There are all the inspirational leaders? As global choices multiply and those at the top are seen as only too fallible, it is a question increasingly being asked. We struggle to fill top jobs satisfactorily, as people shy away from what they see as a poisoned chalice. Students in their early 20s may understand the [...]
These included 26 drawings of Sir Steve Redgrave by Dryden Goodwin for £25,000, and a painting of Rupert Murdoch by Jonathan Yeo for £11,750.Stuart Pearson Wright was paid £32,900 for a series of 10 drawings of prominent actors, including Jeremy Irons.The cost of the gallery’s other high-profile recent commissions are also contained in the FOI [...]
The first firm evidence of a slowdown in the housing market in the wake of the terror attacks emerged yesterday as new figures showed parts of London had ground to a halt.Meanwhile, a separate survey revealed the number of new mortgage applications had fallen sharply before the attacks in the US which demolished the World [...]
Morgan Stanley’s withdrawal follows a series of profits warnings from the likes of Charles Schwab, the US retail broker, and Comdirect, its German rival.Per Larsson, OM’s chief executive, said the move would enable Jiway to cut costs by integrating its operations with those of OM.Jiway was expected to make a profit in the last quarter [...]
“He would have been too uptight and nervous after a journey that took three hours.” If there are shades of Stan Collymore about Latapy, who has just begun a ban for drink-driving, then it extends to the pitch too. The enigmatic playmaker, who shone in the Champions’ League with FC Porto, can prise open tight [...]
A close-up view of the Aussies may show England’s foremost frustrated talent just exactly what a world-class performer does out on the field.With Robert Croft almost certain to be surplus to requirements at Headingley, England will probably resort to seven batsmen again. If they do, none of the places should go to Mark Ramprakash or [...]
However, she will make it clear to teachers’ unions that she will not allow them to block attempts to bring in more private-sector companies.The legislation announcement will be followed by a White Paper to be published in mid-July, outlining the rest of the Government’s plans for improving secondary school standards. As part of these plans, [...]
With the Bank of England cutting rates three times in the past four months, you will probably find a loan charging less interest than you currently pay Switching mortgages is relatively painless. You need details of your current loan, along with any redemption penalties should you decide to switch. Independent brokers such as Charcol, London [...]
In Spain the development of fixed-term contracts – which avoid companies paying vast penalties when they need to cut staff – has brought about a similar revolution, cutting unemployment dramatically. But the outcome of reforms takes a long time to affect consumer behaviour. For the next few months the German economy – indeed the whole [...]
But she’s not dreaming of any massive change in her circumstances.”What will be will be,” she says in her strange, flat way “It’s how I’ve lived my life. I don’t see why it should change.” Was she perhaps a little young for a lifetime achievement award? “A bit young, yeah,” she said, laughing at last, [...]
