http://www.squaremile.com/news/ Check out what is new on SquareMile en Copyright (c) SquareMile 2010 60 http://www.squaremile.com/news/11133/Got-An-Event-Idea-We-d-Love-To-Hear-It.html <img src='/filestorage/articles/oryginal/Z8jRXwK2/300_200_crop.jpg' align='left' hspace='4' vspace='2'> Weve enjoyed bringing our events to you recently, from the slapstick comedy of broomball to the herculean efforts of the cycle club. Now we want your thoughts. Got an idea for an event? No matter how small or large, we want to hear it.Whatever it is you fancy doing we want to hear it. Whether it's seeing who can eat the hottest chilli or if you know of an obscure sport we can all have a go at let us know. Email sports@squaremile.com with your... <p> <a href='http://www.squaremile.com/news/11133/Got-An-Event-Idea-We-d-Love-To-Hear-It.html'>Read the full article on squaremile.com</a> </p> Mon, 11 Mar 2013 09:45:00 GMT http://www.squaremile.com/news/11133/Got-An-Event-Idea-We-d-Love-To-Hear-It.html http://www.squaremile.com/news/11128/The-May-Fair-Hotel-London-celebrates-Art13-By-Giving-Away-Artworks-Worth-Up-To-A-1-000.html <img src='/filestorage/articles/oryginal/uAUGSZY2/300_200_crop.jpg' align='left' hspace='4' vspace='2'> Luxury London hotel the May Fair celebrates its status as the official hotel partner for Art13 London, London’s new art fair (Olympia Grand Hall, 1-3 March 2013), by appointing its very first Artist in Residence. British celebrity portrait artist Marc McGreevyHis previous commissions include Jerry Hall, Joan Collins, Linda Gray, Kim Cattrall and Germaine Greer. Marc will be roaming the iconic hotel from 3pm-6pm, 1-3 March, capturing the scenes, sights and sounds. Guests... <p> <a href='http://www.squaremile.com/news/11128/The-May-Fair-Hotel-London-celebrates-Art13-By-Giving-Away-Artworks-Worth-Up-To-A-1-000.html'>Read the full article on squaremile.com</a> </p> Wed, 27 Feb 2013 11:00:00 GMT http://www.squaremile.com/news/11128/The-May-Fair-Hotel-London-celebrates-Art13-By-Giving-Away-Artworks-Worth-Up-To-A-1-000.html http://www.squaremile.com/news/11127/New-City-TK-Maxx-Offers-Money-Off-For-First-500-Customers.html <img src='/filestorage/articles/oryginal/FX3OdisK/300_200_crop.jpg' align='left' hspace='4' vspace='2'> TK Maxx opens its first store in the City this Thursday at 8am.Winner of Britain and Irelands Next Top Model 2012 turned heads at St Mary Axe, to celebrate City style for up to 60% less than the recommended retail price as TK Maxx prepares to open its doors as the first fashion retailer in the area. Nineteen year old, Letitia Herod, showed that you don't have to wear expensive clothes to turn heads. (Providing you're a super model, of course.) The store opens at 8am and... <p> <a href='http://www.squaremile.com/news/11127/New-City-TK-Maxx-Offers-Money-Off-For-First-500-Customers.html'>Read the full article on squaremile.com</a> </p> Mon, 25 Feb 2013 15:15:00 GMT http://www.squaremile.com/news/11127/New-City-TK-Maxx-Offers-Money-Off-For-First-500-Customers.html http://www.squaremile.com/news/11054/Win-A-2-For-1-Skate-At-Broadgate.html <img src='/filestorage/articles/oryginal/qTkv9Kqk/300_200_crop.jpg' align='left' hspace='4' vspace='2'> Ice skating, ice cabs, ice tunes and tons of photos with your friends and relatives; a winning festive mixture to brighten up those unforgiving winter days - or, at least, get your family out of the house for an hour or two.Located within the Square Mile, Broadgate Ice Rink have concocted a nifty activity that allows skate enthusiasts (even those who enjoy the sensation of an icy grazed backside) the chance to win a 2-for-1 skating experience - all you'll need is a keen... <p> <a