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 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
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
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
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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