Weather Morning: 11°c Light rain Afternoon: 12°c Light showers

News

HEADLINES:
RSS

Roland Rudd

Latest articles

Metal boys are up to no good again

15.10.09
Many a sore head over the last couple of mornings in the world of metal trading. Why? Once again, it’s been the London Metal Exchange week of bunfights, parties and general burning of the company credit card ... more

Rudd in the money as Finsbury shrugs off recession

06.10.09
City public relations supremo Roland Rudd earned £2.9 million last year as his Finsbury agency prospered despite the credit crunch ... more

Hold on — this mobile phones merger just doesn’t ring true

10.09.09
You just know that when it comes to it, T-Orange will not be pronounced the way the French and German owners would like but in the way a Yorkshireman refers to the citrus fruit in his sandwich box ... more

City Spy: Bid ’em up is back for M&A action

08.09.09
A giant-sized welcome is in order to Bruce Wasserstein, the Lazards chief and legendary New York banker who is leading the Kraft takeover bid for Cadbury... more

City Spy: In the business of making excuses

01.07.09
Lord Mandelson claims he was forced to delay the sale of a stake in Royal Mail because there are more pressing matters to deal with. Funny...... more

Gamekeeper and poacher - the Lewis brothers make a powerful duo

26.06.09
When the British Lions take to the rugby field against South Africa, sitting in the crowd will be arguably the two most powerful brothers working in London - Simon and Will Lewis... more

City Spy: Beats having to work for a living

17.06.09
Adam Posen is not the first American appointee to the Bank of England monetary policy committee — that was DeAnne Julius, between 1997 and 2001... 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

WH Ireland bars the Press amid dust-up

29.04.09
Small-cap broker WH Ireland banned the Press from its annual meeting as it attempted to keep coverage of a stinging boardroom bust-up to a minimum... more

Why Finsbury was a shoo-in for the RBS job

25.03.09
Congratulations to Finsbury on winning the Royal Bank of Scotland PR account. A clue as to where the plum contract might be heading came when Finsbury didn't repitch for the Lloyds Banking Group business.... more

Graceful air is added bonus at John Lewis

12.03.09
Bonuses may be, er, a bone of contention these days, but at the employee-owned John Lewis Partnership they're handled with all the style and grace you'd expect from the never-knowingly-undersold retailer. ... more

Protester who 'slimed' Mandelson says police found it 'quite amusing'

09.03.09
The protester who threw green custard at Lord Mandelson has claimed that police who arrested her thought the stunt was funny... more

Should we ditch sterling? The political argument is back

05.12.08
THE euro is starting to reappear on the agenda. In the lead-up to the Bank's one percentage point interest rate cut, sterling plunged to a historic low against the euro and has fallen again today. ... more

Slump in sterling means we should think again about joining the euro

14.11.08
Commentary: If the fall in sterling not only continues but leads to a slump then the Prime Minister may find the euro being considered as it was in the run-up to 1997... more

BBC's Peston deserves credit, not blame, for his reporting of crunch

15.10.08
DURING a coffee break at a conference a couple of weeks ago, a senior BBC executive spent some time trying to explain to a group of us the phenomenon that is Robert Peston. He is not a natural broadcaster, she began. He lays stress on the wrong syllables. He is acutely prone to inappropriate pauses in mid-sentence. He leaves odd words hanging in the air. At times, he uses a portentous tone to convey completely banal information, like a primary school teacher talking down to her class.... 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

Sue Nye is in spotlight over Peston scoops

03.10.08
BBC Business editor Robert Peston has been leading the pack with his stories on the nationalisation of Bradford & Bingley, the Lloyds TSB-HBOS merger and the run on Northern Rock. But where does he get his information?... more

Mixed messages from Hutton

11.09.08
NOT for the first time the Government is at sixes and sevens on something. The latest subject for the shaky hand on the tiller is pay rewards... more

WH Ireland slashes the dividend as profits take 50% plunge

18.08.08
Stockbroking firm WH Ireland blames the fallout from the credit crunch for a near-50% slump in profits... more

City bosses call for UK to back Lisbon Treaty

18.06.08
Grandees said treaty was "a positive step for business and for Britain" ahead of a House of Lords debate... more

Don't Miss

Steamy scenes for Purnell in Turkish bath

Scheming over the future of the Labour Party continues even in the most unlikely places

All stories


Promotions

Environmental initiatives

Find out how you can help to meet the challenges of climate change in London.


The Open University

Every year The Open University helps thousands of professionals progress in their careers.


Win the Best Seats

In London theatre when you vote for your favourite celebrity spec wearer.


Breast Cancer Care

Donate £1 and leave a message of support for a loved one in the Swarovski Garden of Wishes.


Win an iPodTouch

With Courvoisier when you share your thoughts on this week's cocktail.