CNBC interviews Baugur boss
In an interview on Squawk Box on the US television network CNBC, Jon Asgeir Johannesson, Executive Chairman of Baugur Group, spoke of “interesting tim...
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Branded bought by UK marketing group Loewy
The marketing group Loewy, today announced that it has acquired branding consultancy Branded. The boutique strategic branding consultancy was founded ...
Cheap flights to London Gatwick from Iceland and back
As of fall this year Iceland Express, Iceland’s low-fare airline, will start flying from Reykjavik to London Gatwick on daily bases – The ...
UK hedge fund reported to Icelandic and UK authorities
The Financial Services Authorities (FSA) in the UK and Iceland have been warned about a London-based hedge fund which disapproved of a British profess...
UK hedge fund denies ‘attack’ on Icelandic market
Lansdowne Partners, one of the four hedge funds named by Chairman of Kaupthing Bank for the recent ‘attack’ on the Icelandic market, has denied the ba...
Sterling savings bank increases interest rates
Offshore savings specialists Bradford & Bingley International have increased the rate of interest offered on two of their Internet savings account...
Icelandic fishing town recreated in Edinburgh
The story of Seydisfjordur, a small fishing town in Iceland, will soon come to life in an old townhouse in Edinburgh, thanks to the work of two local ...
UK still dealing with compensation hangover of ‘cod wars’
British MPs are discovering that the compensation scheme they delivered to trawlermen who became unemployed as a result of ‘cod wars’ was seriously fl...