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 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 JANE BAINBRIDGE
executive, warned the City of poor
trading conditions and sales growth.
CIA Medianetwork ...
.
The ASA has also clashed again with City Trading, two years after the
company unsuccessfully appealed ...
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 ...
27 Nov 1998
| by AMANDA HALL
, advertising is critically important and is regarded
as an investment priority, he says. While the City ...
06 Nov 1998
| by ANNA GRIFFITHS
Oddbins is returning to advertising after a two-year break with a
new poster campaign created by TBWA GGT Simons Palmer.
The campaign will kick off with a live poster site launching Oddbins
superstore - the chain s largest yet - in the City of London. The site
launched on 5 November and a new ...
29 Oct 1998
| by DAVID SUMNER
in the City
that Express Newspaper s owner, Fleet Holdings, is planning to move into
cable TV following its...in the City
that Express Newspaper s owner, Fleet Holdings, is planning to move into
cable TV following ...
is selling his
printing interests shocks the City but leaves advertisers unmoved; ad
agencies tell booze ...