It took only a few weeks of research for Romanian entrepreneur Emi Gal to decide to base his digital media firm in London, and his choice confounds a fairly enduring set of stereotypes about Britain’s global appeal.
International experts agree there has been genuine progress in the country which a few decades ago was fast fading […]

 
Retailers will be delighting in the fact that something wicked this way comes at Halloween, as it will signal almost a decade of growth in sales for the period.
In fact, the date has been gaining in so much popularity in the UK that it is expected to be worth an estimated £235m to the retail […]

 
ITV has sold Friends Reunited for £25m four years after buying it for £120m.
The buyer is Brightsolid Limited, which is owned by DC Thomson, Dundee-based publisher of comics such as the Beano.
The announcement came with the release of half-year results, which were hit by the worst decline in UK television advertising on record.
ITV made a […]

 
The ostentatious show, which started in 2006, used to offer yachts, solid gold jacuzzis and diamond-encrusted mobile phones to China’s elite. Admission was strictly by invitation only.
This year, however, it will host a more modest sounding “roundtable on China’s well-being and charity”. Organisers have also dropped the word “Millionaire” from the title, which has become […]

 
PART of the property group owned by former Leeds United director Simon Morris has gone into administration due to the slump in the housing market, it was confirmed last night.
Administrators from insolvency specialists Begbies Traynor, in Leeds, have been appointed to Leeds-based residential and commercial property firm SRM Holdings, together with 37 of its subsidiaries.
The […]

ONE of TVs Secret Millionaires - who helped community projects in Salford - has been snubbed by the city’s business bosses.
Invitations were sent out to 400 companies to attend a fundraising event at Loaves and Fishes, a homeless and day care centre in Pendleton.
Chek Whyte, who has a construction empire, donated £20,000 to the centre […]

 
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The economic slump may have rattled markets, but Russia’s rich showed their resilience at the weekend by splashing out on luxury goods at an annual Millionaire Fair, the organiser said in an interview.Yves Gijrath, founder and president of GMG Events B.V., said no figures for total sales at the four-day event were available, but he […]