19 Dec 1998
| by DANNY ROGERS
restaurateurs. It was the news that
two of the City s biggest employers, Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank...A small story toward the back of the Evening Standard last week
sent a chill through London s top restaurateurs. It was the news that
two of the City s biggest employers, Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank and
stockbroker Merrill Lynch, have put a pounds 30-per-head limit on
expense account lunches ...
19 Dec 1998
| by LISA CAMPBELL
Scottish s Costa Coffee outlets.
The new chain, called Espres, has opened two shops. Both are situated in
Edinburgh. The first opened in the Leith district, while the other has
opened this week in Lothian Road, the newly developed financial area of
the city.
Derek Wilkinson, group finance ...
19 Dec 1998
| by SANDRA COLLINS, Marketing Director, Opt
devised by its advertising agency,
First City, and production agency, the Production Factory. A series ...
19 Dec 1998
| by CLAIRE MURPHY and BINNUR BEYAZTAS
Esso s tiger bared its teeth last week with the surprise
announcement that parent company Exxon had put together the world s
biggest merger, with rival Mobil.
The dollars 82bn (pounds 60bn) deal itself was large enough to make City
analysts take notice, but other developments in petrol ...
17 Dec 1998
| by ROBERT MCLUHAN
and drink.
The shift to the city is intended to put a bit of distance between the
brand and Stella ...
17 Dec 1998
| by LISA CAMPBELL
in 1987 and is focusing expansion
plans on city centres. Its hotels are situated alongside Whitbread ...
17 Dec 1998
| by JANE BAINBRIDGE
executive, warned the City of poor
trading conditions and sales growth.
CIA Medianetwork ...
03 Dec 1998
| by LISA CAMPBELL
Year celebrations in the city. The
organisers are confident 200,000 people will be in the festival...The Edinburgh Hogmanay Street Festival is selling four- and
six-sheet poster sites around the New Year celebrations in the city. The
organisers are confident 200,000 people will be in the festival area, as
the event was 100% over-subscribed last year.
...
03 Dec 1998
| by LISA CAMPBELL
decisions. But
how would the City react to a major listed company stating it was not
going to replace ...
03 Dec 1998
| by Binnur Beyaztas
has been noted by City
analysts looking hard at Carlton s structure and performance. The City ...