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Unilever promises ‘a real job from day one’ to entice graduates: Unilever hopes that the promise of a real job from the outset will prove more attractive than an investment bank’s pay package in luring top MBA graduates. The maker of Magnum ice cream and Dove soap plans to quadruple the number of workers it hires with the qualification in the next two years to support its continuing drive into emerging markets and to meet its goal of doubling sales. City gears up for hiring spree despite slowdown: The City has started hiring on the same scale as before the financial crisis despite growing concerns over British banks’ exposure to the Eurozone debt crisis and the weakness of the economic recovery. The latest CBI/PwC Financial Services Survey found that the number of people employed in the sector rose by 11,000 in the second quarter of the year — the fastest rate since the crisis began in September 2007. BBC to crack down on ‘toxic’ executive salaries: The BBC is to tackle the “toxic” issue of executive pay with a crackdown on the numbers earning more than £150,000 and a stronger focus on the salary of Mark Thompson. Lord Patten of Barnes, the Chairman of the BBC Trust, disclosed that the corporation would be the first public sector organisation to implement the recommendations in a Government-commissioned review into fair pay. Shoppers defy gloom with rental route to BlackBerrys: The rent-to-own retailer BrightHouse has defied the retail gloom by reporting a leap in sales and profits, helped by a surging demand for BlackBerrys and tablet computers among poorer consumers. The company, owned by the private equity group Vision Capital, has grown rapidly in recent years and opened 30 stores in the year to 31 March. It plans to open another 30 this year, taking its total to 258. North Sea oilfield deals grind to a halt over cost fears: Bidders for an old North Sea oilfield are being asked to stump up guarantees for decommissioning costs that are more than two thirds of the value of the stake for sale, The Times has learnt. The U.S. oil company ConocoPhillips is one of a number of oil majors that are exiting mature regions such as the North Sea to focus on higher growth prospects. Caterpillar keen to move mountains but fears uphill struggle for training: Caterpillar is to commit hundreds of millions of dollars to Britain to cement its place as one of the country’s largest industrial employers — and to take on the home-grown British champion JCB on its own patch. The Chief Executive of the American construction vehicle giant has warned that Britain will be left behind in the recovering world economy unless the coalition Government invests in retraining the British workforce. China’s Huawei in drive to be smartphone leader: Huawei, the Chinese telecoms giant which makes infrastructure for companies including BT, will use Britain as the launch-pad for its drive to become one of the biggest smartphone brands. The company is to launch its first own-branded device in the UK this autumn as part of plans to bring "smartphones for all" and it has kicked off a recruitment drive in this country. Ecclestone to sue if F1 loses distinctive sound: The Formula One Chief Executive Bernie Ecclestone has threatened to sue motor sport’s governing body, the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA), over its plan to introduce a more fuel-efficient engine in 2014. There is much at stake as 17 race promoters, including Monaco and Silverstone, which hosts next Sunday's British Grand Prix, have said they will switch from F1 to its US rival IndyCar if the new engine is introduced. SMEs face tighter leasing market as banks hold off: Bank lending to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) via leasing companies are still down by a third on pre-recession levels, research out suggests. Banks have reduced their lending to leasing companies by almost 20% in the past year, bringing outstanding loans down to £23.8 billion from £28.4 billion a year ago, according to Syscap, an independent finance provider. Think-tank urges firms to reveal pay inequalities: British businesses should reveal the disparities between their highest and lowest-paid staff, a leading economic think-tank says. The New Economics Foundation, which has grown in influence in recent years, says that gross inequalities in income – a feature of virtually every advanced economy in recent decades, but especially in the U.K. and U.S. – lead to economic inefficiency, add to financial instability and threaten future crises, quite apart from pure issues of “fairness”. Anti-bribery law comes into force: The long-awaited Bribery Act has finally come into force. The legislation, which was bitterly opposed by many exporting businesses, means that any company that carries on a business in the U.K. can incur liability for the corrupt actions of rogue employees or associated third parties – even if the company’s management knew nothing about the bribery. Firms fear ‘Tesco law’ will hit profits: The U.K.’s largest law firms have acknowledged for the first time that liberalising the £23 billion legal market could hit their profitability, a survey shows. Some 13% of finance directors at the 100 biggest firms viewed the forthcoming Legal Services Act, which will enable firms to take external capital, as a “high risk” to profitability, according to the results of a survey by legal information company Sweet & Maxwell. Nano-tech company pushes for