Posts tagged: Evening Standard
Tuesday, 11 January 2022, 7:19 pm
Loyal readers will be aware that this website has been following the THG Holding situation closely but I noticed today that one of Betaville's favourite City commentator's came up with a on excellent column about the company also known as The Hut Group.
Yes, that's Simon English of the Evening Standard, who writes in today's paper about the THG's battle with the short sellers and what Matt Moulding, The Hut Group's controversial founder, needs to do to prove them wrong...
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Thursday, 23 September 2021, 3:33 pm
One of Betaville's favourite City writers has just churned out a decent piece. Yes, that wily old contrarian Simon English makes some interesting points again in today's Evening Standard, concluding there is a "lot to be said for doing nothing. It's under rated".
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Friday, 18 June 2021, 8:47 am
Jim "Armo" Armitage, the Evening Standard City editor, has dug out a top corporate scoop this morning.
The soon-to-be new The Sunday Times business editor is a proper grafter and today that hard work appears to have paid off with a tale about wealth manager True Potential appointing Credit Suisse to work on a SPAC merger deal. Below is a link to Jim's piece:..
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Thursday, 29 April 2021, 6:52 pm
Some big British business journalism job moves are afoot.
Jim, "Armo", Armitage, the longstanding business editor of the Evening Standard, is heading over to The Sunday Times in the same role.
Oliver, "Shaassy", Shah is to become an associate editor of The Sunday Times. ..
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Thursday, 1 April 2021, 7:52 pm
Splashed across the front page of the main book of the Evening Standard yesterday was the headline: "DELIVEROO FLOAT FAILS TO DELIVER".
Did, though, the float really fail deliver?
Well, for the investors that bought in at the IPO it probably appears that way on day one as the stock plunged by 30pc in intra-day trading...
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Friday, 26 February 2021, 7:24 pm
George Osborne says he is becoming a banker because he wants to do something "a bit more popular". Well, that was what he claims in his column in the excellent The Spectator magazine/website. Below is the link:
https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/george-osborne-why-Im-going-into-banking..
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Thursday, 10 December 2020, 8:58 am
Simon English was on point again yesterday with his piece in the Evening Standard about taxing "rich" people.
Below is a link to his piece if you missed it:
https://www.standard.co.uk/business/a-oneoff-tax-on-the-rich-won-t-work-b229923.html..
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Tuesday, 8 December 2020, 9:52 pm
The Evening Standard has been hit particularly hard by the lockdowns in London but thankfully the new (ish) editor has kept hold of one of Betaville's favourite City writers: Simon English.
English regularly churns out insightful, witty commentary pieces on City shenanigans and did so again today. Below is a link to Simon's piece, which is certainly worth a read if a have a few minutes...
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Thursday, 24 September 2020, 7:30 pm
The merry-go-round on Britain's Sunday newspaper City desks continues unabated despite these turbulent times.
Betaville understands Jamie "Nimmy" Nimmo, a colleague on the Mail on Sunday's business section, is off to join chums at The Sunday Times as Associate Business Editor...
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Friday, 10 January 2020, 3:45 am
Simon English of the Evening Standard's business section yesterday unleased another fine column and ultimately suggested Marks & Spencer should merge with John Lewis. Below is link to Simon's piece:
https://www.standard.co.uk/business/ms-s-future-be-small-be-ethical-and-buy-john-lewis-a4330336.html..
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