker Oats and is investing £660,000 to feed kids in schools all over London – including [...]
Trained by Gandy January 2, 2013 ALONG WITH the smart phone revolution came the birth of the app. Nowadays we use them for everything from gaming and banking to music and editing photos but now, especially with the New Year in full swing, it’s all about fitness apps and UK model David Gandy is getting in on the action. Following the [...]
There’s more to Nassau than relaxation and sun January 1, 2013 IN NASSAU, a red 1970 Gold Leaf Lotus Élan, zooms up the hill. A chequered flag waves and a yellow 1957 Ferrari 500 can be spotted up ahead, with a blue Aston Martin DB5 shimmering in the tropical sun in the distance. Someone who looks like Sean Connery is shaking hands with spectators. It could [...]
Top 10 new year’s eve hang-outs December 20, 2012 New Year’s Eve in London is one of those nights so quick-paced and freighted with expectation that it can quickly overwhelm. However, done correctly it can be the best night of the year. Booking one of the following parties is a good place to start. 1. Home House Marylebone The legendary members’ club is throwing [...]
D&D owner plans a dynamic future December 17, 2012 We are building restaurants to last several business cycles… it shouldn’t matter when you build them” DES GUNEWARDENA peers into his wine glass and wrinkles his nose. The chairman and chief executive of D&D London has invited me for lunch at the Angler, the group’s new seafood restaurant at South Place Hotel in the City [...]
Capital classifications will give gold a boost December 17, 2012 US BANKS are staging an eleventh hour appeal to have the implementation of Basel III delayed from its 1 January 2013 deadline, arguing that they would need to bolster their balance sheets with an additional $800bn (£493bn) in core capital assets under the new framework. But while there may be some protests, and the date [...]
How to eat well and cook little this festive period December 17, 2012 Head chef, Paternoster Chop House ONE OF the things I love about the festive period is the opportunity to do very little cooking at home. Yes, there is the main Christmas Day meal to be prepared and perhaps some party food for evenings with friends. But after all that, I relish being able to graze [...]
Head to Lapland for a trip that is truly wondrous December 16, 2012 WE ARE due to land in Kittila in 20 minutes. There are light winds and it’s a little bit chilly on the ground with temperatures of minus 38,” the captain says as we descend on Finnish Lapland. Many people know Lapland as the home of Father Christmas, and some might recognize its snowy scenes from [...]