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There’s no business like show business, but Adam and Archie could make the grade at ITV

Crozier may not know much about television, but he and Norman deserve the benefit of the doubtUnkind observers see the appointment of Adam Crozier as chief executive of ITV as an extraordinary one: in the eyes of his critics, he has neither show nor business. Their view is that it is a crude matter of [...]

[ More ] January 31st, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in UK |

Cardiff fans hold finance protest

Cardiff City fans protest over chairman Peter Ridsdale’s handling of club finances following Saturday’s home game.

[ More ] January 30th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in UK |
 

‘Consumer champion’ MP to quit

John McFall, chairman of the Treasury Select Committee, announces he is standing down after 23 years as an MP.

[ More ] January 30th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in UK |

ITV’s postbag is overflowing – but can Crozier deliver?

Flat ad revenues, changing business models and a digital dilemma all feature in chief executive’s intrayThe new chairman of ITV, Archie Norman, doesn’t hang about. The network’s previous regime spent a wasted nine months last year attempting to appoint a chief executive in one of the messiest media operas on record. With today’s anointment of [...]

[ More ] January 29th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in UK |
 

ITV chair defends Crozier appointment

ITV chairman defends chief executive choice and all but rules out sale of programme-making armITV chairman Archie Norman has staunchly defended his decision to overlook TV veterans in his international search for a chief executive, following today’s appointment of Adam Crozier, and all but ruled out further cost cuts or a sell-off of its programme-making [...]

[ More ] January 28th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in UK |

ITV appoints Adam Crozier as chief executive

Adam Crozier, head of Royal Mail and former boss of the FA, to take up role as ITV chief executive later this yearITV has appointed Adam Crozier, the head of Royal Mail and former boss of the FA, has been appointed the new chief executive of ITV.Crozier, also a former chief executive of ad agency [...]

[ More ] January 28th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in UK |
 

Inequality harms all of us | Lesley Riddoch

It’s not only the poorest who suffer from inequality – in an equal society, fulfilment and health improve for everyoneThe richest 10% of the British population are more than 100 times as wealthy as the poorest 10% of society. Whichever way you look at it, the National Equality Panel report makes shocking reading. But some [...]

[ More ] January 27th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in UK |

Cuts must not be made to widening access schemes, philanthropist says

Sir Peter Lampl warns against cuts in funding to help pupils from poorer backgrounds get into university as a scheme is shown to double their chancesOne of Britain’s best-known philanthropists has warned against cutting the money spent on widening university access, as an outreach scheme designed to help bright pupils from poor backgrounds get into [...]

[ More ] January 26th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in UK |

Tory calls for end to UUP link

The chairman of a grassroots Conservative party group calls for an end to the alliance with the Ulster Unionists.

[ More ] January 26th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in UK |

Welsh rugby chief admits e-mail ‘error’

The Welsh Rugby Union chairman apologises for using its e-mail on invitations to a £1,000-a-plate fundraising dinner for Labour.

[ More ] January 26th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in UK |
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