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By ALEX BRUMMER FOR THE DAILY MAIL Updated: 02:25 EST, 22 November 2024 A perennial complaint, often heard, is the lack of towering figures and the contested battles which once dominated the City. The likes of Mrs Thatcher’s favourites Lord Hanson and Lord King of BA and the politically savvy …

Management gets extra points too for announcing the ploy just as many households begin to think about writing this year’s batch of Christmas cards. According to a recent analysis by The Telegraph, a first-class stamp is now so expensive that it would be cheaper to fly to some European cities …

By ALEX BRUMMER FOR THE DAILY MAIL Updated: 17:00 EST, 11 November 2024 The significance of Britain’s trade with the US cannot be underestimated. A long sought after free-trade deal is elusive despite the best efforts of former Business Secretary, now Tory leader, Kemi Badenoch. The debate in Britain foolishly …

By Alex Brummer for the Daily Mail Updated: 17:00 EDT, 23 September 2024 Until quite recently, there was an unhelpful habit of UK company boards rapidly buckling when faced with overseas and private equity takeovers. There would be dire warnings from fee-hungry investment banks that failure to accept seemingly generous …

By Alex Brummer for the Daily Mail Updated: 18:13 EDT, 7 September 2024 Last month, my 96-year-old relative, an Auschwitz survivor, was finally discharged from the bright new Louisa Martindale building at the Sussex County Hospital after a five-week stay. As so often before, her fighting spirit prevailed over a …

Such a fate would greatly undermine the core purpose of the service. As the Greetings Card Association warns, the proposals appear to take the country “one step closer to the dismantling of a postal service that’s affordable and reliable”.  Some would say it stopped being either of those things some time …

When’s the last time you bought a postage stamp? Granted, to do that you have to locate a post office which will probably be at the back of an off licence, past piles of confectionery, rather than in one of the handsome municipal buildings where they were once to be …

By Alex Brummer for the Daily Mail Updated: 16:50 EDT, 2 August 2024 Scrutiny: Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky Keir Starmer is not known for loose language. So it was fascinating to hear him cautioning against ‘flogging off’ vital assets when unveiling plans to make Britain a green energy powerhouse. The Prime …

By Maggie Pagano Updated: 03:47 EDT, 23 July 2024 President Macron must be gnashing his teeth. One of France’s most influential and colourful media tycoons, Vincent Bollore, has chosen the London Stock Exchange to list his global TV arm, Canal+, rather than stay in Paris. It’s a great coup for …

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