Clearly stung by the IMF's decision to back George Osborne's economic plans and his refusal to adopt Plan B on the deficit, David "Danny" Blanchflower is on the offensive... more
Interesting, that ITV chairman Archie Norman should plump for Tesco corporate and legal affairs director Lucy Neville-Rolfe as he finally finds a non-executive director who is not a man... more
A “for sale” sign has been nailed to CentrePoint by the landmark’s owner, Ardeshir Naghshineh, who has been asked to reduce his Lloyds overdraft... more
Three of London’s best-known and most upmarket hotels — the Berkeley, Claridge’s and the Connaught — could soon end up being controlled by the Irish taxpayer... more
Could Archie Norman have a pleasant surprise for ITV investors next month? Goldman Sachs thinks a big pick-up in advertising demand is on the cards... more
Media Analysis: How much of a risk is ITV’s new chairman Archie Norman taking by hiring Royal Mail boss Adam Crozier to be his chief executive when neither of them has any experience of broadcasting?... more
ITV chairman Archie Norman says his new chief exec Adam Crozier (who has no broadcast experience) was a far better appointment than "some hot shot" fromm BBC or Channel 4... more
ITV’s new chairman Archie Norman warns that the X Factor and Coronation Street broadcaster has to be “a very different business" in three years... more
Could a suitor come knocking for ITV this year? Goldman Sachs reckons so, arguing today that the Coronation Street broadcaster will receive a big boost from the World Cup and the General Election... more
The shake-up of ITV's board continued ahead of the arrival of its new chairman, former Conservative cabinet minister Archie Norman, on 1 January... more
So Archie Norman is going to sumbit himself to the Bushtucker Trial that is chairing ITV. Formerly an MP, Tory chief executive and Asda chairman, he says the challenge of overseeing the I’m A Celebrity and X-Factor broadcaster is “irresistible”
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Archie Norman was the youngest-ever partner at management consultants McKinsey before becoming one of the three founders of Woolworths and B&Q retailer Kingfisher in the 1980s... more
This week in New York, Michael Bloomberg won a third term as mayor. Here, the man who most Londoners would want to challenge Boris Johnson has put his foot in it... more
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
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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