The Daily Mail (London, England) articles from July 30 2000

The Daily Mail (London, England) archives from July 30 2000

Former British Army Soldier Launches Advertising Web Site.
July 30, 2000... Jul. 30--Former Army captain Robin Wade plans to conquer a new arena by being first in the field with a website to help firms plan their advertising. Wade, 38, had the idea of supplying businesses with advertising media outlets some...

Financial Mail, London, Ask the Experts Column.
July 30, 2000... Jul. 30--J. G. WRITES: I served in the Royal Navy from 1963 to 1972. Unlike other Government employees, I have no occupational pension rights for this period. Under European law, could I appeal against this on grounds of discrimination, and...

Report Examines Effects of Ageism on Careers of Younger People.
July 30, 2000... Jul. 30--Age discrimination at work is a problem for many young people as well as fiftysomethings. A new report, Releasing Potential, reveals that almost half the young people surveyed in the 18-to-30 age group believe that they have...

Prominent Broker 'Throws in Towel' on Amazon Stock, but CEO Not Concerned.
July 30, 2000... Jul. 30--It marked the loss of Amazon.com's greatest champion. Until last week, internet analyst Holly Becker, one of the powerful elite of respected net-watchers on Wall Street, had consistently given her backing to Amazon, corporate...

Two London Houses to Auction Off Celebrity Clothing in September.
July 30, 2000... Jul. 30--From a pair of Mick Jagger's trousers to a raunchy punk shirt designed by Vivienne Westwood, they were the fashion statements of their day. Now they are back in vogue. The combination of designer name and pop star or supermodel...

Dutch-Owned Bank to Buy London-Based Brokerage.
July 30, 2000... Byline: Simon Watkins Jul. 30--Dutch-owned bank ING Barings this weekend boosted its London share-trading operations by striking a UKpound 127 million deal to buy City broker Charterhouse Securities. The deal, clinched in the small...

Former Executive Plans to Accuse British Bank of Withholding Vital Information.
July 30, 2000... Byline: Simon Fluendy Jul. 30--A former Alliance & Leicester executive plans to make damaging accusations that the bank withheld vital information from the City when trying to raise UKpound 183 million last year. Sacked...

Scottish Bank Looks to Restructure, Revamp Newly-Acquired English Counterpart.
July 30, 2000... Byline: Ruth Sunderland Jul. 30--Plans to give NatWest a wide-ranging makeover are to be unveiled this week by its new owner, Royal Bank of Scotland. RBS bosses Sir George Mathewson and Fred Goodwin are embarking on an ambitious plan...

British Water Organisations Begin to Require Third-Party Boating Insurance.
July 30, 2000... Jul. 30--As racing at Cowes gets into full sail this week, the tide is turning against boat lovers who take to the water without third-party insurance. At present, yachts and motorboats may launch into UK coastal waters without third...

Financial Experts Warn of Pitfalls for Borrowers Who Lose Jobs.
July 30, 2000... Jul. 30--Barely a week goes by without news of a fresh round of redundancies. Thousands of steel and retail workers are among the latest victims. Many face financial disaster, especially if they have mortgages. But a new report by market...

Baltic Exchange May Launch Legal Fight over Rights to Building's Development.
July 30, 2000... Jul. 30--The Baltic Exchange, centre of the City's ship-chartering market, may seek a judicial review of English Heritage's decision to allow developers to knock down its 97-year-old listed building to make way for a huge glass tower. ...

Beverage, Candy Group Cadbury Schweppes to Open Cafe in England.
July 30, 2000... Jul. 30--Cadbury Schweppes is to try its hand at running cafes. It plans to open its first outlet selling drinks and the full range of Cadbury products in Bath, Somerset. The company wants to develop new avenues for distributing...

British Car Buyers Increasingly Looking to Internet for Deals.
July 30, 2000... Byline: Stephen Womack Jul. 30--Motorists are revving up for the change to X-registrations in less than five weeks -- and there has never been a wider choice of ways to buy a new car. Apart from the traditional trawl of dealers'...