public cash: Nanoco, a Manchester-based nanotechnology company, said its difficulties in raising funds in the U.K. contrasted with what was available in other countries, adding the “lack of practical help” for companies was at odds with government proposals to “re-balance” the economy towards production industries. Bargain stores fill gap on U.K. high streets: Shops on U.K. high streets are still being sought by an array of downmarket retailers who believe they are the best way of reaching less affluent, non-car owning customers. High streets have been hit by large numbers of retail insolvencies, plus plans by national retail groups including Arcadia, Thorntons, Mothercare and Dixons to quit hundreds of high street stores when leases end. SABMiller and Foster’s in offer stalemate: The standoff between SABMiller and Foster’s has extended into its third week following the Australian group’s rejection of SABMiller’s A$9.5 billion ($10 billion) takeover approach. The approach by SABMiller, the world’s second-largest brewer by volume, pushed up Foster’s shares by more than 13% on the day of the offer. Cairn Energy: green light from Delhi: The end of Cairn Energy’s Indian impasse is in sight. The government in New Delhi appears to have overcome its reluctance to allow the U.K. oil explorer to sell 40% of Cairn India to Vedanta Resources, the London-listed mining company. Conditional approval was granted last week, though with revised terms that are less favourable for buyer and seller. For Cairn Energy, completion of the deal will allow it to turn its full attention to the very different environment of Greenland. The formula of Sir Bill Gammell, the rugby-playing Scotsman who founded Cairn Energy in 1980, is to explore, discover, start production, sell, distribute profits, then start all over again. Cairn Energy will keep 22% of Cairn India, thus retaining exposure to its future growth: current production of 125,000 barrels a day has the potential to reach at least 240,000b/d. Cairn Energy’s shares rose 9% last week. In the short term, further gains are probably constrained pending certainty on the India deal. Even without Sir Bill to carry the ball over the line, however, there should be plenty more to come from Cairn Energy. U.K. retail: Morrissey moment: U.K. retailers sound as if they want to curl up in a dark room and play Morrissey songs on repeat. Gloom has descended on the sector again: real disposable incomes are falling; retail spending is also falling; retail insolvencies are rising. The last time there was this much wailing and gnashing of teeth (as recession began in late 2008) it proved unfounded – consumers kept on consuming through the downturn. For much of the past decade, consumption was propped up with plentiful credit along with imported deflation for many goods thanks to cheap Chinese labour. Retail sales volumes rose 33% between 2000 and 2007 even though real disposable incomes only rose 15%, according to data from the Office of National Statistics. Now, the credit taps have been turned off. The China effect is wearing off too as wages there start to rise. High commodity prices and the devaluation of the pound have pushed inflation even higher. Brawls in Brazil can be costly: French supermarket chains Casino and Carrefour are not the first European companies to come to blows in Brazil. Last year, Telefonica and Portugal Telecom fought over control of their shared Brazilian mobile operator. This aggression says as much about Europe as it does about Brazil. Brawling over Brazilian assets can be an expensive business. After months of wrangling and legal threats last year, Telefonica paid about €8 billion to Portugal Telecom for its half of the Brazilian operator – a rich 11 times expected earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation. Similarly, Carrefour and its Brazilian backers will probably have to pay to prise Casino out of the Brazilian retail chain Grupo Pão de Açúcar. Casino has dug in, increasing its stake (and the strength of its negotiating position) from 33.7% to 43.1% in the past month. Commodities: Markets balk at sparkling diamond prices: Diamond prices continue to soar, with rough prices up 27% in 2010 to levels higher than before the crisis. Prices have continued to rise this year, but high prices may now be putting buyers off. Anecdotal evidence of this "demand destruction" has started to emerge. On Thursday, sector observer Rapaport noted that, although demand is still strong, caution had entered some markets. London bucks retail gloom as Regent Street’s value hits £2 billion: The Crown Estate is likely to confirm this week that retail business in central London is booming despite turmoil on high streets throughout the rest of Britain. The organisation, which manages property on behalf of the Crown, and which owns Regent Street in the West End, will this week post its annual results. BHP finishes buyback early: Mining giant BHP Billiton has completed its $10 billion (£6.3 billion) share buy-back six months early. The world’s largest miner has spent $3.64 billion buying 93.9 million shares in London since November. It also said it had spent $6.34 billion repurchasing 146.9 million Sydney-listed shares through a tender offer. The repurchase of the Sydney-listed shares represented 4.4% of shares listed on the Australian Stock Exchange. The miner is expected to post the largest-ever profit made by a U.K.