Feature: London 2012 will be a new experience for one volunteer. Urvasi Naidu, who has been a volunteer for every Olympics since the 2002 Salt Lake City Games, always carries some masking tape in her handbag... more
"First visit to Spearmint Rhino in ages last night mate. I took a sabbatical. Don't like it much. It's gone all-upmarket. You know, classy. I don't think they understand their customers needs." That was typical chatter today among the wheeler dealears who peddle yarns and shares for a living... more
A once sceptical business community is now realising what a massive opportunity the Games presents. Chris Blackhurst finds the mood among the capital's most high-profile firms to be one of feverish excitement... more
So, Kate Bleasdale has now thrown her weight behind a call by Healthcare Locums' rebel shareholders to boot out her board (including herself), in favour of new management. But how "new" are they exactly?... more
Traders dump shares in some of Britain’s most famed High Street names after a slew of updates from leading retailers fail to impress the market... more
Adecco, the world’s biggest recruitment agency which took over Britain’s rival Spring Group for £107 million last month, today said it is finally starting to see an improvement in most of its markets ... more
Steven Ingham, chief executive of recruitment giant Michael Page, said that the job market in the UK is finally showing signs of stabilising but has still to get through what he predicts will be a very difficult summer ... more
Staffing giant Adecco abandoned its hostile takeover bid for Michael Page last year but it made further inroads into the UK recruitment market today by snapping up Spring Group ... more
London 2012 organisers have raised nearly 80% of their £700 million domestic sponsorship target and believe they have deals worth more than £100 million in the pipeline, commercial director Chris Townsend said today... more
After months of insisting that it has not seen the worst effects of the recession, recruitment agency Michael Page International puts out the inevitable profit warning and says it is cutting 400 workers... more
Recruitment: Shares in recruitment group Michael Page plunged by more than 20% as the world’s biggest temp agency Adecco walked away from a potential £1.25 billion takeover bid... 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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