News archive from Tuesday, 01 May 2012, page 7
New partners at Dundas & Wilson
FOUR lawyers at Dundas & Wilson - which last month announced 28 job losses - have been promoted to partners. Banking specialist Craig McGinn, litigator Graeme Macleod, Grigor Milne of the corporate team and energy and infrastucture lawyer Mark...
Back with a bang: Craig Charles makes delayed comeback to Coronation Street
Coronation Street star Craig Charles returned to work this week – to film a plot line which sees his character Lloyd go head-to-head with Steve McDonald. In a “terrific” comeback after six months away, Lloyd will create mayhem by planning to open a...
Why are Mollie and Rochelle from The Saturdays in bed together naked?
The words 'The Saturdays calendar shoot' are some of the best words a man can here. We know this because we tested them out on some of the male sex earlier, and they went all weird. So when you tell boys that the Saturdays recent calendar shoot...
Ferguson accuses Mancini after row
Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson accused Manchester City counterpart Roberto Mancini of "badgering" the officials after the pair squared up on the touchline during their teams' clash at the Etihad Stadium. City prevailed 1-0...
Powers of London Mayor are limited – except over his pay
From: Coun Bernard Atha CBE (Lab), Kirkstall Ward, Leeds City Council ALEXANDRA Jones (Yorkshire Post, April 25) made a cardinal mistake when she likened the elected mayors of cities to the Mayor of London. Boris Johnson has no power over the large...
'I want to be the new Moyles': Greg James admits he's desperate for the Radio 1 breakfast show job
A frontrunner to replace Chris Moyles on Radio 1’s breakfast show has admitted he is desperate for the job. Greg James, 26, only started presenting the station’s afternoon drivetime programme last month. But he is being tipped to be in the race...
Market Report: Invensys on the up as bid rumours refuse to die
It is the takeover tale that refuses to go away. Rumours that Invensys could be in line for an approach have seemingly been around for ever, but that did not stand in the way of the City's enthusiasm for the story yesterday as the engineer jumped as...
Remploy rethink recommended
From: D Birch, Smithy Lane, Cookridge, Leeds. SHOULDN’T the Remploy charity begin at home? Surely, we shouldn’t even think about closing them down? It was always understood that, in the main, they would not be able to make a profit in money terms as...
RETURN FOR MICHAEL APPLETON IS WEST BROM PLAN
Appleton, above, quit as Hodgson's assistant last November to take charge of Pompey, but failed to save them from relegation after they suffered a 10-point penalty for going into administration. Although he has pledged to stay, the club's future...
Government’s cigarette strategy up in smoke
From: David F Chambers, Sladeburn Drive, Northallerton. AS I understand it, the logic behind the proposal to “dis-brand” cigarette packaging is that youngsters will be so turned off by the uncool appearance of the package that they will lose any...
James Moore: Aviva might want to demonstrate this tremendous value shareholders pay for
Outlook Faced with the very real possibility of a Barclays-style blow up at its AGM on Thursday, Aviva's chief executive Andrew Moss has taken the prudent course and declined an inflation-busting pay rise of nearly 5 per cent. Perhaps he, at least,...
FSA launches scheme for Arch Cru funds victims
The Financial Services Authority has launched a redress scheme for 15,000 victims of the Arch Cru funds mis-selling scandal. It could lead to investors being paid compensation of more than £100m by the financial advice firms which sold the funds. The...
WHY FA WENT FOR THE SAFE OPTION
The watching world may have gawped at Roy Hodgson as the only name on the FA's shortlist for England manager, Harry Redknapp not even warranting a mention in dispatches, but the governing body believes the 64-year-old is the complete candidate. That...
Clydesdale owner cuts 1,400 jobs as financial solutions centres axed
Clydesdale Bank's Australian owner announced earlier today it was drastically scaling back its operations in England in a move that would account for the bulk of 1,400 job cuts across the group, • Most of the cuts will affect southern England • Only...
Investment View: Admiral has been all at sea, so steer another course to a safer harbour
The motor insurance company Admiral once had the look of the sort of sleek, purring supercar its underwriters might think twice about insuring unless driven by someone with a completely clean licence aged at least 35 and preferably female. More...
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