Polar Capital, the specialist fund manager, saw its assets under management jump in the year to the end of March as buoyant equity markets offset outflows. The firm announced in …
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Mark Kleinman: 777 bid for Premier League side Everton should dial 999 for help
Mark Kleinman is Sky News’ City Editor and is the man who gets the City talking in his weekly City A.M. column. This week he tackles the Everton’s takeover bid, …
Together in electric dreams: The poetic beauty of pylons
“The closer you look at beauty,” writes the novelist Alan Hollinghurst, “the more unsettling it becomes.” This line from the novel The Line of Beauty, in which the glamorous protagonist …
Falling mortgage rates drive sentiment in property market to a two-year high
Estate agents are becoming increasingly confident in the UK housing market’s recovery. They anticipate a rise in sales in the coming months amid increasing demand and more stable house prices. …
Frozen, Back to the Future and Matilda boost West End theatres owned by Andrew Lloyd Webber
The popularity of productions such as Frozen, Back to the Future and Matilda with audiences helped sales near £200m at the theatres owned by Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber, newly-filed documents …
Trading resumes in Revolution Bars after firm secures £12.5m in emergency fundraising
Troubled Revolution Bars last night announced an emergency multi-million-pound fundraising backed by serial hospitality investor Luke Johnson. In a statement published after markets closed, the owner of Revolution, Revolución de …
Alpha Financial Markets: Consultancy sees trading boost despite ‘challenging market conditions’
Alpha Financial Markets Consultancy, which offers professional services to the financial services industry, has reported improved trading in recent months after “challenging market conditions” dragged on performance at the start …
Anatomy of a snack trolley: ‘Why is there always flapjack?’
Every time you go on holiday, it comes too. It’s there when you take a train from York to London, and – although it doesn’t have a passport – it …
McCain: UK’s love for potatoes helps sales pass £700m
The nation’s continued love for potatoes in all forms helped sales at McCain Foods surge to more than £700m during its latest financial year. The North Yorkshire-headquartered UK arm of …
Why reading is officially sexy
Reading is being embraced by the rich and glamorous, but is it literature or the literary look that’s so alluring, Anna Moloney asks A recent exposé on the London Library, …