Manicomio: with David Forbes-Nixon, chairman and chief executive, Alcentra

Manicomio’s website boasts that that the City has taken to it, "like parmesan to pasta!" You might quibble with the use of English (and the irritating way everyone needs to exclaim!) but it would be churlish to disagree with the sentiment. The place was heaving. It might have been a thank God it’s Friday moment, or the post-Olympics feel good factor, but for whatever reason Manicomio was stuffed to the gills with City folk.