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M&S chairman puts brave face on fall from FTSE 100
- Retail & Services
- September 4, 2019, 04:15
According to the Marks & Spencer chairman, Archie Norman, a place in the flagship FTSE 100 index is no big deal. But then, as M&S is being boo(...)

BA chief may pay price for latest PR disaster
- Transport & Tourism
- August 28, 2019, 05:00
Last weekend, as furious British Airways customers besieged the airline with complaints about the looming pilots strike, Alex Cruz appeared to be more(...)

Holding out: Just three FTSE 350 companies have all-male boards
- Transport & Tourism
- August 14, 2019, 05:15
And then there were three. The appointment of geologist Fiona MacAulay to the board of commodity trading and mining group Ferrexpo slashes the number (...)

London Briefing: Flint’s firing might come as a relief for HSBC lifer
- Retail & Services
- August 7, 2019, 02:45
The humiliation of being sacked as chief executive of HSBC after less than 18 months in the role must be acute for John Flint, who has spent his entir(...)

Sports Direct: No method apparent in Ashley’s acquisition madness
- Retail & Services
- July 17, 2019, 05:16
It’s hard to shake off the feeling that Mike Ashley’s Sports Direct empire is finally careering out of control, derailed by a bewildering stream of il(...)

Willie Walsh faces uphill battle in fighting €205m data breach fine
- Economy
- July 10, 2019, 04:42
“Surprised and disappointed” probably weren’t the very first words that sprang to Willie Walsh’s mind when he heard British Airways was to be hit with(...)

Investors angry at Neil Woodford need to look closer to home
- Financial Services
- June 4, 2019, 20:09
Turning an investment of £1,000 into £23,000 during his stellar 25-year reign at money management firm Invesco Perpetual earned Neil Woodford the acco(...)

Topshop owner parties as high-street empire flounders
- Markets
- May 29, 2019, 05:15
Hosting a lavish Grand Prix party aboard his super-yacht in Monaco was probably not the most sensible move by Sir Philip Green at the weekend, as he b(...)

Taylor Wimpey's CEO and the luxury apartment
- Commercial Property
- April 24, 2019, 02:01
It’s gratifying when a boss is keen to buy his company’s products, but it’s not so impressive when he’s been offered an incentive of several hundred t(...)

JD Sports leaves Mike Ashley’s Sports Direct trailing in its wake
- Economy
- April 17, 2019, 05:36
When Mike Ashley threatened in 2011 that he’d “finish off” JD Sports, the response from Peter Cowgill, the boss of his smaller rival, was brief and un(...)