When I arrive for lunch with Crispin Odey at Corrigan's in Mayfair, he is running late and I'm shown to a prime table. The staff bustle around, checking I'm OK - nothing is too much for them. Finally, he arrives, and they go into overdrive... more
Don’t you love how Lord Mandelson can be impressive and preposterous at the same time? His attacks on the opposition are clever but over-theatrical... more
Hedge fund boss Crispin Odey is to pay himself £30.4million after his firm cashed in betting on the near-collapse of the UK banking system last year... more
After one of the City’s highest-flying women describes 12 months of maternity leave as “a nightmare” for employers, a writer and working mother offers her own “gender-friendly” solution to the problem... more
Women are wrecking their chances of making it to the top by taking their full 12 months maternity leave, a high-flying female financier has warned... more
Organic food has lost some of its healthy lustre in the recession. After a boom in the past decade, consumers have suddenly stopped spending so freely on ethically sourced, high-quality ingredients ... more
John Ralfe, the pensions consultant, did a public service over the weekend when he blew the whistle on the Government’s plans for the Royal Mail pension fund
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