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...William Bain, head of trade policy at the British Chambers of Commerce, said: “Reforming our planning system and speeding up grid connectivity will also help reassure investors that putting money into the...
...“If ChatGPT is the iPhone, we’re seeing a lot of calculator apps,” said Christina Melas-Kyriazi, a partner at Bain Capital Ventures. “We’re looking for Uber.”...
...The UK action was the first by a western government against Bain for its involvement in South Africa’s biggest post-apartheid corruption scandal....
...Rees-Mogg’s decision to ban Bain followed a meeting last month with Lord Peter Hain, the veteran anti-apartheid campaigner, and Athol Williams, a former Bain partner in South Africa turned whistleblower...
...Consultancy Bain & Co has warned of a “towering backlog” of companies that must be sold so cash can be returned to investors such as public pension funds which have become overexposed to unlisted investments...
...William Bain, head of trade policy at the British Chambers of Commerce, said the business lobby group had told ministers that rejoining Horizon would attract investment and deepen international collaboration...
...the Chinese business is now known — is plotting a global expansion as a slowdown in the domestic economy pushes it overseas, write the Financial Times’ Eleanor Olcott, Mercedes Ruehl, Tabby Kinder and George...
...William Bain, head of trade policy at the British Chambers of Commerce, said: “Shifting back some of the milestones will give businesses and their suppliers more time to prepare and allow them to operate...
...A South African inquiry found last year that Bain had helped undermined the country’s revenue service, crippling its ability to investigate tax evasion....
...William Bain, head of trade policy at the BCC, said UK SMEs were facing an “avalanche” of EU regulations and taxes....
...We would favour retention of the existing approach to IP exhaustion,” said William Bain, the BCC’s head of trade policy....
...Additional reporting by George Hammond in San Francisco...
...“Business is clear — our participation in Horizon Europe is a win for the UK and a win for the EU,” said William Bain, head of trade policy at the BCC....
...This “could lead to increased barriers to trade”, according to William Bain, head of trade policy at the BCC. What will Downing Street do now?...
...Chinese officials have launched a series of raids on consultancies in China, including Capvision, Bain & Company and due diligence group Mintz....
...The conclusion is that it is “not just by Rembrandt, but is a really significant Rembrandt”, says George Gordon, Sotheby’s co-chair of Old Master paintings and drawings....
...The introduction of the EU carbon border adjustment mechanism is likely to have a significant effect on companies trading with the bloc, according to George Riddell, director of trade strategy at consultancy...
...“It’s the range that’s crucial,” concludes Walker, referencing both A Game of Thrones (George RR Martin called Folio’s edition “a masterpiece”) and the 20th-century African-American novel Their Eyes Were...
...Bain said: “We were disappointed and surprised by the minister’s decision . . ....
...Smiths Group has named Steve Williams, the chair of aluminium producer Alcoa, to succeed George Buckley as chair after he retires in November....
...“It is hard for the due diligence players — the levels of paranoia in China are so high — but it also affects ‘blue-chip’ service firms and outfits like Bain, McKinsey and Boston Consulting Group.”...
...the door to rejoining Horizon have now stalled in a disagreement with the European Commission over the level of UK financial contributions — a row that is set to drag on into the autumn, as my colleague George...
...FT’s George Parker, Michael O’Dwyer and Joseph Cotterill reported....
...The Vatican announced on Friday that it had completed the sale of 60 Sloane Avenue in west London to private equity group Bain Capital for £186mn....
...executives Scott Nuttall and Joseph Bae, who have sought to increase co-ordination across the New York-based group’s ever broader investment operations after they took over from co-founders Henry Kravis and George...
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