Hints and tips:
...Vernon Bogdanor, a leading constitutional historian, fears the worst for Whitehall....
...In 2009 the clerk for legislation Robert Rogers, now Lord Lisvane, published a list of 75 actions to revive the chamber....
...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...
...Clive Rogers (Saturdays only at Admiral Vernon), 01784-481 100; orient-rug.com. Couverture & The Garbstore, 188 Kensington Park Road, London W11 (020-7229 2178; couvertureandthegarbstore.com)....
...From its president, Sir Vernon Ellis, there was a promise that the new financially straitened era at the London Coliseum would not affect its cultural output....
...Photographs: Rob Greig Letter in response to this article: Credit the vibrant work of Johnny Dewe Mathews / From Anthony Vernon...
...Rob Roger, chief executive of Spire, said: “We are pleased with the level of investor interest we’re seeing at this stage of the IPO process....
...But Roger Witcomb, chairman of the Competition Commission, said “many private hospitals face little competition”, leading to “higher prices for insured patients”....
...Kim Vernon of brand growth consultancy Vernon Company seconds this. “There’s a fine line with age and representation,” says Vernon....
...Fifa has also banned executive committee member Vernon Manilal Fernando for eight years following a two-day hearing, but declined to reveal the reasons....
...The atmosphere in their room was so competitively tense that at one point Pol Roger’s selector of the blind wines refused to enter....
...At JL Vernon, Christophe Constance’s wines are a pure and texturally rich homage to Le Mesnil’s chalky soils....
...“They probably will just let it be mispronounced and misspelt by others,” Mr Rogers said....
...My next call was to Vernon Mascarenhas, an old friend whose farm, Secretts, outside Guildford, Surrey, now supplies many top restaurants....
...Roger Blundell, finance director, said that the £125m target could have been covered fourfold by the initial book....
...Roger Carr, chairman, Centrica. Rory Collins, co-director, Clinical Trial Service Unit and Epidemiological Studies Unit, University of Oxford. Vernon Ellis, chairman, English National Opera....
...And what of constitutional historian Vernon Bogdanor, who also engaged in some speculation? Mandelson says simply, “Vernon is a very wise man with many historical insights.” End of interview....
...Pre-tax profit slid from £11.6m to £7.1m as Sportech took an exceptional charge of £6.7m from the Vernons merger. Earnings per share fell from 12.8p to 5.1p....
...In March 1919, MI5’s own concert party, the “Barmy Breezies”, put on the Hush Hush Review, a mildly risqué production gently mocking the director-general, Vernon Kell, who went on to become the longest-serving...
...Her steady progress hit a speed bump in December 2003, when Roger Deromedi was named as chief executive of Kraft. She subsequently left to head PepsiCo’s FritoLay....
...As Alex Vernon points out in his book On Tarzan, they reflect a deep-seated anxiety over interracial relationships, extending from colonial times into the mid-20th century....
...Brands such as Vernon’s Pools, Tate and Lyle, Triumph and British Leyland quit the city or closed and tens of thousands of people followed them....
...Net debt, post the Vernons acquisition, fell to £86.5m, and the gearing ratio is 49 per cent. Trading for 2008 has begun well....
...He will play Elgar’s Violin Concerto, the work that helped establish his reputation when he recorded it under the baton of Vernon Handley, who will also conduct the Prom concert....
...Deal is sealed Sportech sealed the deal that brings virtually the whole of the football pool business under one roof, paying Ladbrokes £51m for Vernons Pools, writes Roger Blitz....
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