Deloitte cleared after report into Phoenix Four over Rover collapse September 13, 2009 DELOITTE, the accountants for failed carmaker MG Rover, got the all clear from the 850-word independent report on the collapse of the company, it emerged yesterday, despite charging the business £30.7m in fees over five years. The news clears the auditor and tax advising firm after years of speculation that it could be reprimanded, having [...]
Eco case raises philosophical questions November 10, 2009 ALL those people who designated their religion as “Jedi Knight” in the last census may have delighted at the case of the so-called “eco-employee” last week. The employee in question is Tim Nicholson, who formerly worked for residential landlord Grainger. Nicholson claims that he was made redundant because of his environmental beliefs, and has been [...]
JUDGE TO STRIKE OUT ON TURF OF TRADERS October 15, 2009 A SLIGHT glitch yesterday at the long-anticipated court case between wheeler-dealers BGC Partners and Tullett Prebon, as one of the barristers was taken ill and could not attend to give his opening statements. As is customary with these things, the rest of the legal eagles were keen to make the best of their time in [...]
Slowly but surely, signs that the law is opening up July 28, 2009 IQUALIFIED – against all odds – to become a lawyer,” recalled Constance Briscoe, barrister, part-time judge and author of the bestselling misery memoir Ugly. She was talking on Radio 4’s PM programme last week following the report by an all-party panel chaired by former cabinet minister Alan Milburn on social mobility and the professions. “I’ve [...]
MILLIONAIRE LEAVES THE LAP OF LUXURY TO GET BY ON 64 A WEEK October 14, 2009 CHANNEL 4-gazers might have been surprised last night by the sight of a familiar face popping up on the box: Pimlico Plumbers boss Charlie Mullins. Mullins, himself the subject of a classic rags-to-riches tale as a self-made business tycoon, was taking part in the channel’s popular “Secret Millionaire” show, for which he travelled to a [...]
In an ecclesiastical home, heaven is a place on earth September 3, 2009 OKAY, so it might involve sleeping where an altar once was. Or perhaps a belltower, nave or vestry. It sounds ever so slightly scandalous, but ecclesiastic properties are recession-busting favourites, with architectural features that can’t be rivalled. In London, there’s a range of options – many of which are considered hip as well as high-end, [...]
In an ecclesiastical home, heaven is a place on earth September 3, 2009 OKAY, so it might involve sleeping where an altar once was. Or perhaps a belltower, nave or vestry. It sounds ever so slightly scandalous, but ecclesiastic properties are recession-busting favourites, with architectural features that can’t be rivalled. In London, there’s a range of options – many of which are considered hip as well as high-end, [...]
Faulks takes aim at London, the City and Dickens September 2, 2009 A WEEK IN DECEMBERBY SEBASTIAN FAULKSHutchinson, £18.99 WITH HIS interest in the historical past and his solid, straightforward prose, Sebastian Faulks is the bard of Middle England. His most famous books – Birdsong, Charlotte Gray et al – are set in the world wars, times sure to interest your middlebrow reader. So he is taking [...]
Lonmin poaches Rio veteran June 4, 2009 Mining giant Lonmin has appointed Jonathan Leslie, the former mining director of Rio Tinto who spent 26 years at the group, as a non-executive director on its board. Leslie, 58, also served as chief executive of Rio’s copper and diamonds & gold arms. The barrister left Rio in 2003 to become chief executive of South [...]
City Moves who’s switching jobs May 25, 2009 WolseleyThe plumbers and builders merchant has appointed Michael Wareing, chief executive of accountancy firm KPMG, and Alain Le Goff, a former executive at consumer giant Reckitt Benckiser, as non-executive directors. Wareing, pictured, 55, joined KPMG in 1973 and became chief executive in 2005. Le Goff, 57, retired as executive vice president of supply at Reckitt [...]