Here’s new Standard Chartered chief executive Bill Winters, bare-chested, doing a falsetto June 10, 2015 Remember that video featuring five top City executives making total prats of themselves while stripping off and singing that appeared on YouTube last April? We just thought we'd bring it up again, partly because it was funny, but mainly because it features new Standard Chartered chief exec Bill Winters – who started his job today [...]
Boohoo share price soars as trading update suggests etailer is back “on track” June 10, 2015 Boohoo's shares soared this morning as investors lapped up a strong trading update from the etailer, following a stumble earlier this year. The figures: Revenues rose 35 per cent for the three months to May 31, while gross margins climbed more than 60 per cent. The company, which listed last year, now has 3.3m [...]
Graduate job market booming as jobless rate drops to 2007 levels June 9, 2015 Graduates are finding it easier to find employment, figures published yesterday by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills reveal. Meanwhile, those who complete post-graduate degrees are set to earn nearly twice as much on average as those who opt not to go university. The employment rate for working age graduates was 87.5 [...]
Robust yet fragile: Why the financial system has the same qualities as cancer June 9, 2015 Massive fines for banks, gross misbehaviour, huge bonuses for failure, bailouts at vast expense to the taxpayer: it’s little wonder that politicians and pundits can almost invariably win cheap applause by describing the financial system as being a cancer on society. But in a deep way, cancer and the financial system do have much in [...]
As Zac Goldsmith plans to run for London mayor, can the Conservatives win again in a Labour city? June 9, 2015 Tom Mludzinski, head of political polling at ComRes, says Yes Whoever is the next Tory candidate faces an Everest-sized task. But Everest has been conquered, and so can London. Boris Johnson is a special politician and winning twice in London as a Conservative is a big achievement. His success was, of course, partly down to [...]
Mix it up: Breathe new life into your G&T with these artisan gins June 9, 2015 Familiarity can breed contempt. Prior to the recent resurgence, such was the state of Britain’s relationship with the gin and tonic. The fire had gone out: it had become a cocktail of convenience. It wasn’t always thus. Like all good love stories, British affection for the G&T was born in battle. It was a [...]
Retirement fears drove smuggling, says freed Lewis June 9, 2015 FORMER England all-rounder Chris Lewis admitted that severe worries stirred by the conclusion of his playing career led him down a path which culminated in him being jailed for drug smuggling. The 47-year-old was released from prison yesterday after serving less than half of his 13-year sentence, having been convicted in May 2009 of smuggling [...]
Rent, happiness, love and Instagram: These four charts sum up life as a Londoner June 9, 2015 Which (if any) boroughs could shrink my monthly rent bill? Where should I move if I want to be happier? And where's the best night life? Read more: London's next Mayor must harness the City to tackle the housing crisis These are all questions that have rolled around the minds of Londoners at some point. [...]
Conservative MP Zac Goldsmith announces bid to run for London mayor June 9, 2015 Zac Goldsmith has joined the race to become the next London mayor, boosting Conservative hopes of holding onto power at City Hall. He becomes the fifth Tory in the race to succeed Boris Johnson as London mayor, after the Johnson won a seat in Parliament in last month's General Election. The young Tory MP has [...]
Liverpool’s Raheem Sterling is the world’s sixth most valuable player and fourth most likely to be sold this transfer window says new study June 9, 2015 Liverpool's Raheem Sterling has been named as the sixth most valuable player in the world in a new study that also ranks him the fourth most-likely top European player to be transferred this summer. The young winger is ranked the most valuable under 21-year-old player in world football and worth more than Luis Suarez, Diego [...]