British Bank Customers Check Charges on Accounts.
July 30, 2000... Jul. 30--Bank customers can take advantage of a free new service to check if they are paying excessive charges on their accounts. The service aims to help customers clamp down on bank overcharging, estimated at UKpound 5 billion a year....

Financial Companies Plan to Offer Interactive Services on Digital Television.
July 30, 2000... Jul. 30--Banking and insurance chiefs are setting their sights on a new breed of customer -- the couch potato. The rapid growth of digital television, which offers more channels and better sound and picture quality than traditional TV,...

British Drugs Giant SmithKline to Face Showdown With U.S. Shareholders.
July 30, 2000... Byline: Lisa Buckingham Jul. 30--Drugs giant SmithKline Beecham will tomorrow become the first big British company to face a showdown with its American shareholders over pay packages for directors. The decision by SmithKline to give...

British Government Denies More State Help to Care for Elderly.
July 30, 2000... Byline: Sally Hamilton Jul. 30--Financial planning for old age was propelled to the top of the agenda this weekend as the Government dashed hopes of more state help with long-term care costs. It confirmed that the elderly would have...

Grassroots Move Seeks Annual Vote on Boardroom Pay.
July 30, 2000... Byline: Lisa Buckingham Jul. 30--Leading shareholders are to take the initiative in forcing companies to put boardroom pay to an annual vote if the Government shies away from its commitment to make votes on the issue compulsory. The...

Discount Brokers Offer Customers Low Upfront Fee.
July 30, 2000... Byline: Claire Burston Jul. 30--Buying direct seems the obvious choice for bargain-hunters. But not in the world of investment where the shrewd can make savings of hundreds of pounds. Ironically, buying shares in a fund or equity...

British Retail Stores Open Financial Centers.
July 30, 2000... Byline: Clare Hall Jul. 30--Customers will be able to pop a stakeholder pension in their shopping basket when 30 new financial centres open at Marks & Spencer stores. The first launches tomorrow in the revamped store in London's...

Kent, England, Farmers Seek to Fulfill Demand for Herbs.
July 30, 2000... Jul. 30--A quiet revolution is taking place in the Garden of England. The landscape of Kent, famous for its hop fields and orchards, is being transformed into a huge plantation of herbs. Vast areas growing hops, apple and pear trees are...

London Housing Market Boom Comes to an End.
July 30, 2000... Jul. 30--The saying "the bigger they are, the harder they fall' is as true with property prices as it is in boxing. The housing market now looks distinctly groggy after punching above its weight for two years. And signs that it is about...

Market Anticipates Bank of England's Interest Rate Announcement.
July 30, 2000... Jul. 30--The stock market will spend much of this week under the shadow of interest rates as the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee meets for its monthly decision on the cost of borrowing. Most analysts think base rate will stay...

British Financial Institutions Help Borrowers Achieve Long-Term Value.
July 30, 2000... Jul. 30--There is a sea change in the mortgage market and for once it may be something for borrowers to be glad about. Last week Halifax, Britain's biggest mortgage lender, scrapped its discount loans and replaced them with a range of...

Financial Mail, London, Midas Column.
July 30, 2000... Byline: Neil Thapar Jul. 30--Short-term performance is not the name of the game with Midas, but in the past three months this column's investment ideas have delivered healthy gains. Midas has mentioned 28 companies and a dozen are...

Financial Transfer Services Send Money Around World Electronically.
July 30, 2000... Jul. 30--Disaster struck Richard Davies and his girlfriend Catherine Dooner on the first day of a weekend break in Spain. A thief snatched Catherine's handbag containing all their money and credit cards while they were sightseeing in...

Financial Mail on Sunday, London, @bsolute Beginners Column.
July 30, 2000... Byline: Elliot Wilson Jul. 30--TODAY: Finding information. Firms seeking business information increasingly make the internet their first port of call. Businesses are well catered for by Government- run websites. The Department...

Small Businesses Capitalize on Growth, Earnings Potential of Internet.
July 30, 2000... Byline: Andrew Moody Jul. 30--Small firms that have traded for years in traditional ways are at last catching on to the value of the internet. Sixty per cent of small businesses now have access to the net and half of those have their...

