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For sale: City runaround, one careful owner

21.05.09
How would Arthur Daley have shifted this lot? A set of London’s bendy buses are up for sale — the first step of Boris Johnson’s pledge to eradicate the “miserable, inhuman and socialistic” vehicles from the city... more

Sales slump hits Friends as chief eyes turnaround

27.01.09
Insurance: The size of the task facing the new boss of Friends Provident was laid bare when the insurer unveiled a slump in sales... more

Mismatch behind our misery

24.11.08
City comment: The global economic slowdown is not the fundamental problem faced by policymakers... more

Friends scraps its sale thanks to meltdown

31.10.08
Life insurer Friends Provident abandons the sale of wealth management unit Lombard and its stake in F&C Asset Management as chaos in the financial markets scupper any deals... more

Financial crisis puts block on Friends sale

31.10.08
Life insurer Friends Provident abandons the sale of wealth management unit Lombard and its stake in F&C Asset Management as chaos in the financial markets scuppers any deals... more

Bar chain owners jailed for £2.5million loans con

11.09.08
Two company directors were jailed for conning £2.5 million out of a bank and loan company to run a string of London bars and clubs... more

New Friends Provident chief facing tough task

07.08.08
Friends Provident chief exec Trevor Matthews has unveiled the daunting task he faces rebuilding the company's strategy... more

Home-price wobbles as buy-to-lets feel pinch

01.04.08
Problems in buy-to-let could easily destabilise the whole housing market... more

Friends turns back on new Flowers bid

31.03.08
Friends Provident feels strong enough to turn down a £3.5bn takeover bid from JC Flowers... more

Where to do business

02.10.06
Need to close a deal and impress a client at the same time? Charles Campion has a look at the best restaurants in town to do business.... more

Genius on a small scale

04.09.06
Adam Elsheimer painted very small pictures and died when he was 32 but, as the new exhibition at the Dulwich Gallery will show, his influence was felt throughout Europe.... more

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