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Learn to be a lean, mean office machine in the recession

02.11.09
Unshowy offices and bring-your-own laptop. The recession has spawned a move towards pared-down super-efficiency, says Philip Delves Broughton... more

Lord Mandelson welcomes attack on schools

20.10.09
Lord Mandelson accepted business leaders' recent attacks on school standards, saying their concerns will help boost the education system... more

Tesco's new plan to cut UK's waste mountain

16.10.09
Tesco unveils plans for a new scheme to cut the amount of food waste Britain creates... more

BT boss says scrap GCSE exams to boost literacy

15.10.09
Chairman of BT calls for GCSEs and A-levels to be replaced by the International Baccalaureate... more

Tesco boss and Gordon Brown adviser slams Labour's education record

13.10.09
Tesco boss launches devastating attack on the 'woefully low' standards of Britain’s schools... more

By curbing bonuses, you will be the loser, George

08.10.09
Last night I sat down for my weekly drink with one of my more experienced friends in the world of banking... more

Cameron may appoint 45 young and working peers

07.10.09
David Cameron will appoint scores of younger Tory peers if his party wins the next election, a senior Conservative said... more

Tesco keeps its crown as results beat City forecasts

06.10.09
Tesco asserted its position as the dominant retailer in Britain with another leap in sales and plans for further aggressive expansion ... more

Ocado's £50m boost

10.09.09
Online supermarket Ocado is getting a £50 million lift from investors including the investment house founded by Al Gore ... more

City Spy: Merrill bonus for Bank of America

07.07.09
Bernie Madoff, Allen Stanford and the other credit-crunch rogues have given wealth management a bad name but the industry itself is hardly on its knees. The Scorpio Partnership's newly released annual survey of the global wealth business found that assets under management slumped by an average of 15.7% in 2008 while profits at private banks crashed by 32.9% ... more

Tesco hit by new shareholder revolt over pay for executives

03.07.09
Shareholder anger over executive pay boiled over when investors holding a hefty 42% of the stock refused to back Tesco's decision to make its share option plan even more generous... more

Ocado mulls flotation to milk upturn in market

17.06.09
Online supermarket Ocado could take advantage of improving market conditions by floating on the stock market as early as next year... more

It may hurt, but oil price is now about right for us all

02.06.09
SOME would have it that the recent rise in the oil price is evidence of optimism - a sign that the global economy is getting stronger and that the prospects of recession turning into depression have dimmed.... more

Tesco boss makes £5m after taking seven per cent pay cut

26.05.09
Sir Terry Leahy, chief executive of Tesco, took a 7 per cent pay cut last year but still collected more than £5million in salary and bonuses... more

Tesco looks wobbly after JPMorgan flags concerns

03.04.09
Are the wheels coming off supermarket juggernaut Tesco?... more

Goldman goes quiet about rewarding staff

30.03.09
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Why the US protecting its own spells global danger

09.02.09
I don't hold any brief for Sir Ronnie Cohen but I well recall sitting with the private-equity veteran and listening to his warning that unless something was done about the widening gap between rich and poor, riots would result... more

Games on for King’s critics at Sainsbury’s

20.01.09
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Games on for King’s critics at Sainsbury’s

20.01.09
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Has Tesco discounted the dangers of hubris?

03.11.08
Whenever recently I’ve talked to the bosses of the big British supermarkets, the conversation has turned to Aldi and Lidl. ... more

Market report: Footsie winning streak propped up by miners

31.10.08
The stock market was on another roller-coaster ride, but a late spurt from mining stocks put a sparkle in investors’ eyes ahead of the weekend... more

Tesco 'cuts target for sales growth'

29.10.08
Retail: Tesco said it is prepared for a major slowdown in the British economy amid reports that it is to cut its target for UK sales growth... more

Retail

08.10.08
These are the people who will steer London’s vital retail world through what looks like difficult trading ahead ... more

What the analysts are saying about the financial crisis

30.09.08
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Leahy chides banks as Tesco profits leap

30.09.08
Tesco shrugged off the turmoil in world markets and a slump in consumer confidence to record an 11% jump in profits to £1.4 billion for the past six months... more

BP could be in for a rough ride with Todd

04.09.08
Initial excitement at BP’s St James’s headquarters over the Republican Party’s choice of Presidential running mate has quickly subsided... more

Tesco sells off 13 stores for £605m

21.08.08
Tesco sold 13 stores for £605million as it continued to raise funds from its massive property portfolio... more

The Mayor's job is none of your business, Sir Alan

24.06.08
Occasionally, a story comes along that obliges you to do a double-take. One such was the report yesterday that Sir Alan Sugar is being lined up by Labour insiders for the London mayoral race in four years' time... more

It isn't easy but Tesco still finds fresh growth

17.04.08
Tesco is that all-too-rare phenonenon, a grocery business which is succeeding in more than one country... more

Who's in and who's out

14.04.08
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