Among those reading the Ed Balls' documents in today's Daily Telegraph with specialist knowledge is Alan Parker. The Brunswick PR chief's name appears three times, identifying him as a key member of the Project Volvo team set up to secure the Labour leadership for Brown... more
Whitbread continues to boom in the face of the economic downturn and its hard-pressed, hard-working staff may finally be about to see the benefit... more
The stars of the City and business turn out in force at the curtain-raiser to the London summer season, the Gala Night at the Chelsea Flower Show... more
PR Week magazine has unveiled its Power Book of the most influential public relations practitioners, based partly on the opinions of “20 senior professional journalists”, and there are a few surprises... more
The seemingly relentless expansion of Costa Coffee continued when parent company Whitbread unveiled a 20.7% leap in sales in the third quarter at the coffee chain... more
Adam Posen is not the first American appointee to the Bank of England monetary policy committee — that was DeAnne Julius, between 1997 and 2001... more
More than 100 award-winning producers, directors and writers called for action to tackle illegal downloads of films and TV shows which they say are threatening jobs... more
Leisure: Whitbread continues to be a credit-crunch winner as its Premier Inn budget hotels arm keeps luring tourists, and Costa Coffee stays frothy... more
Whitbread, the business priced for the credit crunch before the term was invented, showed that its cut-price offerings are still luring punters... more
Leisure: Whitbread cheered the market with a robust set of first half revenues showing that its value-for-money sales pitch is working strongly through the consumer downturn... more
Oscar-winning director Anthony Minghella is hosting a champagne reception to launch the British Film Institute's new multi-million pound cultural centre.... more
Sound check: German industrial metal band Rammstein literally play with fire in their live performances - and now they are about to unleash their singeing spectacle on London. Watch out for your eyebrows
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