Hints and tips:
...Never mind the clothes at the John Singer Sargent exhibition at Tate Britain, the show is an object lesson in how to stand....
...That there are works by the likes of Alex Katz, Ed Ruscha and John Baldessari hanging here and there doesn’t hurt....
...David and Sara Bamford are restorers and conservers of antique rugs and carpets, and handweavers of bespoke carpets, mainly for historic houses and public buildings....
...The last thing I bought and loved was a Bamford London Skater Snoopy watch, which has a customised black bracelet....
...Several companies, such as retailer John Lewis, construction company Laing O’Rourke and building society Nationwide, had high levels of female representation in senior management positions....
...Everybody is feeling the pinch,” says John Asafu-Adjaye, a senior fellow at the Accra-based African Center for Economic Transformation (ACET) think-tank....
...Competitors such as John Deere and Caterpillar have flagged rising costs and supply chain bottlenecks as a threat to profitability in the months ahead, with neither showing signs of receding....
...Last week the supermarket group promoted John Fallon, its deputy chief finance officer, to finance director....
...A must-do here is the one-day-only tour of Lady Bamford’s formal walled garden (which this year opened on 23 June) – a feast for the eyes and a rare insight into the making of its products....
...For John Derian, the gnarlier, the better. “I think geraniums are such fascinating plants,” says the American designer and retailer. “I love letting them go wild and crazy....
...But despite its very English setting, it’s the expertise – with many treatments devised by practitioners whom founder, Carole Bamford, discovered in India – that always makes the Bamford Wellness Spa worth...
...Hawthorn boss John Evans says Elliot “has never been actively involved in the business”....
...“I wanted to create something grown-up and stylish: the Margaret Howell of notebooks,” says the former book designer, whose minimal aesthetic has seen her work with Connolly, Bamford and Another Country....
...George Bamford, founder of the Bamford Watch Department which personalises watches, including Rolexes, believes that limited editions like Hodinkee’s are the new game....
...Martin Bamford, a financial adviser, says he has not seen any disgruntled customers. “Most investors are not even looking at total return,” he adds....
...This includes a report by Sir John Parker that recommends boards appoint at least one non-white director to every FTSE 100 company by 2021....
...Lord Bamford of JCB, James Dyson and John Longworth did not undergo overnight conversions to the Leave cause....
...Jennifer Thompson is an FT reporter based in Hong Kong Photographs: Belinda Bamford...
...Set up by the casino owner John Aspinall, the safari park is home to 700 animals, from meerkats to Amur tigers....
...John Cridland, director-general of the CBI employers’ group, is calling for the pledge as manufacturing output begins to slow after several quarters of strong growth in which Britain’s factories helped to...
...Denise Coates and her brother John featured on this year’s Forbes Billionaire list, joining John Caudwell, the Stoke-raised founder of Phones4U, and Lord Bamford of JCB, born in nearby Uttoxeter....
...His love of product sets him apart — he cares about how a product looks, how it performs, how it can be different,” says Anthony Bamford, chairman of the UK construction equipment company JCB....
...It is reassuring US cable tycoon John Malone has elected to take shares equivalent to 13 per cent of CWC for his stake in Columbus....
...John Griffin, founder of minicab firm Addison Lee, has joined the top 20 donors alongside mobile phone company Lycamobile, while Lord John Sainsbury of supermarket fame and Lord Anthony Bamford of JCB excavators...
...“There is some evidence to show that policy makers are taking manufacturing more seriously,” says Lord Bamford, chairman of JCB, the heavy equipment maker....
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