Furnishings designed to impress February 27, 2014 Melissa York talks to Karen Howes about creating riverside luxury HOW DO you please the buyer that has everything? This is the question Karen Howes has to answer every day. She’s the co-founder and chief executive officer of Taylor Howes, an interior design firm that specialises in furnishing the homes of the uber-rich. “Every element [...]
How Uber takes over a city in just four days February 19, 2014 Uber’s global expansion has exploded bringing the service to 74 cities since the start of 2011 – the ride-hailing app added 13 new cities in just the first 50 days of 2014 alone – and spearheading this rapid growth are a crack team known as launchers. Described as a blend between US Navy Seals and [...]
Video: We check out the Breitling flight simulator in Canary Wharf February 19, 2014 Ever flown a fighter jet? No? Us neither, but we've had a go on a fighter jet flight simulator as of today. Uber swanky watch brand Breitling set up the simulator in Canada Square shopping centre, Canary Wharf in a bid to encourage bankers and other Canary Wharf-ite's to battle against each other for the [...]
How Uber takes over a city in just four days February 19, 2014 Uber’s global expansion has exploded bringing the service to 74 cities since the start of 2011 – the ride-hailing app added 13 new cities in just the first 50 days of 2014 alone – and spearheading this rapid growth are a crack team known as launchers. Described as a blend between US Navy Seals [...]
Pictures: The Mayfair mansion that’s yours for just £65,000 a month February 19, 2014 Fancy living in a mansion in Mayfair but don’t want to commit? You could rent Audley House, one of the most expensive properties ever to be released on to the London lettings market at £65,000 per month. The property, a Grade-II listed Georgian mansion in Mayfair comes fully furnished and ready to move into [...]
What the other papers say this morning – 14 February 2014 February 13, 2014 FINANCIAL TIMES Apple to cut use of ‘conflict minerals’ Apple is extending its supply chain clean up beyond Chinese factories and into African mines, using name-and-shame tactics to cut the amount of “conflict minerals” that end up in its iPhones and iPads. As it touts fresh improvements to working conditions in the factories that produce [...]
SocGen’s Albert Edwards thinks it’s 1997 all over again for emerging markets February 6, 2014 Societe Generale’s uber-bear is at it again. After the turmoil in emerging markets over the past few weeks, Albert Edwards thinks the unravelling has been “the final tweet of the canary in the coal mine”. He thinks the warnings are being ignored, and that the ongoing “debacle will be less contained than sub-prime ultimately proved [...]
SocGen’s Albert Edwards thinks it’s 1997 all over again for emerging markets February 6, 2014 Societe Generale's uber-bear is at it again. After the turmoil in emerging markets over the past few weeks, Albert Edwards thinks the unravelling has been "the final tweet of the canary in the coal mine". He thinks the warnings are being ignored, and that the ongoing "debacle will be less contained than sub-prime ultimately proved [...]
The 5 best ways commuters are beating today’s tube strikes February 5, 2014 With delayed services, and stations so crowded that they've had to be closed (and we can see why) many have decided to experiment with new ways to get to work. If you don't fancy using our guide to navigating the tube strikes, then here are some more innovative options. On your bike While this option [...]
Tube strike survival guide February 3, 2014 LONDON is bracing itself for the worst – forget the storms, this evening a Tube strike is going on. But instead of ducking for cover and barricading ourselves in, most of us will have to face the maelstrom head on as we battle to get to work (relatively on time) and back again. There’s still a [...]