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Mike Bracken
No more ‘Big IT’: the failed 90s model has ruined too many lives
...Letter in response to this article: Big IT created more problems than it solved / From Allan Kelly, London W3, UK...
January 19, 2024
Hedge funds
Credit hedge funds profit as companies face soaring borrowing costs
...“Last year, performance was heavily impacted by the increase in rates, which led to credit issues and a lot of forced selling across the board,” said Allan Schweitzer, a portfolio manager at credit hedge...
September 10, 2023
FT Live
Future of Asset Management Europe
New fund firm models for Europe's resurgence
Tuesday, 12 NovemberLondon, UK
Adam Cohen
Stick or twist? Conservative Supreme Court justices have a choice
...And in Citizens United vs F.E.C., it ruled that corporations had a First Amendment right to spend money on elections....
July 9, 2023
UK politics
Sunak aims to woo Britain’s business leaders in corporate reset
...“A lot of C-suite business figures will be there,” said one government official, who confirmed Sunak wanted to step up business engagement. “It’s a big deal....
April 18, 2023
The Big Read
Family business and the succession trap
...The Brenninkmeijers have long done this and significant recent hires include British retail grandee Allan Leighton, who chairs the C&A holding company, and former Ikea executive Giny Boer to run the chain...
March 12, 2023
FT SeriesLeading in a crisis
C&A’s Giny Boer: ‘What we want to do now is democratise sustainable fashion’
...“In many ways, C&A suffered from imposter syndrome,” adds Allan Leighton, the veteran retailer who chairs C&A....
September 4, 2022
FT Live
Future of Retail
Securing long-term business growth with technology innovation
Tuesday, 17 SeptemberLondon, UK
Unilever PLC
Hein Schumacher: from Dove soap factory floor to Unilever chief
...Allan Leighton, chair of C&A and former Asda chief executive, said: “He tells it as it is. He’s very Dutch in that way....
February 2, 2023
ReviewFiction
A Dangerous Business — Jane Smiley’s brothel-based sleuths
...Their mutual fondness for the works of Edgar Allan Poe, especially his fictional detective C Auguste Dupin, starts the pair off as amateur sleuths, intent on solving the murders of young women whom nobody...
December 15, 2022
FT MagazineTim Hayward
The Plimsoll, Finsbury Park: ‘the most spectacular, inventive, beautifully crafted food’
...nothing but seafood . . . d) . . . on small plates and e) Chefs Ed McIlroy and Jamie Allan cut their teeth in a near legendary burger pop-up called Four Legs at the Compton Arms in Islington....
December 8, 2022
FT Globetrotter
An architectural guide to Toronto
...Stewart died in 2014 and the house has been sold twice since, for C$15mn in 2016 and C$18mn in 2020....
August 16, 2022
Commercial property
Rising tide of emissions rules threatens to drown smaller landlords
...Both Allan and Oakley describe the EPC regime as a “blunt” tool....
March 27, 2022
News in-depthCommodities
Ukraine war sparks rush for potash as global food fears grow
...On the other side of the Atlantic, Canada’s Western Potash has just secured a C$85mn loan from Appian Capital, a London-based private group, to fund development of its Milestone project in Saskatchewan,...
June 1, 2022
Nilanjana Roy
Writers on the front line of Ukraine’s war of words
...It’s only as I write this I recall that the Bengali translations of Edgar Allan Poe that I read as a kid in Calcutta were Franklin editions....
March 16, 2022
Management consulting
Tech consultants in demand amid rise in online working
...“Unlocking the talent in those locations is pretty important for us,” says Allan King, leader of Accenture’s technology centre in Newcastle....
January 28, 2022
UK retail industry
C&A set for revival after lost decade
...City grandee Allan Leighton is planning “one of the great turnrounds” as he attempts to revive C&A, a 179-year-old clothing retailer that has fallen out of favour and still relies heavily on traditional...
August 18, 2020
FT Live
Inside Politics: who will win the UK general election?
Exclusively for FT subscribers
Wednesday, 8 MayDigital Conference
ReviewCrime books
James Ellroy’s cop confessional a return to form
...Poe’s C....
June 7, 2021
Retail sector
Shirtmaker TM Lewin collared by private equity
...SCP’s other partners include former Harrods managing director Paul Taylor and Allan Leighton, a City grandee who chairs the Co-operative Group and German-Dutch fashion retailer C&A....
May 12, 2020
Allan Leighton
Allan Leighton appointed chairman of C&A
...City grandee Allan Leighton has been appointed chairman of C&A, the fashion retailer that quit the UK almost 20 years ago but operates more than 1,500 stores worldwide....
September 10, 2019
10 great walks – all over the world
The plate outdoors: dining and hiking in the Black Forest
...“In spring people would pick the fresh spruce needles and mix them with cream — they’re full of vitamin C,” she says....
November 22, 2019
Equities
Markets Now - Tuesday 12th May 2020
...Maiden figures and guidance from new CEO Mark Allan were grim but in line, but the conference call may as well have been directed by Lars Von Trier....
May 12, 2020
Equities
Markets Now - Thursday 4th June 2020
...However, at c.18x recovered earnings, we’d prefer to look elsewhere or wait for a cheaper entry point....
June 4, 2020
UK business
UK economists’ survey: recovery will be slower than in peer countries
...Allan Monks: The Bank of England would feel comfortable cutting to -0.5 per cent if it needed to....
January 3, 2021
Stanley Black & Decker Inc
Stanley Black & Decker hammered amid housing, tariff headwinds
...Chief financial officer Donald Allan Jr. noted that negative impacts from higher commodity prices, tariffs and currency fluctuations dragged on operating margins in the tools and storage business during...
January 22, 2019
UK business
Why the ‘Boris bounce’ is likely to be shortlived
...stress testing alongside financial stress testing is a necessary and overdue measure given, as the current governor, Mark Carney, has pointed out, that the financial markets are currently investing for a 4°C...
January 1, 2020
Fund management
Movers & shakers: November 6
...Mr Douch joins from Amundi and Mr Allan previously worked at State Street....
November 5, 2017

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