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...If it wasn’t so hot, they’d have furs, but they certainly have the Bentleys and haute couture. And then also Miami, because of the climate, the beaches, the beautiful people....
...“It’s like choosing between a Bentley and a Tesla,” said Mark Mandel, chair of Baker McKenzie’s North America capital markets group....
...Raffles has liveried Range Rovers with white leather interiors; The Peninsula’s fleet includes Rolls-Royces and Bentley Bentaygas....
...The stake of THG co-founder and chief executive Matthew Moulding will be diluted as a result of the placing, but he retains a “special share” that gives him the power to veto any hostile takeover approach...
...Alongside Richard Arkwright’s Cromford cotton mills in Derbyshire and Matthew Boulton’s Birmingham Soho Manufactory for metal goods, Wedgwood’s Etruria became a symbol of the coming industrial age of mass...
...THG said that it was spending $255m on a New Jersey-based beauty manufacturer, Bentley Laboratories, and has another purchase in the works....
...“We have got strong investment plans and a desire to run the company without leverage,” said THG co-founder Matthew Moulding, whose near 25 per cent stake in the company would be diluted through the deal...
...Or perhaps of its co-founder Jacob Rees-Mogg touring his family seat in the Mendips, in one of his vintage Bentleys accompanied by his much-photographed FT-reading teddy bears....
...The microphones were not quite as flattering to the others, but Nardus Williams’s Mimì is fully involved and touching, and there is a sturdy band of modern Bohemians in Matthew Durkan, Ross Ramgobin and...
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...New luxury homes come packed with the amenities beloved of the international super-rich: 24-hour porters, concierge services and business lounges have become standard extras, says Matthew Jackson, director...
...Others, seeking larger detached homes, search among the leafy streets of Barrow Road and Bentley Road....
...The site is still occupied by Bentley, the upmarket brand once part of Rolls-Royce and now owned by Volkswagen....
...This morning, Mr Bentley said this is the last place he and his assets want to be, thank you very much....
...Good news for Bentley owners: it will only cost £80 to have a rude name tattooed across your forehead instead. matthew.vincent@ft.com MySale: kate.burgess@ft.com...
...“You would never see a cheap car, it was starting from Bentley and Lamborghini.”...
...Chief executive Phil Bentley said at the time that “the environment in our industry remains highly competitive, especially when it comes to contract renewals.”...
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...And Simon Bentley, senior independent director since 2007, was also off the ballot....
...Chief executive Phil Bentley said: “We are one year into our transformation programme and we are where we need to be . . ....
...“Housing costs have been the biggest headwind to living standards for the last couple of decades,” said Matthew Whittaker, deputy director of the Resolution Foundation....
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...In October, it named Phil Bentley as its next chief executive, replacing the longtime boss Ruby Mcgregor-Smith....
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...Mr Mapp joins the board immediately and will take over from current chairman Roger Matthews on July 26....
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