Quotes by Henk Potts

“If you are anticipating higher inflation and a rise in interest rates, it will slow down demand for resources.”

“Its going to be a difficult time. He (Levy) will be looking to cut costs and... the quickest ways to do that is to cut jobs... but he has got a big business to try and turn around in a very difficult economic environment.”

“If you have people out there saying we havent got the money to invest in companies thats going to filter through to people who provide the infrastructure and theres no real sign of any pick-up of that certainly by the end of this year.”

“Germany is singing out for a rate cut.”

“We could have a Gulf War scenario, and thats going to drive the markets lower, Im afraid.”

“When you get to this level of wealth, business becomes a game or a challenge,”

“The next move now I think is to the upside.”

“We are still very cautious on leisure and airline stocks. For British Airways the transatlantic route represents about 40 percent of revenue, they still have more room to fall but Lufthansa has made good progress in cutting costs.”

“Friends Reunited have got a very strong brand, theyve got a huge database and theyve managed to make money, which is a conjuring act most of the internet operations we saw during 2000 werent able to do. Friends Reunited has stood the test of time.”

“They are reducing capacity, so that could be good news for some European companies and pretty much in line with our models.”