href='http://www.squaremile.com/news/11054/Win-A-2-For-1-Skate-At-Broadgate.html'>Read the full article on squaremile.com</a> </p> Wed, 05 Dec 2012 12:45:00 GMT http://www.squaremile.com/news/11054/Win-A-2-For-1-Skate-At-Broadgate.html http://www.squaremile.com/news/11025/The-City-Raises-A-202-926-In-The-Square-Mile-Movember-Challenge.html <img src='/filestorage/articles/oryginal/6cfCNg8w/300_200_crop.jpg' align='left' hspace='4' vspace='2'> Friday 30 November saw the culmination of a fierce battle between teams from Bank of America Merrill Lynch and the FSA to raise funds for Movember and awareness for men's health initiatives. Both teams were taking part in the Square Mile Financial Challenge, which was hosted by squaremile.comThe eventual winners were the mighty BAML Julios Movembrs, who raised 36,195, beating the Mo Bros of the Financial Services Authority by a whisker. The total amount raised by the... <p> <a href='http://www.squaremile.com/news/11025/The-City-Raises-A-202-926-In-The-Square-Mile-Movember-Challenge.html'>Read the full article on squaremile.com</a> </p> Fri, 30 Nov 2012 15:15:00 GMT http://www.squaremile.com/news/11025/The-City-Raises-A-202-926-In-The-Square-Mile-Movember-Challenge.html http://www.squaremile.com/news/10982/Placid-Gonzales-Market-Bulletin-19-Nov-2012.html <img src='/filestorage/articles/oryginal/DjJbwLnA/300_200_crop.jpg' align='left' hspace='4' vspace='2'> Wealth management specialist, Placid Gonzales provides squaremile.com readers with a look back at the weeks market news stories.Market eye Concerns over the eurozone and US fiscal cliff continued to dominate market sentiment last week Japan bucks the trend as its stock market rallies on hopes of further fiscal stimulus to boost the economy There was ‘more of the same’ for investors last week: ongoing concerns over the eurozone and the so-called US ‘fiscal cliff’... <p> <a href='http://www.squaremile.com/news/10982/Placid-Gonzales-Market-Bulletin-19-Nov-2012.html'>Read the full article on squaremile.com</a> </p> Mon, 19 Nov 2012 16:45:00 GMT http://www.squaremile.com/news/10982/Placid-Gonzales-Market-Bulletin-19-Nov-2012.html http://www.squaremile.com/news/10830/Square-Mile-Summer-Festival-Launches-In-Style.html <img src='/filestorage/articles/oryginal/399zI3kt/300_200_crop.jpg' align='left' hspace='4' vspace='2'> Anyone lucky enough to be in Exchange Square this lunchtime was in for a Square Mile treat when 15 swimwear models took to the City to play beachball and pose for the cameras.Take any photos yourself? Send them to info@squaremile.com Want to find out more about the Summer Festival? We're betting you probably do! Visit our festival page here to find out more. Square Mile is now available on your iPad. Find out how to download it FREE... <p> <a href='http://www.squaremile.com/news/10830/Square-Mile-Summer-Festival-Launches-In-Style.html'>Read the full article on squaremile.com</a> </p> Mon, 09 Jul 2012 13:00:00 GMT http://www.squaremile.com/news/10830/Square-Mile-Summer-Festival-Launches-In-Style.html http://www.squaremile.com/news/10789/Spanish-Song-And-Dance-Over-Bailout.html <img src='/filestorage/articles/oryginal/NXqAwnNU/300_200_crop.jpg' align='left' hspace='4' vspace='2'> Rather than rioting in the streets, the Spanish have found more creative ways of protesting about bank bailouts.Throughout Spain, protests such as flamenco troupes bursting into a bank in Seville, and men dressed in prison outfits occupying a Galician lender have taken place – all in the name of objecting to costly state bailouts. “You’ve changed, my friend, since you came in to money. I need two jobs to pay my mortgage,” a man sang to confused customers in a branch... <p> <a