ON THE BOARD: Smoke detector maker Halma appointed Dame Louise Makin as chairman By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 23:14 GMT, 9 February 2021 | Updated: 23:14 GMT, 9 February 2021 Smoke detector maker Halma has appointed Dame Louise Makin chairman –making her the 12th woman to hold the job in the FTSE … Read more
Gavin Williamson slams outgoing chairman of student watchdog for failing to protect free speech on Britain’s campuses Gavin Williamson criticised Office for Students for not protecting free speech He said under Sir Michael Barber ‘little regulatory action’ has been taken In a letter, he urged Lord Wharton of Yarm to ‘use the full range of its powers’ … Read more
Debenhams collapse was ‘just bad luck’ (says man who made millions running chain) By Richard Marsden for the Daily Mail Published: 22:00 GMT, 8 February 2021 | Updated: 22:00 GMT, 8 February 2021 A former chairman of Debenhams who made multi-million pound personal gains from the store has claimed its downfall was due to ‘bad … Read more
Sir Peter Bazalgette surveys an elaborate network of fencing snaking through Notting Hill Gate, where a huge leak recently turned the West London thoroughfare into a lake. We’ve been discussing his great-great-grandfather – the engineer Sir Joseph Bazalgette, who masterminded the capital’s Victorian sewer system – and the ITV chairman and arts grandee draws an … Read more
Unbelievable footage shows yet another parish council zoom meeting in Cheshire descending into chaos as a councillor mutters, ‘Wipe that smirk off your f***ing face, you f***ing piece of s**t’ – not realising he is unmuted. The heated clip, involving members of Penketh Parish Council, has emerged just days after a chaotic Zoom meeting in Handforth … Read more
Unbelievable footage shows yet another parish council zoom meeting in Cheshire descending into chaos as a councillor mutters, ‘Wipe that smirk off your f***ing face, you f***ing piece of s**t’ – not realising he is unmuted. The heated clip, involving members of Penketh Parish Council, has emerged just days after a chaotic Zoom meeting in Handforth … Read more
Parish council planning and environment committee meetings are usually quite a dull and sleepy affair. But for the people of Handforth in Cheshire, one such event turned into an explosive trail of insults, power grabs and chaos as councillors lost control of what was meant to be a very simple agenda. Footage of the absurd meeting … Read more
Issa brothers name former M&S chief Lord Rose as chairman of their EG petrol station empire By Tom Witherow For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 GMT, 21 January 2021 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 21 January 2021 The brothers who have bought Asda for £6.8billion have appointed retail veteran Lord Rose as chairman of their petrol … Read more
Appointment of former Goldman Sachs banker Richard Sharp as the next chairman of the BBC is approved by the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee The former Goldman Sachs banker faced questions from committee on Thursday Committee chairman Julian Knight said Mr Sharp ‘impressed’ the MPs Mr Sharp was chosen by the Government as its … Read more
HENRY DEEDES: We don’t know much about him other than he made stacks at Goldman Sachs, and is pals with Chancellor Rishi Sunak.