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Enough Mary Seacole - black Britain needs new icons

09.10.09
The soporific tedium and predictability of Black History Month celebrations are getting me down already... more

Permira boss warns amid writedowns

28.04.09
Private-equity boss Damon Buffini has warned there may be "worse to come" before the economy recovers... more

Habgood to face flak over decision to lead two FTSE firms

21.04.09
Questions over the lucrative part-time jobs of Britain’s top company chairmen were revived after Anthony Habgood — already at the centre of one corporate governance minefield — insisted on continuing to lead two separate FTSE 100 companies... more

Our own Obama is still just a pipe dream

26.03.09
Our first black PM, our own Obama? After a century perhaps, I said, and made my son very cross. He, a young barrister, is more upbeat and hopeful than his grumpy mum. It seems new research agrees with him. A study comparing race and opportunity in the US and UK finds many reasons to be cheerful about our situation. ... more

Pies with less pastry in canteen health drive

20.02.09
Canteens in public buildings from council offices to schools may be ordered to serve healthier food... more

SVG taps up investors as private-equity crisis bites

18.12.08
Finance: SVG Capital, the listed private-equity fund that backs Permira, went cap in hand to shareholders for funds, and warned the value of its investments have plunged 40% in the last six months... more

Naked truth on private equity pain

08.12.08
It is ironic that Permira, the private-equity house, should be having such a rough time with its latest fund, Permira lV... more

How Mervyn learned to pitch it right...

22.10.08
Mervyn King once harboured ambitions to be the next Jim Laker: “I was taught to bowl — slow left arm – at Old Town primary school by the headmaster ..."... more

Finance

08.10.08
Britain will look to the Square Mile to pull it out of the economic mire, and these are the big names who will deliver the recovery. ... more

Comment: Drop Dibley - City must get in tune with the times

23.06.08
Some years ago, I went to a Buckingham Palace garden party. As Prince Charles crossed a lawn to take tea with his mother in a marquee roped off from the guests, the watching throng applauded. Why are they clapping? I wondered at the time... more

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