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Teflon Terry takes helm at Channel 4

05.11.09
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Steward’s call for inquiry is a pure confection

06.10.09
Comedy lawsuit of the week comes from something called the Steward International Enhanced Index Fund, which is suing Cadbury’s top brass for daring not to embrace a (putative) bid from Kraft Foods ... more

Pity Britain's TV bosses: friends in desperate need

18.09.09
The crisis facing UK broadcasting is like a long-running soap series — except that it cannot be allowed go on... more

City Spy: Au revoir Andy, as he leaves C4 house

17.09.09
SO farewell to Andy Duncan, who has bowed to the inevitable and stepped down as chief executive of Channel 4 before having to face the elite of the British TV industry at the Cambridge Media Convention... more

Channel 4 chief quits after drop in revenue leaves £150m shortfall

16.09.09
Channel 4’s chief executive Andy Duncan resigned after failing to financially safeguard the future of the broadcaster... more

Bid ’em up Bruce keeps them sweet

10.09.09
Bruce Wasserstein’s former allies are all over Kraft’s bid for Cadbury... ... more

Tiny tycoons: the young Londoners bucking the recession

28.08.09
Last week a report claimed that nearly 1 million under-25s were on the dole. But in the capital, bright young businesses are springing up like green shoots. Andy Barker meets the Dragons of the future...... more

City Spy: Taxing times for Revenue's staff

20.07.09
The one thing this bankrupt Government desperately needs is money - in other words, the inflow of our taxes. However the chances of even that drying up are increasing...... more

City Spy: New MPC man is ready to rumble

16.07.09
Adam Posen, who joins the monetary policy committee at the Bank of England in September, admits he is not yet up to speed on the state of the UK economy and promises to put this right ... more

What does happiness mean to you?

22.06.09
A campaign to help people learn the art of happiness is set to be launched. The woman behind it explains why now especially we all need a smile... more

Borders' new recruit suggests a sell-off

04.06.09
Bookseller Borders UK could be put up for sale. The retailer, owned by Channel 4 chairman Luke Johnson's Risk Capital Partners, has hired Clearwater Corporate Finance to "seek out funding opportunities", indicating Johnson may be looking to sell. Borders has already appointed restructuring specialists RSM Bentley Jennison to ditch its worst-performing stores.... more

Place your bets in bookies’ bonanza

04.06.09
Bookmakers, always keen to attract the punters, are hyping this weekend as a £400 million betting bonanza — with the Derby at Epsom, England against Kazakhstan football, the Lions Tour, the Turkish Grand Prix, Twenty20 World Cup Cricket and the opening weekend of Big Brother ... more

Making a splash - the LILO generation

01.06.09
Now, in the midst of the worst recession in 70 years, just might be the best time to launch a new business... more

Interview: Channel 4 boss Luke Johnson, blackballed by the Garrick Club

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 laugh about it."... more

Borders bookshops may face chapter of closures

22.05.09
Luke Johnson's plan to rescue Borders, the UK's third-biggest book chain, is turning into more of a saga than he hoped ... more

Awkward facts about Heathrow third runway

07.05.09
As leading business figures puncture the BA/BAA claim that a Third Runway is vital for the British economy by saying that, er, it isn’t, how does the airport operate.. ... more

Ins and outs of property man on debt downer

14.04.09
As The Sunday Times gears up to produce its annual rich list, City Spy wonders if poorer list isn't a more appropriate title this year. ... more

Take the Forbes Rich List with a big dose of salt

13.03.09
The annual Forbes list of the richest people in the world is published and it is treated as gospel. Yet closer examination reveals all manner of imperfections... more

We’ve had a golden year for film but money is drying up

02.02.09
In an interview marking the Standard’s Film Awards, Channel 4 film and drama boss Tessa Ross talks about the challenges ahead and the likely merger of 4 and Five ... more

FishWorks collapses but sites battle is on

21.01.09
Consumer: FishWorks, the troubled restaurant chain, has collapsed into administration but an immediate bidding battle for some sites looked likely... more

Ofcom risks making a pig’s ear of C4 if we lose gourmet selection of quality TV

21.01.09
Media analysis: On Monday evening I attended the preview of a Channel 4 documentary called Pig Business... more

Restaurants in crisis as takeaways thrive

07.01.09
Leisure: The dire state of London’s restaurant trade has been laid bare as upmarket chain FishWorks called for trading in its shares to be suspended as it looked for new cash or a takeover... more

Rate-cutting MPC banks on a united front

19.12.08
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No easy choices for Channel 4 as decision on future looms

17.12.08
Media analysis: What will the Government do about Channel 4? Speculation is rife about how to preserve Britain's only genuine public service broadcasting alternative to the BBC... more

Ross knew the rules, so spare us this whitewash

15.12.08
Not for the first time in this year of all years, we're forced to contemplate the hubris of others... more

RBS ignored its own experts on the crunch

07.11.08
As Stephen Hester settles into the Fred the Shred memorial chair at Royal Bank of Scotland’s headquarters (is he going to keep the palace outside Edinburgh?), the new broom is doubtless in receipt of advice from all quarters... more

Pizza king with a firm base to get through downturn

30.10.08
Former Pizza Express owner Hugh Osmond has been nominated as the best credit crunch survivor in Esquire's 2008 Man At The Top Awards... more

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08.10.08
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Literary Life

08.10.08
Celebrity sells at an astonishing rate, yet at its heart the UK still loves a book for itself and London is a great champion of literature. These are the people who keep us reading. ... more

Borders starts Paperchase for £50m retailer

16.05.08
Paperchase, the stationery retailer owned by US books giant Borders, has been put up for sale with a price tag of around £50 million... more

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