Monthly Archives: September 2014

Tottenham should’ve asked Arsenal if they could share the Emirates

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Spurs are set to groundshare with MK Dons, 50 miles awayTottenham played at Arsenal Stadium (later Highbury) during World War IGunners shared White Hart Lane in World War IIHaving even a year away from north London is a crime for TottenhamThere is a limit on events at Wembley, so that's a no-go for SpursMilton Keynes is NOT named after economists Milton Friedman and John Maynard-Keynes, despite the popular mythBy Martin Samuel - Debate Published: 09:18 GMT, 18 September 2014 | Updated: Read more [...]

UK listed companies to look further forward than one year in updated Corporate … – Out

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The latest version of the code (32-page / 494KB PDF) will apply to companies with accounting periods beginning on or after 1 October 2014. It will require boards to incorporate a 'viability statement' covering the company's long-term solvency and liquidity in their reports to investors, which should cover a period "significantly longer than 12 months". Executive pay policies will have to contain clearer links between pay and the company's long-term success, and should enable the company to recover Read more [...]

Guest’s looking for a big run from Jane’s Memory in Ayr Listed race

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Rae Guest is anticipating a bold show from speedy filly Jane’s Memory in the EBF Stallions Roseberry Stakes up at Ayr tomorrow. The lightly-raced two-year old will take on a field of 14 in the five-furlong Listed contest in what will be her first appearance on the racetrack since finishing second in the Group Three Prix du Bois at Chantilly back in June. “Jane’s Memory had been running well early in the season and after winning her maiden she was placed in a Read more [...]

Chief executives face pay overhaul with new reward rules

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Experts warn governance reforms could prompt fundamental change Bosses at 916 UK-listed companies will face tougher rules on bonuses and pay as the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has issued an updated version of the UK’s Corporate Governance Code. Under the revisions, companies will be able to recover or withhold variable pay and defer executive bonuses for longer periods of time. The reforms could signal a shift towards non-cash bonuses, such as shares, as companies look to get around the rules, Read more [...]

Are skinny homes the new mansion house?

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As property prices, particularly in the south-east, expand relentlessly, we look at a growing interest in narrowing houses Would you buy a skinny property? With the news that property prices have reached (another) record high, it’s hardly surprising that property buyers are having to stretch their finances further to buy what is, sometimes, quite literally nothing more than a room with enough space to turn around in. Sometimes the way to achieve small, it seems, is to go skinny. Two weeks Read more [...]

House prices: pausing for breath or the start of something big?

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The London market is slowing downWe look at property in today’s Money Morning. I’m trying to figure out if the slowdown we’ve seen over the summer is just that – a slowdown, a pause before the next leg higher; or if it’s the start of something more ominous. There has been plenty of food for the bears – one morsel that surprised me yesterday was Grand Designs presenter Kevin McCloud urging people to rent, not buy. This came on the same day as a nice dish was served up for the bulls. Read more [...]

Supermarket to bring listed building back to use

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Morrisons is set to create 20 jobs with the launch of its convenience-style format M Local. The store will be based at Number Two Smith Street, formerly the Nile nightclub, which has been empty for two years. The building was originally constructed in 1810 as the Wellington Hotel and developer Millerbrook Properties has pledged to sympathetically revamp the historic site. Millerbrook added it expects the scheme to be the catalyst for further investment in the building. Richard Ward of Read more [...]

Are skinny homes the new mansion house?

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Would you buy a skinny property? With the news that property prices have reached (another) record high, it’s hardly surprising that property buyers are having to stretch their finances further to buy what is, sometimes, quite literally nothing more than a room with enough space to turn around in. Sometimes the way to achieve small, it seems, is to go skinny. Two weeks ago we reported in this blog on a seven-foot wide house that is on sale for £235,000. The property is, perhaps Read more [...]

Government gears up for second round of stake sale in state-run entities

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NEW DELHI: The finance ministry is readying another round of stake sales in state-run firms after securing Cabinet nod for big-ticket issues such as of Coal India and Oil Natural Gas Corp, which alone will likely help it meet the disinvestment target for this fiscal year. One of the first companies listed for share sale in the second leg is Manganese Ore India, where the government plans to shed a 10% stake. Others on the list include NMDC, National Aluminium Co, National Buildings Construction Read more [...]