2010 is the year of the big move to the country March 25, 2010 MANY who earn their crust in London dream of living in the country, and there are good reasons to make 2010 the year to make the move. While the property markets in the desirable parts of London have now fully recovered, with prices similar to those achieved in the 2007 peak, the same isn’t true [...]
The bankers who saw the crash coming, and bet on it March 24, 2010 THE BIG SHORT BY MICHAEL LEWIS Allen Lane, £25 by Zoe Strimpel THE Big Short comes late in the day, at least in terms of the publishing frenzy that (inevitably) followed the financial crisis. Indeed you might have an impulse to roll your eyes and say: “not again” – not another book whose theme is [...]
FOOD & BOOZE NEWS March 22, 2010 THAI NEW YEAR AT MANGO TREE Belgravia’s smart Thai eatery, Mango Tree on Grosvenor Square, is holding a Thai New Year Party on 14 April. The celebration of the Songkran festival will feature a show of traditional dances, while diners can enjoy a special tasting plate of delicacies from across Thailand – including hormok (fish [...]
French fancied to pile on the points in Paris March 18, 2010 FRANCE V/S ENGLAND TOMORROW-7.45PM-BBC1 FRANCE have historically tended to do well in Six Nations tournaments after Lions Tours but to suggest that their faultless record this year is due to the relative tiredness of their opponents is unfair. Marc Lièvremont’s side have been sublime at times over the last six weeks and a comparison of [...]
Derwent plots new property projects as market recovers March 17, 2010 PROPERTY company Derwent London plans to spend more than £260m on new projects in the capital after an improvement in the rental market. The FTSE 250 firm, which specialises in revamping offices in West End locations, unveiled its plans yesterday as it reported a narrowing in annual pre-tax losses for 2009. The company expects capital [...]
CELEBRITY LAWYER CEMENTS HIS STATUS March 15, 2010 CELEBRITY LAWYER CEMENTS HIS STATUS SHOWBIZ and the somewhat more drab world of the law aren’t usually professions that share column inches, but a City immigration lawyer is doing his level best to change that perception. Philip Trott, head of immigration at Bates Wells & Braithwaite solicitors, has been enjoying more than his usual share [...]
Megson in the frame for Hull job after Brown pays price for slump March 15, 2010 HULL CITY chiefs expect to appoint a new manager in the next 24 hours after Phil Brown was effectively sacked for failing to arrest their slide down the Premier League table. Brown, who took the Tigers into the top flight for the first time ever in 2008 but on Saturday saw them slip to 19th [...]
Make the most of your World Cup holiday March 14, 2010 SO, we know now where England will be based for this summer’s World Cup in June and July. Fabio Capello’s guys will set up their training camp in the small town of Rustenburg, 70 miles from Johannesburg and 60 miles from Pretoria. Aside from being a football haven come June with four World Cup stadiums [...]
The sun is shining on property in the Med March 11, 2010 THIS year’s freezing winter may well have proved a tipping point in your decision to invest in a sunny property abroad – and it couldn’t have arrived at a better time. Possibly by the time the time London’s largest overseas property fair, A Place in the Sun (held at Earl’s Court) rolls around 26-28 Mar, [...]
Tullow Oil profit plummets by 92pc March 10, 2010 TULLOW Oil’s full year profits plummeted as a slump in oil and gas prices took the shine off outstanding exploration success. The FTSE 100 oil exploration group posted a 92 per cent drop in after tax profit to £19m, compared to £226m in 2008, while sales revenue shed 16 per cent to £582m. The group [...]