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...expert on corporate governance and succession.No company wants to deal with the ramifications of disaster successions such as Microsoft’s in 2013 — when Steve Ballmer abruptly announced his departure — or Howard...
...The bank was already on the hunt for a successor to chair Sir Howard Davies when Rose resigned last month after admitting to inaccurately briefing a BBC journalist over why Coutts, a NatWest subsidiary,...
...Although her academic work had begun with Milton and Spencer, she published two highly regarded books about her mentor Iris Murdoch....
...Through RIT, he took a 96-year lease on Spencer House in St James’s and led a £16mn renovation, painstakingly returning it to its 18th-century glory....
...Howard Cunningham, fixed income portfolio manager at Newton Investment Management, has said he has also “sharply reduced” exposure to high-yield bonds because “where lending standards go junk bond yields...
...The Damascus Events: The 1860 Massacre and the Destruction of the Old Ottoman World by Eugene Rogan (Allen Lane)One of the watershed moments in the history of the Middle East is vividly recreated in this...
...As senior agronomist at Marks and Spencer, he has first pick of new varieties that will entice middle-class shoppers to pay premium prices....
...Starbucks founder Howard Schultz returned to the coffee chain for his third stint as chief executive in April 2022 after his replacement, Kevin Johnson, retired....
...Dining cars were a rarity on my trips: one fellow traveller told me, “The key to using sleeper trains these days is a good Marks and Spencer’s salad.”...
...The bulk of the art was sold through a silent auction, with a live sale of six works held at a black-tie dinner on October 22, in the home of the collecting couple Cindy and Howard Rachofsky....
...Kotick could stay on through a transition period, according to people familiar with the deal, but it is clear that Microsoft’s gaming boss Phil Spencer will run the business....
...Steve Rowe: shrink to fit Boardroom wage inflation has never been much of a problem at Marks and Spencer....
...Ocado said a fire at its largest warehouse over the summer cost its groceries joint venture with Marks and Spencer £35m of sales....
...Super-juicy. £30.28 Howard Ripley Dom de Rancy, Ambré 1998 Rivesaltes 18%Aged in wood for 20 years so that it’s now a transparent orange-tawny with a yellow rim....
...While Selfridges has recently been granted a licence to host weddings at its swaggering Edwardian Oxford Street headquarters, as well as experimenting with pop-ups and opening a vegan butcher, Marks and Spencer...
...“I wouldn’t put it past Howard to go for an external [candidate].”...
...In July, Howard Dawber, managing director for strategy at Canary Wharf Group, said it was “ready for large numbers to come back”, while following government guidelines....
...Tony Shiret, analyst at Whitman Howard, said that the disappointment was not severe but it was spread across a number of areas....
...Senior Partner, Farebrother Andrew Butterworth Commercial Director, Bruntwood Ltd Stephen Page Co-Founding Partner, Anton Page William Newton President, WiredScore Graham Clemett CEO, Workspace Eugene...
...No towering portrait of the author greeted invitees as they entered Spencer House in Mayfair. There were no street cordons and only light security. And any celebs kept themselves well hidden....
...Shares in other retailers such as Marks and Spencer, Primark owner Associated British Foods and Asos were flat on Friday....
...Marks and Spencer is two years into a five-year recovery plan that has so far brought more pain than gain....
...Writer George Hammond also asked Lady Howard of the magnificent Castle Howard estate near York what the estate's most profitable venture is. It turns out to be a static caravan park....
...Deciding who is honoured, and at which building, is a “pretty competitive process”, says Howard Spencer, senior historian for English Heritage’s blue plaques scheme in London, founded in 1866 and thought...
...Howard Davies, RBS chairman, said: “There is no favourite. It’s an open process and we’ve only just begun.”...
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