href='http://www.squaremile.com/news/10789/Spanish-Song-And-Dance-Over-Bailout.html'>Read the full article on squaremile.com</a> </p> Mon, 25 Jun 2012 15:15:00 GMT http://www.squaremile.com/news/10789/Spanish-Song-And-Dance-Over-Bailout.html http://www.squaremile.com/news/10780/Judge-Quashes-SFO-Order.html <img src='/filestorage/articles/oryginal/QhosG0zA/300_200_crop.jpg' align='left' hspace='4' vspace='2'> The SFO has suffered a further to blow to its credibility after four banks won a court case blocking the watchdog’s attempts to seize documents linked to a derivatives probe in Italy.Italian prosecutors are investigating JP Morgan, Deutsche Bank, UBS, and Depfa Bank over claims they did not tell the City of Milan what they were being charged for debt swaps between 2005 and 2007. A request was submitted to the Home Secretary for documents, who then passed the request onto... <p> <a href='http://www.squaremile.com/news/10780/Judge-Quashes-SFO-Order.html'>Read the full article on squaremile.com</a> </p> Thu, 21 Jun 2012 11:30:00 GMT http://www.squaremile.com/news/10780/Judge-Quashes-SFO-Order.html http://www.squaremile.com/news/10776/Erotic-Hotel-Ignores-G20-Tension.html <img src='/filestorage/articles/oryginal/9VLbECsQ/300_200_crop.jpg' align='left' hspace='4' vspace='2'> While the world’s leaders get down to business at the G20 summit in Mexico’s Los Cabos beach resort, guests are getting down to a different sort of business at a nearby hotel.The streets around the summit are patrolled by armed guards as tense discussions take place over issues such as violence in Syria, and trade policies; but at the adults-only Desire Resort and Spa – which encourages its guest to indulge their fantasies with their partners or other like-minded... <p> <a href='http://www.squaremile.com/news/10776/Erotic-Hotel-Ignores-G20-Tension.html'>Read the full article on squaremile.com</a> </p> Wed, 20 Jun 2012 11:45:00 GMT http://www.squaremile.com/news/10776/Erotic-Hotel-Ignores-G20-Tension.html http://www.squaremile.com/news/10770/Square-Mile-30-Under-30-Winner-Running-For-Magic-Breakfast.html <img src='/filestorage/articles/oryginal/Nj4tToce/300_200_crop.jpg' align='left' hspace='4' vspace='2'> Square Mile Top 30 Under 30 Law Award winner Alan Mak, has been selected as an Olympic Torchbearer.The corporate lawyer at Clifford Chance, and President and Trustee of the UKs leading school breakfast club charity Magic Breakfast, will be carrying the Torch on 20th June in Bedale, in his home county of Yorkshire. Mr Mak was selected as a Torchbearer for his work with Magic Breakfast, which provides a free healthy breakfast to 6000 British primary schoolchildren every... <p> <a href='http://www.squaremile.com/news/10770/Square-Mile-30-Under-30-Winner-Running-For-Magic-Breakfast.html'>Read the full article on squaremile.com</a> </p> Tue, 19 Jun 2012 10:15:00 GMT http://www.squaremile.com/news/10770/Square-Mile-30-Under-30-Winner-Running-For-Magic-Breakfast.html http://www.squaremile.com/news/10769/Morgan-Stanley-To-Make-Peace-With-Nuns.html <img src='/filestorage/articles/oryginal/XSxs4M6o/300_200_crop.jpg' align='left' hspace='4' vspace='2'> Morgan Stanley could be set to resolve a legal case with two groups of nuns after lawyers told a High Court judge in London that a “provisional” settlement had been agreed.The Sisters of Charity of Jesus and Mary, and the Holy Faith Sisters are among a group of 88 Irish investors who are suing the bank for allegedly profiting at their expense by failing to redeem an investment linked to Dresdner Bank bonds. The nuns claim that Morgan Stanley waited to redeem €5.88m of... <p> <a href='http://www.squaremile.com/news/10769/Morgan-Stanley-To-Make-Peace-With-Nuns.html'>Read