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...Waterstones, the UK’s largest bookseller, is close to buying its smaller rival Blackwell’s, as it takes advantage of a pandemic-fuelled reading boom....
...City Insider’s spy thought he heard Horta-Osório talking to a serial FTSE 100 chairman about chairing Lloyds, just as the selection process begins to replace Norman Blackwell at the head of the bank’s board...
...Tickets are available online, from the Blackwell’s box office at the festival, or by calling 0870 343 1001....
...He is speaking at the FT Weekend Oxford Literary Festival on Sunday April 2 (oxfordliteraryfestival.org) Illustration by Matthew Cook Photographs: Alamy; The Master and Fellows of Corpus Christi College...
...“He’s probably least likely to see a defector,”said Matthew Miller, a former Department of Justice spokesman who helped prepare former attorney-general Eric Holder for his confirmation hearings in 2009....
...The only senior serving bank leader to publicly support Brexit is Lord Blackwell, chairman of Lloyds, though he has not signed up to Vote Leave....
...In contrast, Lord Blackwell, the chairman of Lloyds Banking Group, has said there are “no compelling economic arguments” for Britain to stay in the EU without significant reform....
...… Matthew Engel: Engel’s England Saturday March 28, 12 noon University Church of St Mary, £12 FT writer Matthew Engel explores the 39 historic counties of England — in his view the most confused and...
...Matthew Parker sets the record straight in Goldeneye, his superb account of Fleming’s Jamaica....
...Recently retired former Somerset and Durham star and bit-part England player Ian Blackwell has a typical story....
...Vases, stone balls from the tops of pillars and marmalade jars from the excavation of the Crosse & Blackwell factory are scattered around....
...Mr Blackwell, the founder of Island Records, and Mr Fuller, the founder of the American Idol television series, have formed Blackwell Fuller....
...david.blackwell@ft.com...
...Matthew Riley, chief executive, said the integration of acquisitions so far had shown that company processes were “efficient and effective” and would “serve the group whilst it continues to drive its stated...
...However, in November the company said that Matthew Ng, the founder and chief executive, had been detained by the police in Guangzhou “as part of their investigations as a suspect of the crime of misappropriation...
...Matthew Riley, chief executive, said on Friday that the group was consolidating a fragmented sector....
...Matthew Riley, chief executive, said the transactions were “the first steps for Daisy in executing its strategy to consolidate the fragmented reseller market and become a dominant force in the SME and mid-market...
...Freedom4 is paying £91m in a mixture of cash and new shares for Daisy, which is headed by Matthew Riley, a former Ernst & Young UK Young Entrepreneur of the Year, who will be chief executive of the new group...
...“We have enjoyed Aim,” says Matthew Walls, Epistem’s chief executive, who is looking to make acquisitions using the company’s paper....
...Reporting by Pan Kwan Yuk, Maggie Urry, David Blackwell and Lucy Killgren...
...He will be replaced by Matthew Peacock, 46, who is also chairman of Renold and a non-executive director of SMG and Cosalt....
...Other private equity deals on which the tax deadline may have played an important part were the buy-outs of Oyster Marine, the luxury British yachtmaker founded 35 years ago by Richard Matthews, and Integrated...
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