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...Now it is a largely forgotten pit-stop — except for fans of Terry Pratchett for whom Wincanton has the singular honour of being twinned with the satirist’s fantasy city of Ankh-Morpork....
...“Missed school means lower life skills and lower life chances,” said Simon Burgess, an education researcher at Bristol university in England....
...kate.burgess@ft.com...
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...and the philosopher Terry Eagleton....
...Premier: trousered profit “Life could be horrible in the wrong trouser of time,” argued the late Terry Pratchett, writes Kate Burgess....
...matthew.vincent@ft.com Kier: kate,burgess@ft.com...
...Putting Philip Clarke into the still warm seat of Sir Terry Leahy worked out badly at Tesco. Shaking up an inward-facing organisation has obvious appeal to those looking in....
...Nor did Quindell, the software-insurer group founded by the entrepreneurial Rob Terry....
...Finally, Peter Hancock, ousted boss of AIG, could bring something special to the role of chief executive of HSBC, writes Kate Burgess....
...B&M, chaired by former Tesco boss Sir Terry Leahy, appears to be no different. matthew.vincent@ft.com B&M European: kate.burgess@ft.com...
...Cenkos: kate.burgess@ft.com 3i and AIG: jonathan.guthrie@ft.com...
...Tesco bought Dobbies in 2007 for £155m, when Sir Terry was chief executive. The deal marked the supermarket chain’s first non-food acquisition....
...Mr Terry’s follow-on vehicle, Quob Park Estate, bought 9.9 per cent in Daniel Stewart....
...Bank regulators: kate.burgess@ft.com Diageo: jonathan.guthrie@ft.com JKX: matthew.vincent@ft.com...
...Barney Burgess of Hattington Capital, a London-based private investment company that is one of Dobbies’ new owners, believes the supermarket’s ownership may have crimped the chain’s potential....
...Mr Wilson sold his stake down in Daniel Stewart this year, a day or so before Rob Terry bought a 9 per cent stake through his new investment vehicle Quob Park Estate....
...jonathan.guthrie@ft.com Serco: kate.burgess@ft.com...
...The land grab reached its peak under former chief executive Sir Terry Leahy. Tesco’s land bank came under investigation eight years ago by the Competition Commission....
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