Scottish financial services veteran Sir Donald Brydon is to retire as chairman of accounting and business software group Sage. The former investment banker will have led the firm for nine years when he steps down from the Newcastle-based company in September 2021. Read More Related Articles Read More Related Articles …
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WPP announced its half year 2020 results this morning (teacher’s A-level grade B+) so pinging into the inbox is an announcement from S4 Capital, now home to WPP founder Sir Martin Sorrell. Sorrell’s S4 – which now styles itself a “tech-led, new age, new era digital advertising and marketing services …
Read More »Sage chairman to retire next year
Sir Donald Brydon is to step down as chairman of Sage Group in September 2021. His retirement is in line with the UK Corporate Governance Code requirement for a chair to step down after nine years on the board. Brydon became chairman in 2012, the same year he joined the …
Read More »50p coin sells on eBay for £400 because of ‘error’
A 50p coin which was released just 10 years ago in 2010 has sold on eBay for £400 thanks to a printing error. The coin was one of 7.4million released into circulation to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Girl Guides. Because there are so many Girl Guide 50ps in …
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Read More »Watford and St Albans named hotspots for returning online orders
Two areas in Hertfordshire have been named as “hotspots” in the UK for people returning items ordered online. Royal Mail says it has seen a 25 percent increase in traffic for returns since lockdown. It has now revealed that St Albans and Watford are at the top of the list …
Read More »70 jobs lost as pandemic kills events business
The show won’t go on for event production business MCLCreate after it was forced to close with the loss of 71 jobs. The £10m-turnover company collapsed into administration as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. MCLCreate was based in Birmingham and had depots in Manchester, Edinburgh and Glasgow. It had …
Read More »Letters of Russian duchess who escaped 1918 execution for sale
Letters from a surviving member of the Russian royal family expressing her ‘hatred’ of the British for not protecting her murdered relatives have emerged for sale for £70,000. The correspondence took place between Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna and her sister the Grand Duchess Xenia between 1916 and 1920. Olga’s older …
Read More »BMW and Mini to axe 520 jobs at Birmingham, Oxford and Swindon plants
BMW is axing 520 production roles at its car manufacturing plants in Birmingham, Oxford and Swindon. Of these, 400 roles will be lost at the group’s Mini plant in Oxford, which is roughly a 10% cut to the 4,000-strong workforce on site. 1 BMW is axing 520 roles including 400 …
Read More »Prince Harry and Meghan Markle officially change the title of Sussex Royal to MWX Foundation
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have officially changed the name of their Sussex Royal charity to the MWX Foundation. The Duke, 35, and Duchess of Sussex, 39, agreed to stop using their ‘Sussex Royal’ brand after officially stepping away from The Firm on April 1 this year. Their departure – …
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