Chris Blackhurst

20.11.09

There is urgent whispering in the aisles of Marks & Spencer: Sir Stuart Rose, the smooth, pin-up boss (for lady shoppers of a certain age) is no more

18.11.09

Yes, Archie Norman watches X Factor. And football and films, all on ITV. When he gets the chance.

18.11.09

Harry Brown producer Kris Thykier made his money in PR and is using it to carve a path in the movie industry

16.11.09

AT a careers evening at my former college last week, I was struck by the sombre mood. When I last went to such an evening the students were brimming...
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12.11.09

With a thump, the latest issue of Tatler arrives. This unashamed paean to elitism and luxury carries an interview with Diana Jenkins, a 36-year-old...
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11.11.09

At the end of August, Todd Stitzer's tennis serve became faster than usual. “I had some good evening sessions on the tennis court,” he says, laughing....
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11.11.09

IT'S not only Mervyn King's words - "there is a more buoyant picture looking ahead" - that provide optimism today

09.11.09

Marc Bolland grabbed a bag of meat pasties. They're four for £2. Then the Morrisons chief executive showed me some fresh pasta. It's 69p. “Look at...
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05.11.09

This week in New York, Michael Bloomberg won a third term as mayor. Here, the man who most Londoners would want to challenge Boris Johnson has put his...
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04.11.09

The High Street is about to undergo radical change… all thanks to a feisty woman in Brussels

03.11.09

Are we any further down the road to recovery in the banking industry? Ask me that question in a year's time, when we've finally come to realise the...
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03.11.09

Are we any further down the road to recovery in the banking industry? Ask me that question in a year’s time, when we’ve finally come to realise the...
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02.11.09

Does the European Commission watch Strictly Come Dancing? Because if they did, they might appreciate the two steps forward, one step back nature of...
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02.11.09

We were sitting in Gordon Ramsay at Claridge's (I know, I know, it's part of the job and I wasn't paying) and the chat turned to office sex.

29.10.09

In Parliament, in the City, the high-ups are reeling. They moan to anyone who will listen how hard done by they feel, how misunderstood they are

28.10.09

Never one to go quietly, the former Lupus Capital chief wants to clear out the bosses and reinstate himself

19.10.09

IT is next June and George Osborne is at the Mansion House, having delivered his first Emergency Budget. He's shocked the country, having delivered a...
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16.10.09

A friend of mine who is something of an internet guru once pitched for a job to revamp a well-known company's website. Later, the managing director...
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15.10.09

AS he enters the Pearly Gates, it’s tempting to think of Bruce Wasserstein, the Wall Street banker, who died yesterday, sizing them up for an asset...
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14.10.09

Guy Hands’ £3.2bn for EMI still seems an incredible amount – can his new CEO make it all work?