David Pipe: Ramses will relish every drop of rain that falls November 14, 2019 AFTER a summer break it’s great to be back with my regular weekly column, and I can start with the news that we are already up and running with our new City AM syndicate horse. COLLINGWOOD COURT made a pleasing enough start for us at Ascot a fortnight ago in what was a pretty hot [...]
Young’s pub chain posts profit drop after poor weather November 14, 2019 Young’s pub chain blamed “poor and unpredictable weather” for a fall in profit in its latest half-year results today, but still raised its interim dividend to book its 23rd consecutive rise. Read more: Marston’s sells off 137 pubs for £45m in an attempt to slash debt The figures Profit before tax dropped 6.4 per cent [...]
Retraining course: The case for lifelong learning November 14, 2019 As the General Election race heats up, it was great to see the focus on adult skills and further education among the first announcements to be made by both the Liberal Democrats and the Labour party this week. Given that this area is often an afterthought by policymakers and politicians, long may this renewed focus [...]
Parity denied: Why ‘Girl Boss’ ad is the last thing women need to succeed November 13, 2019 Moving around London’s transport network I recently clocked a poster ad for a freelancing company. The caption read: “You do the girl boss thing. We’ll do the SEO thing.” The orange of the first sentence matched the hair of the lackadaisical-looking woman in the photo. Call me a snowflake, but I was offended. Maybe this [...]
Dom Sibley and Zak Crawley are perfect fits for Chris Silverwood’s old school approach with England November 13, 2019 Chris Silverwood will be delighted with how England are shaping up for his first Test match in charge against New Zealand next Wednesday. They might have drawn their first warm-up match against a New Zealand XI in Whangarei this week, but there were some real signs of encouragement for England’s new head coach. Silverwood talked [...]
Ditch the train and test drive a Range Rover Sport on a long weekend at the Victoria Inn November 13, 2019 Some of Great Britain’s best spots are best explored without the disappointment often caused by the UK rail network. But what if you’re one of the thousands of car-less Londoners who yearn for a road-trip but shudder at the thought of queuing at an airport car hire kiosk for an hour just to be handed [...]
Peter Mandelson resigns from People’s Vote campaign November 12, 2019 Labour peer and ex-Tony Blair strategist Lord Peter Mandelson has quit the People’s Vote campaign. Mandelson and former Labour staffers Will Straw and Joe Carberry resigned from the board of Open Britain today, claiming that defacto chairman and PR tycoon Roland Rudd was about to push them out. Read more: People’s Vote staff reject new director [...]
People’s Vote staff reject new director as attempt to break strike flops November 11, 2019 It was another day of dysfunction for the People’s Vote campaign as striking staff members rejected Saturday’s appointment of Tory figure Stuart Hand as acting director. The 40 members of staff had planned to have showdown talks today with de-facto People’s Vote chairman – and PR tycoon – Roland Rudd in a bid to get [...]
Meet our City A.M. PA Awards Judges – Alice Scutchey November 11, 2019 Alice Scutchey is a Senior Executive Assistant at Citi and the founder and director of the Canary Wharf PA Club. What made you decide to set up the Canary Wharf PA Club? I launched an internal network a couple of years ago but decided to expand on this idea when I returned from maternity leave [...]
UK avoids recession but annual growth slowest in almost a decade November 11, 2019 The UK economy avoided falling into recession in the third quarter of the year, official figures have shown today, but annual growth slipped to its slowest pace in nine years. A pick up in the giant services sector and a return to growth in construction boosted the economy, but the malaise in manufacturing continued with [...]