Business (UK) RBS picks Alison Rose as new chief executivestandard.co.uk - Simon English Royal Bank of Scotland appointed the first female chief executive in its history on Friday, when Alison Rose landed the job, fending off at least one …
Business (UK) Simon English: Rose is through the glass ceiling - now avoid the glass cliffstandard.co.uk - Simon English Congratulations to Alison Rose. She has just landed the hardest job in banking. At least, that’s how some will see it. Running Royal Bank of Scotland …
AB InBev Paula Lindenberg: AB InBev's UK boss aiming to boost brewing giant's market sharestandard.co.uk - Joanna Bourke Tucked away behind Chancery Lane station is what looks like a start-up office. There is a bar, a chandelier made of Stella Artois glasses, beanbags …
Thomas Cook Financial bloodbath looms as Thomas Cook teeters on brinkstandard.co.uk - Joanna Bourke Tourism, property and credit card firms were on Friday preparing for a bloodbath of financial pain and job cuts, as the world’s oldest holiday firm …
Business (UK) Kier reels as revamp costs force construction firm deep into lossesstandard.co.uk - Joanna Bourke The uphill struggle to turnaround embattled construction giant Kier was laid bare on Thursday as the contractor revealed huge writedowns, plunged …
Business (UK) City Pub Group turns off "acquisitions tap" ahead of Brexitstandard.co.uk - Joanna Bourke City Pub Group on Thursday said new openings have helped boost sales, but it will turn off the “acquisitions tap” until there is more Brexit …
Business (UK) After the Sirius Minerals disaster, some tips on entering the exploration stocks casinostandard.co.uk - JIM ARMITAGE RETAIL investors with burnt fingers gave me flak for declaring this week the Sirius Minerals Yorkshire mining project looked a dodgy investment from …
Debenhams Mike Ashley defeated in bid to prevent Debenhams’ rent-cut rescuestandard.co.uk - Simon English A bid by Mike Ashley to block Debenhams from claiming insolvency failed on Thursday, the latest blow to the Sports Direct retail king. Ashley had …
Philip Green Sir Philip Green-backed online retailer MySale secures more fundingstandard.co.uk - Joanna Bourke MySale, the struggling online fashion retailer backed by Sir Philip Green, on Thursday vowed to bounce back from a difficult spell in the UK as it …
Icon version of the Flipboard logoCarlos Ghosn Carlos Ghosn's wife speaks out: "He has done nothing wrong"standard.co.uk - JIM ARMITAGE The wife of the former Nissan boss, Carlos Ghosn, has kept a calm exterior through the ordeal of his months of incarceration and house arrest without …
Business (UK) Lloyd’s returns to black ahead of probe results into sexist culture claimsstandard.co.uk - Michael Bow Llloyd's of London today promised to root out bad behaviour after a “sobering” survey about workplace culture at the age-old insurance market. The …
Business (UK) Sale of £4bn Cobham referred for ‘national security’ inquirystandard.co.uk - Simon English Business Secretary Andrea Leadsom made a rare Government intervention on a foreign takeover on Wednesday, blocking the £4 billion sale of Cobham to …
Business (UK) Hong Kong money used to buy £81m London office block from Avivastandard.co.uk - Joanna Bourke Money from Hong Kong, where property investors are spooked by political protests, will be used on a £80.1 million purchase of an office block in the …
Saudi Aramco Oil prices tumble as Saudis say output will be back to normal in two weeksstandard.co.uk - Simon English OIL prices fell today after Saudi Aramco said its production would be back to normal inside two weeks after the attack on its plants last weekend. The …
Business (UK) On the money: Selling your home? If the price isn’t right you could be a long-time loserstandard.co.uk - SIMON READ Want to sell your home fast? Get the price right or you’ll face months of misery and be forced to drop the price. New research published today shows …
Business (UK) Anthony Hilton: Bonds backers are blind to a bubble that risks new crashstandard.co.uk - Anthony Hilton It is hard to see how the world is going to prevent another financial crash if the bond market carries on as it is. The FT this month said that “about …
Business (UK) Sirius Minerals was a vampire that sucked the blood from 85,000 retail investorsstandard.co.uk - JIM ARMITAGE The seaside town of Whitby has long attracted lovers of the supernatural. Bram Stoker was one, tempted by its Gothic abbey to have Dracula land there …
Business (UK) Ocado weathers blaze but warns of Brexit supply hitstandard.co.uk - Simon English Ocado on Tuesday said it had bounced back from a fire at its warehouse in Andover, Hampshire, but admits Brexit could hit the supply of some …
WeWork WeWork delays IPO as it strives to win supportstandard.co.uk - Simon English WeWork is delaying its controversial stock market float over fears that not enough investors are willing to buy into a company that some say is …
French Connection French Connection sale date extended as revenues fallstandard.co.uk - Joanna Bourke The sale of French Connection will run into next year, the embattled fashion retailer said on Tuesday as it posted a fall in revenues. Shares in the …
Business (UK) Housebuilder Barratt's boss David Thomas awarded pay risestandard.co.uk - Joanna Bourke Housebuilder giant Barratt Development’s boss saw the amount he pocketed last year swell to £3.6 million, a new report showed on Tuesday. The FTSE 100 …
Business (UK) Small investors suffer as giant UK mining plan in Yorkshire nears collapsestandard.co.uk - Mark Shapland BRITAIN’S most ambitious mining project for a generation teetered on the brink of collapse today after the Government refused to provide finance and …
Icon version of the Flipboard logoBusiness (UK) Sirius Minerals investors suffer as giant UK mining plan in Yorkshire nears collapsestandard.co.uk - Mark Shapland BRITAIN’S most ambitious mining project for a generation teetered on the brink of collapse today after the Government refused to provide finance and …
Business (UK) Soho Estates sees value of property empire pass £1bn markstandard.co.uk - Joanna Bourke The value of the London property empire built up by the late porn magnate Paul Raymond has surpassed £1 billion for the first time, Soho Estates said …
Business (UK) Comment: Iran's attack on Saudi Arabia shows the oil price is too low to reflect the Middle East realitystandard.co.uk - JIM ARMITAGE Iran’s increasing aggression in the Middle East is annoying to those of us who were opposed to the Trump-led US U-turn on the nuclear deal. The rest …
Business (UK) Entrepreneurs: Livetree boss is trying to rewrite the script on film fundingstandard.co.uk - ALEX LAWSON Ashley Turing doesn’t like tech giants. In fact, he’s fuming about them. “We’re sick of posting s*** and getting c**p and Silicon Valley dictating …
Business (UK) US bidder Advent wins bitter fight for £4bn defence giant Cobhamstandard.co.uk - Michael Bow Shareholders in historic defence giant Cobham on Monday overwhelmingly backed its fall into foreign hands as they waved through a controversial £4 …
Business (UK) Average pay for PricewaterhouseCoopers equity partners rises to £765,000standard.co.uk - Mark Shapland Hundreds of partners at accountancy firm PwC are in line for a bumper pay day despite widespread criticism of the UK’s biggest accounting firms and …
Business (UK) Market minnows: Scholium Group sells rare, antiquarian books and artworksstandard.co.uk - Mark Shapland THERE are some little gems hidden away on AIM for investors that look hard enough. One such firm is Scholium Group which sells rare, antiquarian books …
