The failure of private firms to recognise the talent of businesswomen was the biggest missed opportunity of recent history, according to a former government minister... more
Friday in-house drinks are back as a morale-booster in these stringent times. This may not be Mad Men’s Don Draper’s idea of a booze-up but, as Christian Koch discovers, a bar break can work wonders... more
Mother and daughter Pearl and Daisy Lowe showed off their shared passion for the past as they modelled their own designs at the inaugural Vintage at Goodwood Festival... more
Once cupcakes ruled, then macaroons invaded; now they are being outflanked by whoopie pies, and éclairs are advancing. Lydia Slater enters the frosted fray... more
Laura Tenison, founder of upmarket mail order maternity and childrenswear group JoJo Maman Bebe, declared Veuve Clicquot businesswoman of the year... more
Women in senior roles in fashion, retail, construction and hospitality are shortlisted for the prestigious Veuve Clicquot Business Woman of the Year Award... more
A master winemaker can transform a champagne from undrinkable to unmissable, but most of us still go with a familiar label without questioning the taste.... more
One year from the collapse of Lehman Brothers, an event that was supposedly so seismic that things would never be the same again, and what’s changed on Wall Street? Almost nothing... more
Fortnum & Mason change their Christmas hamper range in light of the recession. Last year's most expensive version was £25,000, this year it's £1,000... more
With so few women making it to the top in business, those who do have the pick
of plum boardroom jobs — and can make
a fortune juggling up to six at a time... more
This, says 23-year-old Georgia Gould, was the toughest, most shattering experience of her life. She did not see it coming, she admits, because at first nobody paid much attention to her attempt to win selection for the soon-to-be-vacated Labour seat of Erith and Thamesmead... more
Labour luvvie Gail Rebuck is high on the shortlist to win the Businesswoman of the Year award as her daughter is at the centre of a government alleged dirty tricks row... more
British drinks group Diageo is planning an audacious "Black Velvet" takeover, with the giant behind Guinness putting in a bid to buy the owner of champagne houses Krug, Dom Perignon and Moët et Chandon... more
Sir Salman Rushdie, the 61-year-old author has let it be known that a year after the collapse of his fourth marriage, he is once more in the mood for love. ... more
Kate Moss parties there, Peaches Geldof loves it ... and so do all her clones! Jane Mulkerrins heads to Punk in Soho - the hottest club in town.... more
It promised to be a truly glamorous evening at The Collection for Toby Young but first he had to make it past the Chelsea restaurant's 'face controllers'.... more
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