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...Martin Sorrell’s marketing group S4 Capital has warned on profits, blaming challenging economic conditions and cautious clients for a slowdown in trading....
...Sorrell on Monday said he was “not pleased” with the trading update. “Its lower growth than before....
...“We are not part of the command and control school,” Sorrell said. “[The idea that] if you can’t see them, they must be slacking off — we are not of that view.”...
...The Panel on Takeovers and Mergers, a 50-year-old agency that oversees merger activity in the UK, has appointed three new members: Mark Sorrell, who heads up M&A Emea at Goldman Sachs, former Shire chair...
...Sir Martin Sorrell, WPP’s chief executive, disagrees and remains optimistic about the holding company model....
.... ——————– Bankers never volunteer to take the blame WPP to limit Sorrell’s pay to just over £13m AstraZeneca suffers shareholder rebellion on pay GAM suffers shareholder revolt over pay ——————– Meanwhile...
...Oliver Ralph Letters in response to this article: What were the top businessmen thinking?...
...They refused a request from arch-dealmaker Sir Martin Sorrell to pull out of the purchase of Tempus by his advertising group WPP in the wake of the dotbomb market collapse in 2001....
...At rival William Hill, investors hope to hear more about the succession plan for Ralph Topping, the chief executive who pushed the bookmaker into the FTSE 100 and is set to leave in 2015, when it reports...
...WPP, the marketing group, is expected to face a tough annual meeting next month after awarding Sir Martin Sorrell, chief executive, a 60 per cent rise in total pay....
...Housebuilders: ed.hammond@ft.com oliver.ralph@ft.com To comment, visit www.ft.com/lombard Andrew Hill is away...
...Ralph Bernard, GWR's executive chairman, is due to take part along with Peter Harris, finance director of Capital Radio....
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