The paper may not yet be in profit but it has turned its fortunes around

The paper may not yet be in profit, but it has turned its fortunes around. The market, or one section of it, was ready for a smaller format, and The Independent executed its changes well.But as the months pass, these year-on-year figures will fall and The Independent will be quite happy if the circulation [...]

In the war he was one of the pillars of Winston

In the war, he was one of the pillars of Winston Churchill’s Coalition government. As Home Secretary, he was as well-known – and, by and large, as highly regarded – as those other solid citizens Ernest Bevin, Stafford Cripps and the party leader himself, CR Attlee. The leftist savant Harold Laski and Morrison’s lady [...]

Riding the boom in tech stocks Kingston even entered the FTSE

Riding the boom in tech stocks, Kingston even entered the FTSE 100.But then it all went wrong.While Kingston’s customers in Hull stayed loyal, business orders dried up during the economic downturn and the stock market fell out of love with it. “Investors have drained local building societies and banks in the rush to claim [...]

The cash from the subsidiaries goes directly to MG Rover group

The cash from the subsidiaries goes directly to MG Rover group.”You can understand a trade union questioning whether it’s value for money,” he continues “But I used all my personal assets to do this deal I even had to borrow money. The auditors would not allow it [asset stripping] even if we wanted to. [...]

That is what they were concerned with not having a business

That is what they were concerned with, not having a business plan straightaway.”Neil thinks that Aidan Barclay, son of Sir David, could be made chairman, but the spotlight is on the top job of chief executive, currently filled by Jeremy Deedes, brought out of retirement to steer the Telegraph group during the drawn-out auction [...]

One aide said yesterday: No one who is truly a friend of Gordon’s would ever get

One aide said yesterday: “No one who is truly a friend of Gordon’s would ever get involved in any of this silly gossip.”But last weekend, the Chancellor was involved in a row about what might be classed as “silly gossip” – the news that a former adviser to Mr Blair, Derek Scott, was writing [...]

Last year he rowed in the eight who won bronze at the world

Last year he rowed in the eight who won bronze at the world championships, and until yesterday occupied the key No 7 seat in that boat.His place in the eight will be taken by Tom Stallard “I was gutted when I heard,” Coode said. “Alex has led star performances and improvements, the Jonny Wilkinson [...]

The leading countries have all given the Super Series their blessing and the competition will be played

The leading countries have all given the Super Series their blessing and the competition will be played every four years, starting in October 2005.The motive for this can only be a further attempt to fill the unfathomably deep pockets of the ICC, a body that appears to have an almost fatal attraction for Dubloons [...]

If you do need a new swimsuit the cheap high street shops can supply one for under a tenner

If you do need a new swimsuit the cheap high street shops can supply one for under a tenner. He was transported to Bombay, but so great was the crowd of angry Indian Muslims who arrived at the port that British troops kept him on board ship and then transported him to Aden.Sheikh Jouwad [...]

It makes sense for them to wait until after a possible

It makes sense for them to wait until after a possible change of presidency to secure a vote in the UN Security Council to give the court decision any teeth. The sad truth is that attacks like yesterday’s make it even less likely that international opinion will start to focus on that imbalance.For in [...]

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