Ex-Sainsbury’s boss Justin King takes on first big role since leaving September 7, 2015 The former chief executive of Sainsbury's, Justin King, is set to take on his first major role since leaving the supermarket last year. King, who is widely credited with reversing the fortunes of the supermarket chain, is due to become vice-chairman of private equity firm Terra Firma Capital Partners. "A source close to Terra Firma [...]
China fears sap investor sentiment September 7, 2015 GLOBAL investor sentiment took a turn for the worst in September, as fears over China took the outlook for Asia excluding Japan to its most negative since 2009. Investor confidence has been heavily impacted by recent extreme volatility in Chinese stock markets, with the Sentix’s measure of sentiment toward Asia excluding Japan yesterday falling to minus [...]
Labour leadership race odds: Yvette Cooper keeps on gaining ground as bookies continue to shorten odds September 7, 2015 With just one week to go until the Labour leadership election result is announced, bookmakers continue to shorten odds on Yvette Cooper winning. In the latest move by bookmakers, Cooper has been cut to 4/1 with Bet365, the same odds offered by Betfair, William Hill and Paddy Power. Read more: Can geography help us find [...]
The City of London’s decade of growth – upwards September 6, 2015 An army of tall buildings that have transformed London’s skyline over the past decade – from the Heron Tower, completed in 2011, to the Shard, which opened in 2012 near the former site of City A.M.’s very first offices, New Bridge House. And there are many more to come in the next few years, [...]
Cycling: Cavendish lambasts Vuelta after suffering Tour of Britain agony September 6, 2015 BRITAIN’S Mark Cavendish disputed the significance of the Vuelta a Espana on the cycling calendar after being pipped on the line in the opening stage of the Tour of Britain yesterday. Manxman Cavendish looked on course to claim the stage win and the race leader’s yellow jersey but was edged out by Team Sky’s Elia [...]
Review: People, Places and Things September 4, 2015 Dorfman Theatre | ★★★★☆ A dazzling central performance ensures Duncan Macmillan’s new play about addiction isn’t drowned by the weight of its own ambition. People, Places and Things is a maelstrom of competing ideas, juggling a central story about a young actress going through the 12 Steps with tangents about identity and acting. Denise Gough plays [...]
The Walkie Talkie is a glorious building and the Carbuncle Cup jury are just architectural snobs September 3, 2015 Most of the critics of Rafael Viñoly's “Walkie Talkie” at 20 Fenchurch Street are other architects or professional moaners. Laypeople, like the City workers milling around the building at lunchtime, are more amenable. As if to prove my point, Sir Simon Jenkins, a vocal and consistent critic of, well, just about anything built since bricks [...]
Tour de France winner Chris Froome pulls out of Vuelta a Espana with foot injury after crash September 2, 2015 Briton Chris Froome’s hopes of becoming only the third man to win the Tour de France and Vuelta a Espana in the same year look to be over after he crashed in Andorra yesterday. Froome went to hospital for X-rays after struggling to walk following stage 11 of the Vuelta, which left him seven and [...]
Walkie Talkie awarded annual Carbuncle Cup as judges declare it the UK’s ugliest building September 2, 2015 It's divided opinion since its plans were first unveiled – but now judges of the Carbuncle Cup, the annual award for Britain's least aesthetically-pleasing constructions, have declared the Walkie Talkie to be the UK's ugliest building. It had stiff competition, mind: the Rafael Vinoly-designed building, developed by Land Securities and Canary Wharf Group, was up [...]
Asos founder and chief exec to step down from fashion giant September 1, 2015 ASOS founder and boss Nick Robertson is expected to announce his departure from the top job at the fashion website this morning. Robertson, who set up the company, one of the UK’s most high-profile tech success stories in 2000, has told the board he wants to step down from the top job but remain on [...]