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...But far more people understand that it is part and parcel of what needs to change,” said Labour MP Clive Lewis....
...Vernon Bogdanor observes that “in the post-Brexit Tory party, there is no consensus on the right way forward”....
...Investors in Metro Bank have been urged to block the re-election of chairman Vernon Hill at its annual meeting later this month, with advisory group Glass Lewis arguing that Mr Hill risked further damaging...
...The chief executive of Moneysupermarket.com Mark Lewis has indicated to the price comparison website’s board he wants to step down....
...The opening title track, about the Napoleonic Wars, opens with guitars and voices in multiple harmonies, but then a low sax line from Michael Lewis murmurs upwards to darken the mood....
...LGIM, which is Metro Bank’s biggest European shareholder, will vote against Vernon Hill for the second year running at the bank’s AGM next Tuesday, and will also vote against the reappointment of members...
...Briefly Metro Bank’s Vernon Hill is also leaving....
...Nonetheless, last month five of the biggest proxy advisers in Europe, including ISS and Glass Lewis, agreed to greater independent scrutiny. Glass Lewis declined to comment....
...And in July it outlined plans to find a new chairman to replace Vernon Hill, its dog-loving founder, even as it revealed that customers had pulled £2bn of deposits in the first half....
...Shareholder adviser Glass Lewis recommended voting against the chairman’s re-election. Yet 96 per cent voted in favour — more than previously....
...Tesco’s chief executive Dave Lewis is to step down next year after five years leading the UK’s largest food retailer....
...If the loan sale goes ahead, one problem still remains, however: chairman Vernon Hill....
...Advisers at Glass Lewis have urged investors to vote against Mr Hill as a chairman, in protest. They did the same last year....
...“One of the dangers facing frontrunners is they are sometimes fighting the last war,” said Lewis Baston, Maudling’s biographer....
...Or (if Lewis is ambitious) there’s Aviva. Either way, in LinkedIn speak, he’s “seeking new position”....
...Ahead of Metro’s annual meeting last month in a small room above its Holborn branch, the investment adviser Glass Lewis urged shareholders to vote against Mr Hill’s re-election as non-executive chairman,...
...Metro Bank’s chairman, Vernon Hill, is set to come under intense pressure at the challenger bank’s annual meeting next week as concerns mount over controversial multimillion-pound payments to a business...
...Michael Lewis added a plaintive sax solo to the collage of voices. “715 (Creeks)” was high-tech a cappella with software-altered vocals....
...Advisory group Glass Lewis complained last week about Metro’s dealings with InterArch, an architecture company owned by the wife of chairman Vernon Hill....
...But a couple of weeks ago Vernon Hill, the dog-loving chairman of Metro Bank was re-elected with 96 per cent of votes cast, in the face of opposition from Glass Lewis....
...Advisory group Glass Lewis complained last week about Metro’s dealings with InterArch, an architecture firm owned by the wife of chairman Vernon Hill, but just 3.7 per cent of votes were cast against his...
...Last month, shareholders in the UK’s Metro Bank were faced by complaints that the bank had paid £21m to InterArch, a design and architecture company owned by the wife of its chairman Vernon Hill, including...
...Advisory group Glass Lewis complained last week about Metro’s dealings with InterArch, an architecture firm owned by the wife of chairman Vernon Hill....
...In recent weeks, the fast-growing challenger to the UK’s big lenders has come under growing media and shareholder scrutiny over payments to founder and chairman Vernon Hill to cover his travel and living...
...Current and past supporters provide a roll call of British wealth and business influence: patrons include high-end developer Nick Candy; former Formula 1 magnate Bernie Ecclestone; and TV presenter Vernon...
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