-listed company when it reveals results for the year to 30 June. The earnings report is slated for release on 24 August. The shares are trading on a June 2012 earnings multiple of 7.9, falling to 8.1 next year, and the yield is 2.4%. They were tipped as a buy on 01 January 2009, at £19.95 and they are now up 23% compared with a FTSE 100 up 30%. BHP Billiton at £24.595p. Questor Says “Buy”. Rule change could net big profit for Group NBT: The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) voted to increase the number of “generic top-level domain names” that can be used on the web. This means that internet domain names will end with many other suffixes rather than just the 22 that have been previously available, such as .com, .co.uk and .org. ICANN is a not-for-profit public-benefit corporation which tries to ensure that all internet changes are standard and compatible across the globe. After the rule change, organisations can now apply for a domain-name suffix that is made up from any word in any language. Questor likes the recurring nature of the revenues in this business, with contracts being for one to three years. The company is also diversified. For example, Unilever is the company’s largest client, but this makes up just one-hundredth of NBT’s revenues. NBT has posted growth and revenues every year for the past decade and is active in a market that is growing at about 6% a year. The shares are trading on a June 2011 earnings multiple of 16.7 times, falling to 14.7 in 2012. This is a premium rating but it reflects the recurring nature of the group’s revenues, the relatively bullish backdrop and the group’s blue-chip client base. The yield is not spectacular at 1.1%. Questor first recommended the shares as a buy on 12 March 2009, at 214½p and they are up 109% since then compared with a FTSE 100 up 61%. Group NBT at 450p. Questor Says “Buy”. Labour calls for review of Thameslink trains contract awarded to Siemens: The Labour Party has added to the pressure on David Cameron over the controversial decision to award a £3 billion train contract to Siemens of Germany, warning the choice to send the work abroad could affect up to 20,000 U.K. jobs and demanding a full review of the way the selection was made. Transport for London will axe 13 Directors to save £1.7 million: Transport for London (TfL) will save £1.7 million by axing 13 senior posts as part of a multibillion-pound cost-cutting drive. Boris Johnson’s transport authority is also considering the deferral of executive bonuses until after the Olympics, as the mayor of London seeks to get his organisation out of the firing line on public sector pay. Investors ‘threaten to oust 3i Chief Executive’ Michael Queen: Private equity firm 3i is bracing itself for a stormy annual meeting on Wednesday. Some investors are reportedly threatening to block the reappointment of Chief Executive Michael Queen. Several major City investors are said to have criticised Queen’s performance and raised concerns over his pay packet and the company’s ailing share price. Investors call on Cable & Wireless Bosses to resign: Leading investors in the Cable & Wireless companies that split last year have called bonus payments to management ‘scandalous’ and demanded the removal of senior executives from both. The shareholders, who own substantial holdings in Cable & Wireless Communications and Cable & Wireless Worldwide, spoke after the resignation of Worldwide's Chief Executive, Jim Marsh, last week after a third profits warning. Cash pours in for Waterlogic’s £112 million float: Waterlogic has raised £48 million through a placing that was more than two times oversubscribed. Advised by Liberum Capital, it will join the market next Monday with a market value of £112 million. While 80% of the water cooler market in the US and Europe involves bottled water, Waterlogic’s technology plugs directly into the mains. Npower faces £5 billion sale: A power grab for a big chunk of Britain’s electricity industry could be ignited after it emerged Germany’s RWE was lining up a possible £5 billion sale of npower. RWE has reportedly hired investment bank Goldman Sachs to review the options for its UK arm. It paid £3.1 billion in 2002 for npower, which supplies energy to 6.8 million homes and employs 11,000 people. IMI engineers good progress in tough conditions: Originally founded in the 19th century as a percussion cap factory, IMI is a global engineering services firm. The group was renamed IMI (Imperial Metal Industries) in 1962 and encompasses five main business activities – fluid power, severe services, indoor climate systems, beverage dispensing and retail display technologies. Scott Reid: High street in focus as big names point the way ahead: Britain's embattled retail sector will remain in sharp focus this week amid a string of trading updates from established names, while figures from Persimmon should provide some fresh insight into the housing market. WH Smith is expected to reveal on Thursday that it has weathered the tough conditions on the high street in its third quarter - driven by a continued strong performance at its travel sites. Ocean Terminal on sale at £100 million: Edinburgh's Ocean Terminal shopping complex has been put up for sale by owner Forth Ports as it shifts its focus towards renewables. Forth, bought last month by infrastructure fund Acrus, wants £100 million for the retail centre in the Leith area of the city. It intends to use the proceeds to develop renewable energy projects and other industrial facilities at its ports.

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