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.