Motivational Speeches in Workplace Effective If Given Properly.
July 30, 2000... Jul. 30--Now and again it will fall to you to stir the troops with a rousing talk. But since few of us are blessed with the oratorial skills of Mark Antony, what should you do if the situation calls for something special? Here are a few...

Plan Aims to Give British Residents Access to Cost-Effective Pension Provision.
July 30, 2000... Byline: David Roberts Jul. 30--By October next year, it will be compulsory for nearly all employers with more than five staff to give employees access to a pension scheme. Yet knowledge of the issue among businesses remains worryingly...

British Government Allows Two Employee Profit-Sharing Schemes.
July 30, 2000... Jul. 30--Fancy a possible UKpound 37,500 tax-free bonanza over the next five years? And would you like to be given shares in your company for nothing? These are the prospects for hundreds of thousands of workers, thanks to new employee...

British Property Values Soar.
July 30, 2000... Byline: Toby Walne Jul. 30--Thousands of first-time homebuyers face a brick wall rather than the door to their dream home because they have been priced out of the market by rocketing property values. The average cost of a home has...

Property Companies Drop Out of Deal Redevelop London Rail Stations.
July 30, 2000... Byline: Anita Howarth Jul. 30--Four of the six property companies shortlisted for a UKpound 2 billion contract to redevelop London Underground stations have pulled out of the race. LU is now weighing up whether it can still achieve a...

Foreigners Comprise One-Third of New London Real Estate Purchases, Data Shows.
July 30, 2000... Jul. 30--One-third of all house and flat purchases in central London during the past six months were by overseas buyers, according to research from estate agent Knight Frank. Most were from America and the Middle East. They accounted for...

British Retailers Seek Longer Sunday Opening Hours.
July 30, 2000... Byline: Teena Lyons Jul. 30--Big retailers are to campaign for longer opening hours on Sundays. Supermarkets, DIY giants and shopping centres plan to lobby the Government for a change in the rules that say they may open for just six...

Already-High-and-Rising London Real Estate Prices Worry Affluent Brits.
July 30, 2000... Jul. 30--Sir Christopher Howes is a worried man. He is in charge of a UKpound 500 million redevelopment of London's Regent Street, but that is not the source of his concern. His real preoccupation is with London house prices and the...

Officers at Semiconductor Design Company Sell Shares.
July 30, 2000... Jul. 30--The first half of the year has seen key members of the board at semiconductor design company ARM Holdings cashing in some of their chips. Chairman and chief executive Robin Saxby has been a seller as well as transferring 76,000...

British Shipyards Await Announcement of Government Contract, Funding.
July 30, 2000... Jul. 30--Britain's shipbuilders are set to announce Government and City backing for a joint sales push to double the number of vessels built in the UK. A statement that the Department of Trade and Industry is to fund half a 30-month...

Small Companies Become Takeover Targets for Large Firm.
July 30, 2000... Jul. 30--About 50 smaller quoted companies are set to become takeover targets after Advance Value Realisation Company emerged last week as a shareholder agitator in the sector. It appeared on the shareholder registers of a clutch of companies...

British Telecom Reports Increased Health, Productivity among At-Home Workers.
July 30, 2000... Jul. 30--Working from home can be good for your health, according to British Telecom. It has noted productivity increases of up to 20 per cent among its home workers and says they suffer less illness and stress. The company has 3,500...

Financial Mail, London, Trust Watch Column.
July 30, 2000... Byline: Mark Colegate Jul. 30--The Schroder Ventures International Investment Trust is designed to offer small investors access to assets normally more suited to big institutions. The trust invests in 25 funds. These provide funding...

British Government Will Rule on American Firm's Takeover of Water Company.
July 30, 2000... Byline: Simon Watkins Jul. 30--The future of bid target Hyder will reach a crucial stage this week when the Government is expected to rule on takeover plans by American group Western Power Distribution. At the centre of the ruling is...