Hints and tips:
...The poet John Betjeman once called Stamford “England’s most attractive town” and it is cheaper than similarly picturesque places....
...Our columnist John Plender warns the UK government that diluting corporate governance has consequences....
...One night in June 1942, a German U-boat dropped four Nazi saboteurs on a Hamptons beach. They took a train to New York, where their leader, George John Dasch, informed the FBI about them....
...Finally, she highlights John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s bed-in protests of the late ’60s as a winning cultural carnation moment....
...Companies are increasingly looking within their boardroom when picking a new chief executive, with consumer goods group Unilever, retailer John Lewis, financial services provider Hargreaves Lansdown and...
...The share of UK homes bought with cash fell from a high of 38 per cent in November 2022 to 30 per cent last month, according to Hamptons estate agents....
...John has left Tesco with its business, management and board in great shape and fit for the future.”...
...Research by Hamptons, the estate agent, suggests Walker’s decision reflects a wider trend....
...Of the homes sold in Oxford this year, 64 per cent went for less than the initial list price, compared with 48 per cent in 2022, according to Hamptons....
...But this year only 2 per cent of E17’s homes have sold for that, according to Hamptons using Land Registry data....
...The average rent across the UK was £1,283 in June, 28 per cent higher than in February 2020, at the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to estate agency Hamptons....
...Misty Hampton, former elections supervisor for Coffee CountyA former local official in Coffee County, a rural area in south-east Georgia, Hampton faces seven criminal counts, with prosecutors accusing her...
...The current editors are John Hillier and Roy Lancaster, as expert as anyone could wish....
...For cuttings, make a mix of two-thirds perlite with one-third of seed compost, a John Innes number one mix being a good one to buy....
...This article has been amended since publication to reflect the fact that Hamptons and Skipton International are part of the Skipton Building Society group....
...It also served, briefly, as the “Summer White House” when President John Tyler – who’d married a Gardiner in 1844 – escaped from the stifling heat of Washington for the relative chill of East Hampton....
...Take a break from the news . . . and enjoy this mouthwatering review of the best lobster rolls in the Hamptons....
...They were commissioned by Abby Bangser of Object & Thing for an exhibition we worked on at Long House Reserve, the East Hampton home of the late textile designer Jack Lenor Larsen....
...Though the precise bounds are disputed, it roughly spans the months between Thanksgiving and Easter, after which islanders traditionally retreat to other homes in the Hamptons or perhaps Europe....
...Even with music by George Fenton and book and lyrics by Christopher Hampton and Don Black (hugely experienced all), this show feels like a pale imitation of the original....
...“First time buyers are struggling in the market,” said John Ennis, chief executive of estate agent Chestertons....
...“Demand from buyers dropped at the end of 2022 but we have seen them return this year, keen to buy something at the right price,” says Robert Green, of John D Wood & Co estate agency....
...A landlord refinancing an interest-only, 2.2 per cent two-year fixed mortgage at that rate would need to raise the rent 45 per cent to cover the additional cost, according to estate agent Hamptons....
...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....
...In March, the New York Post noted he had put his $55mn Hamptons home up for sale at a loss, weeks after buying it....
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