the full article on squaremile.com</a> </p> Tue, 19 Jun 2012 10:00:00 GMT http://www.squaremile.com/news/10769/Morgan-Stanley-To-Make-Peace-With-Nuns.html http://www.squaremile.com/news/10766/Placid-Gonzales-Market-Bulletin.html <img src='/filestorage/articles/oryginal/xHzL9DFr/300_200_crop.jpg' align='left' hspace='4' vspace='2'> Wealth management specialist, Placid Gonzales provides Squaremile.com readers with a look back at the weeks market news stories. Financial markets initial response to news that Greece has voted to stay in theeuro is positive Greek leader casts aside future doubt about its membership European markets rose in early trading after support for pro-bailout parties in Greeceselections. New Democracy, which came top, has backed the two bailouts of Greece bythe European Union... <p> <a href='http://www.squaremile.com/news/10766/Placid-Gonzales-Market-Bulletin.html'>Read the full article on squaremile.com</a> </p> Mon, 18 Jun 2012 16:45:00 GMT http://www.squaremile.com/news/10766/Placid-Gonzales-Market-Bulletin.html http://www.squaremile.com/news/10746/Visa-Shake-Up-Worries-City.html <img src='/filestorage/articles/oryginal/jVzPoRKY/300_200_crop.jpg' align='left' hspace='4' vspace='2'> City lawyers have been inundated with questions from multinational firms due to concerns raised by the government’s shake-up of visa rules.Home Office changes has seen the introduction of rules such as a cap of five years on how long employees who moved to the UK under the Intra Company Transfer System can stay, a 12-month cooling-off period between visa applications, and the scrapping of the Highly Skilled Migrant Programme Visa – an option favoured by banks and law... <p> <a href='http://www.squaremile.com/news/10746/Visa-Shake-Up-Worries-City.html'>Read the full article on squaremile.com</a> </p> Tue, 12 Jun 2012 14:45:00 GMT http://www.squaremile.com/news/10746/Visa-Shake-Up-Worries-City.html http://www.squaremile.com/news/10742/Facebook-Flotation-Hits-UBS-For-A-226m.html <img src='/filestorage/articles/oryginal/z6QAO9yM/300_200_crop.jpg' align='left' hspace='4' vspace='2'> UBS could have lost up to £226m during Facebook’s flawed IPO last month after technical glitches meant the Swiss investment bank ended up with more shares than it wanted.According to CNBC, during the flotation, UBS resubmitted multiple orders for shares in the social networking site because it failed to receive any confirmation of its initial order. UBS acknowledged in a statement that it had made losses on the IPO; the bank did not specify how much, but reports suggest... <p> <a href='http://www.squaremile.com/news/10742/Facebook-Flotation-Hits-UBS-For-A-226m.html'>Read the full article on squaremile.com</a> </p> Mon, 11 Jun 2012 14:30:00 GMT http://www.squaremile.com/news/10742/Facebook-Flotation-Hits-UBS-For-A-226m.html http://www.squaremile.com/news/10732/a-Smuga-Krugman-On-End-Of-President-s-Twitter-Rant.html <img src='/filestorage/articles/oryginal/IWAALkdz/300_200_crop.jpg' align='left' hspace='4' vspace='2'> Following hot on the heels of his criticism of the British government’s austerity policy, U.S. economist Paul Krugman has been making friends elsewhere in Europe; but this time, his comments have received a response…In his blog for the New York Times, Krugman called the 2008-2009 output drop in Estonia a depression-level slump, followed by a still incomplete recovery, before writing: Better than no recovery at all, obviously but this is what passes for economic... <p> <a href='http://www.squaremile.com/news/10732/a-Smuga-Krugman-On-End-Of-President-s-Twitter-Rant.html'>Read the full article on squaremile.com</a> </p> Thu, 07 Jun 2012 13:00:00 GMT