Business leaders urge political party heads to balance the budget by 2015 November 1, 2009 LEADERS of the three main political parties will face calls for urgent action to balance the national books at the annual conference of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) later this month. The business lobby group will urge Conservative leader David Cameron, Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg and an as-yet unidentified “senior member of the [...]
Tomorrow’s DLRStrike called off September 28, 2009 The planned 48-hour DLR strike by the RMT union due to begin tomorrow has been called off. The union had threatened a walk out over proposed changes in rosters at the control centre in Poplar. Talks were held over the weekend and the union Serco said an agreement had been reached. Managing director of Serco [...]
Eurasian leads the miners higher while Lloyds shines August 19, 2009 THE FTSE 100 share index inched higher yesterday, helped by oil producers, which gained on firmer crude prices as US demand recovered, but banks fell after HSBC traded ex-dividend. The index closed up by 3.89 points, or 0.1 per cent, at 4,689.67, after trading as low as 4,625.44 earlier in the day. Volumes on the [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING August 12, 2009 FINANCIAL TIMES BHP CALLS FOR MARKETS TO SET IRON ORE PRICESBHP Billiton, the world’s biggest miner, has made a plea for the “emotion and anxiety” to be taken out of the iron ore business with a shift to market-based pricing like oil or coal. The plea by Marius Kloppers, chief executive of BHP, came a [...]
UK’S MAIN RAIL FRANCHISES July 1, 2009 ARRIVA WALES Shrewsbury – Swansea line. It also covers Cardiff, Manchester and Birmingham FIRST CAPITAL CONNECT A FirstGroup franchise, it runs from Bedford to Brighton via Luton. Also Luton to Wimbledon and Sutton. NATIONAL EXP. EAST ANGLIATrains run from London Liverpool Street to Sheffield, Chelmsford, and Peterborough. SOUTH WEST TRAINSPart of Stagecoach group, it was [...]
How the King of the UK back office plans to keep his business growing June 21, 2009 IT is fascinating to listen to David Andrews talk about his business. For most of us, back offices may seem deadly boring – but when you discover Andrew’s passion for Xchanging, the FTSE 250 back office outsourcing giant he founded 10 years ago, you suddenly realise just how true it is that finance and corporate [...]
BEST OF THE BROKERS June 16, 2009 REED ELSEVIERPanmure Gordon retained its “buy” rating on Reed Elsevier after an update call with the company. It said that the shares have been disconcertingly weak recently but that this is understandable in view of the weak dollar. The broker leaves its core assumptions unchanged, forecasting earnings per share growth year-on-year. SERCOSerco’s shares have rallied [...]
Serco to control Dubai’s air space June 14, 2009 Support services firm Serco has secured a 10-year contract worth £245m to provide air traffic control at Dubai’s airports. The deal includes Maktoum Airport, which is projected to become the world’s busiest hub in the world when it is completed in 2017.