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...Scholar’s exit from the Treasury marked the end of a three-decade career in Whitehall....
...In or out of power, he’s an indispensable guide to the Whitehall maze....
...Alongside businesses such as Caran d’Ache, Faber-Castell, ST Dupont, and Smythson — which all specialise in stationery and writing instruments — jewellers such as Cartier and Chopard are offering pens as...
...Her three-bedroom apartment is in Montana, the less smart and more affordable half of town — more snowboard shops than jewellers....
...There is some scepticism in Whitehall about whether Bain will actually proceed to a judicial review, which would bring further public attention to the company’s activities in South Africa....
...The appointment of Lord Gerry Grimstone, an unpaid minister for investment from March 2020 to July 2022, was approved this month by the Whitehall watchdog that reviews whether appointments of former ministers...
...The transactions followed LVMH’s blockbuster acquisition of US jeweller Tiffany in 2020 for $15.8bn....
...There is a separate question about the precise consequences of the proliferation of WhatsApp across Whitehall and Westminster....
...Blob’s your uncle | Simon Case, head of the UK civil service, denounced as “self-defeating cowardice” claims that Whitehall is part of a “blob” intent on frustrating the will of the Conservative government...
...As for why so many jewellers have embraced jewellery as a medium, their motivations vary. Giacometti turned his maquettes into necklaces to pay the rent at the beginning of his career....
...Rees-Mogg is no fan of consultants in Whitehall, according to a person familiar with his thinking....
...Incidentally, a plethora of media outlets (inc....
...When I speak with her, she is with one of her jewellers and regales me with tales of a whirlwind week that began in Florence for the launch of Lavazza’s “I Can Change the World” 2022 calendar (she’s September...
...But Cummings has also revealed the awesome power that WhatsApp holds in Whitehall....
...Another senior Whitehall official confirmed that mixing doses was “how we’re going to do the autumn booster programme”....
...Another Whitehall insider said there was an increasing sense that a “smallish delay” may be likely. “Irreversibility is key to this....
...Among the luxury outlets on New Bond Street, there were just two people waiting behind the ruby red and gold railings set up outside jeweller Cartier. At Hermes, a queue of 30 had built up by midday....
...’re feeling confused, frustrated or even angry, I would urge you to sign up for the session next Tuesday lunchtime with me, Josephine Cumbo, the FT’s global pensions correspondent, and Sebastian Payne, Whitehall...
...to develop its own search technology, Boris Johnson’s plan to flout international law over Brexit is set to be blocked by the House of Lords, LVMH is in talks to renegotiate its $16.6bn takeover of US jeweller...
...LVMH and Tiffany last month agreed that the French luxury group would buy the American jeweller at a roughly 3 per cent discount to the price that the two had agreed to last November....
...Jewellers at Bulgari and Dior report robust demand for bespoke commissions....
...No battle captured that dynamic better than when LVMH boss Bernard Arnault tried to scare US jeweller Tiffany into cutting the price of his planned $16.6bn takeover....
...Also featured are Vijay Mallya, a fugitive liquor magnate, and celebrity jeweller Nirav Modi, who is being held in a UK jail....
...It has faced multiple legal challenges from the tycoons featured in the show, who include fugitive liquor magnate Vijay Mallya and Nirav Modi, a celebrity jeweller accused of being at the centre of an alleged...
...LVMH appointed two top executives from its Louis Vuitton brand and one of billionaire founder Bernard Arnault’s sons, Alexandre Arnault, to run US jeweller Tiffany after its $15.8bn takeover was completed...
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