Hints and tips:
...As Gieves made Nelson’s uniform, so Wellington was a patron of Hawkes, particularly its military headwear....
...These include John Vardy’s joyously flamboyant and quirky Spencer House (1756-66) with its wonderful statues of Bacchus, Ceres and Flora — well worth visiting its interiors by James “Athenian” Stuart, now...
...Among their respective clients were Nelson and Wellington. What better place to reconnect with the greatcoat?...
...He is also a governor of Wellington College, a leading British public school. But Pret’s future is at the top of his agenda....
...The Venezuelan had had a long and varied buying career that included sourcing children’s books for the now-defunct Borders, stationery for WH Smith and food for Marks and Spencer....
...Marks and Spencer’s initiative intended to tackle taboo of mental illness and make workplaces more supportive Marks and Spencer is in the vanguard of companies seeking to break the “culture of silence”...
...He remains on the publisher’s board, alongside Lord Stuart Rose, former executive chairman of Marks and Spencer. ● Related Lex note: Time Out — planning ahead...
...Grant Spencer, the central bank’s deputy governor, later told Reuters that policy makers “would be keen to see a somewhat weaker exchange rate” even if it increased the pressure on them to raise interest...
...Darrell Read was a Briton working in ICAP’s Wellington office in New Zealand....
...Darrell Read was a Briton working in ICAP’s Wellington office in New Zealand. None has had the opportunity to respond officially to the charges....
...Mr Ellis’s father, a doctor, was a keen amateur painter, and his great-aunt was an artist who trained under John Roddam Spencer Stanhope, the Pre-Raphaelite English painter....
...The search process, being run by Spencer Stuart, should conclude before the year-end and a replacement is expected to start before then....
...Marks & Spencer said although 56 stores were closed on Tuesday, only two – at Ebbw Vale and Reigate – were shut on Wednesday....
...Established in London via a Frankfurt ghetto, Nat’s Georgian ancestor built his fortune by shipping bullion to Wellington’s army in Portugal and Spain....
...Taken literally, it seems to call for the credibility of Gandhi, the gravitas of Churchill and the authority of Wellington – all combined with “exceptional financial acumen” and an ability to sweet-talk...
...If Messrs Marks and Spencer had been available to the Duke of Wellington, he would probably have put them in the vanguard of his attack on the French and lent his name to innovative pairs of underpants instead...
...Next week, the City will find out just how grim June was when Marks and Spencer releases its first quarter trading figures....
...The latest design I have tried, with some success, is from Marks and Spencer. As for Wellingtons, when I am riding, I should really change into Stylo stable-boots. I don’t always remember....
...Spencer Perceval (No. 17) is remembered only for being assassinated. His killer, John Bellingham, was an embittered obsessive; no one else would have bothered....
...Alan’s ‘You’re fired’ skit on the last days of the Blair premiership was spot on and I thought Terry’s joke about the farmer, the wellington boots and the organically-reared lambs was priceless....
...Marks & Spencer was the biggest faller. Its shares, which hit an eight-year high on Wednesday, shed 3.2 per cent to 611p on talk Baugur, the Icelandic investment company, had offloaded 40m shares....
...Amlin moved to an all-time high of 201½p as it rose 4.1 per cent, Brit Insurance Holdings gained 3.5 per cent to 90p and Wellington Underwriting was 4.1 per cent higher at 108¾p....
...Wellington Underwriting led the FTSE 250 with a gain of 6.8 per cent at 93.75p on hopes the company will clarify its intentions regarding its 16.3 per cent stake in Aspen Insurance Holding....
...Roddy Caxton-Spencer of Lloyd's broker Besso is taking part in the 1,500-mile Wellington-to-Sydney leg of the Global Challenge race....
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