FD watch – John Taylor
by Catherine Woods - Wednesday, 25th June 2008 -
John Taylor has been appointed group finance director of Maxima Holdings, the integrated IT solutions and managed services provider.
He will join the board of the company on 1 July 2008.
Taylor replaces Linda Andrews who will remain with Maxima Holdings as corporate finance director on a part-time basis.
Taylor was previously FD of Alfred McAlpine Business Services.
“What’s in Great Britain’s shop window?” asks Dragon
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James Caan has lambasted the UK for its lack of a unified brand. “You want manufacturing, you go to China. What does Britain do?” he asked attendees at a T-Mobile roundtable discussion.
ASOS cashes in on the young pound
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On-line fashion retailer ASOS reported an impressive 68 per cent increase in pre-tax profits to £4.1m. Bucking the downward trend on the high street, its sales in the first half of the year have more than doubled to £67.5m.
Stelios's wrangle with directors continues
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Laying the bait: How to hook customers
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Darren Tilley knows a thing or two about customer service. The founder of £8m-turnover chauffeured transport firm Driven Worldwide hasn’t lost a single client in the past few years.
The entrepreneur's Shakespeare
By Kate Pritchard - November 14, 2008 3:09pm GMT
We're happy for you to vent your grumbles and groans about the economic downturn on our website. So when Nick Redford, managing director of recording studio Unit58, sent us a poem about the credit crunch, we couldn’t resist sharing it with the rest of you.
The Last Millionaire explodes onto our screens
By Rebecca Burn-Callander - November 13, 2008 12:16pm GMT
It’s a familiar format: a gaggle of businesspeople are thrown together to meet a series of challenges. But the entrepreneurs on this show have already made their millions. They’re being forced to start from scratch with no money and no help in unfamiliar territory. RB’s already hooked.