http://www.squaremile.com/news/10732/a-Smuga-Krugman-On-End-Of-President-s-Twitter-Rant.html http://www.squaremile.com/news/10726/City-Jobs-On-The-Rise.html <img src='/filestorage/articles/oryginal/mbEpQviW/300_200_crop.jpg' align='left' hspace='4' vspace='2'> Recruitment firm Astbury Marsden has said that job vacancies in the City rose in May by 25% – its highest since August 2011 – as banks added roles in areas such as foreign exchange and derivatives.Over 4,300 positions became available in London’s financial districts; but, while up from 3,455 in the previous month, it is down a third from a year ago. Mark Cameron, chief operating officer at Astbury Marsden said: "Although the eurozone crisis is a block to a stronger and... <p> <a href='http://www.squaremile.com/news/10726/City-Jobs-On-The-Rise.html'>Read the full article on squaremile.com</a> </p> Wed, 06 Jun 2012 12:00:00 GMT http://www.squaremile.com/news/10726/City-Jobs-On-The-Rise.html http://www.squaremile.com/news/10725/Britaina-s-Banks-Black-Hole-In-Billions.html <img src='/filestorage/articles/oryginal/IqBHRHYy/300_200_crop.jpg' align='left' hspace='4' vspace='2'> The ability of Britain’s banks to lend to businesses and households is being hampered by a £40bn black hole of undeclared losses.After analysing the 2011 accounts to determine how much banks expect to write off as bad debt in the coming years without yet taking against profits, shareholder advisory group PIRC found RBS to be in the worst condition – with £18bn worth of undeclared losses. RBS’s undeclared losses put them ahead of HSBC (£10bn), Barclays (£6.7bn),... <p> <a href='http://www.squaremile.com/news/10725/Britaina-s-Banks-Black-Hole-In-Billions.html'>Read the full article on squaremile.com</a> </p> Wed, 06 Jun 2012 11:30:00 GMT http://www.squaremile.com/news/10725/Britaina-s-Banks-Black-Hole-In-Billions.html http://www.squaremile.com/news/10718/City-Lawyer-Stole-To-Support-Mistress.html <img src='/filestorage/articles/oryginal/JdS9kkF4/300_200_crop.jpg' align='left' hspace='4' vspace='2'> A senior partner at City law firm Hogan Lovells has been jailed for fraud after stealing more than £1.2m to help fund a lavish spending spree to pay for the upkeep of his mistress.Christopher Grierson accrued massive debts after taking out a series of bank loans in order, largely, to fund an affair with his New York-based mistress; and in 2008, began stealing from his employers, by fiddling his expenses, as a means of “bridging the gap” in order to maintain the... <p> <a href='http://www.squaremile.com/news/10718/City-Lawyer-Stole-To-Support-Mistress.html'>Read the full article on squaremile.com</a> </p> Thu, 31 May 2012 11:30:00 GMT http://www.squaremile.com/news/10718/City-Lawyer-Stole-To-Support-Mistress.html http://www.squaremile.com/news/10717/a-There-Is-No-Hopea-a-Hampton-Tells-Investors.html <img src='/filestorage/articles/oryginal/r53gCz1p/300_200_crop.jpg' align='left' hspace='4' vspace='2'> RBS chairman Sir Philip Hampton has told investors there is no hope of them recouping their losses in the near future.At their peak in March 2007, RBS shares were worth 600p, but have since slumped to 20p following the global financial crisis and the banks rescue by the taxpayer. Speaking at RBSs annual general meeting, Hampton admitted the loss suffered by investors was one of the biggest shareholders have ever experienced, adding: I dont think shareholders wealth is... <p> <a href='http://www.squaremile.com/news/10717/a-There-Is-No-Hopea-a-Hampton-Tells-Investors.html'>Read the full article on squaremile.com</a> </p> Thu, 31 May 2012 10:45:00 GMT http://www.squaremile.com/news/10717/a-There-Is-No-Hopea-a-Hampton-Tells-Investors.html