Chris Blackhurst

06.07.09

Has there ever been a fiasco as bad as the railway privatisation? Since 1994, we have had the most complex structure imaginable inflicted on what was...
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03.07.09

At the British Bankers' Association annual international conference on Tuesday this week, Stephen Green made a plea for a return to what he termed,...
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01.07.09

Trained GP Edward Vandyk heads the firm that has just been hit with the second-biggest ever fine against a small-companies stockbroker

30.06.09

The legendary motorsport festival is one of the glories of Goodwood, organised by an entrepreneur without peer

26.06.09

Did the banks learn any lessons from the credit crunch? The £9.6m deal for the new RBS chief shows they haven’t

24.06.09

Simon Cowell and Topshop tycoon Sir Philip Green in billion-pound talks to develop international TV business bigger than Disney

24.06.09

Interview: Thomas Hughes-Hallet ran one of Britain's biggest banks. But he's left the City behind to head the Marie Curie cancer charity

23.06.09

Golf: Bare knuckle champion is fighting to go all the way to Turnberry

22.06.09

Here at the Evening Standard, we start work early in the morning. Which means that when I drive to work the roads are usually virtually empty

17.06.09

From law to advertising to Ofcom to No 10, few CVs could match that of Stephen Carter. But what will the communications minister do next?

16.06.09

Formula One: The Formula One legend finds it it inconceivable that the upcoming grand prix at Silverstone may be the last for some time in this...
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15.06.09

No one doubts Sir Alan Sugar produces good television, but there's never been a government appointment that has prompted such ridicule — and not a...
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10.06.09

Andy Hornby is sitting in a Starbucks. At 42, he's just been made chief executive of one of our biggest, best-known businesses, Alliance Boots. But...
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08.06.09

What a shower. If they were in the City, they wouldn't last a second. I write, of course, of the Labour hierarchy that, for the time being at least,...
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01.06.09

Cricket: Now the undisputed leader of his team’s attack, James Anderson has got the Australian captain firmly in his sights

29.05.09

Come on, I say, to Luke Johnson, it must have hurt? The chairman of Channel 4 and serial entrepreneur shrugs. "Not really," he says. "I am able to...
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27.05.09

One Sunday, three months ago, Stuart Wheeler received a curt email from the Tory chairman, Eric Pickles, saying he'd been expelled from the party

26.05.09

Tennis: The multimillionaire boss of French Connection is looking for success in a new field — by helping Britain produce the next generation of...
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22.05.09

Business is booming, the chief of the UK's best-known club tells Chris Blackhurst, as he gears up for the bank holiday blast

20.05.09

Tread on eggshells no more. Woolley Grange is one luxury country retreat that's as blissful for the kids as it is for the grown-ups