How to fire your builder: tips
The art of builder-management, explained.
FD watch ? Simon Nicholls
Simon Nicholls has been appointed group finance director of Senior.
PR appointment marks next step in development
Fit for Sport founder Dean Horridge has hired a PR firm to raise brand awareness of the child health specialist and to ensure the right messages are being promoted.
FD update ? Simon Poulton
Simon Poulton has resigned as finance director of Photo-Me International.
FD update ? Steve Dryden
Steve Dryden has joined the board of DS Smith as group finance director.
CFO watch ? Rick McHattie
Rick McHattie has resigned as chief financial officer of Dealogic, which provides software, communications and information products to investment banks.
?Ambitious young graduates? No thanks,? says CEO.
Julian Driver, CEO of Vickers Laboratories, finds it nigh impossible to recruit good people. But surprisingly, it’s not the young bucks that prove their mettle; it’s the old dogs.
Green funerals on the increase
Anderson Maguire managing director Dom Maguire says his funeral home has been thinking green for a long time.
Immigration: the real benefits
A House of Lords report out today questions whether immigration brings significant economic benefits. But one of Britain’s most successful Asian entrepreneurs says the UK couldn’t survive without immigrants.
Terminal 5 time waster
They say to succeed in business, you have to be nimble. And one entrepreneur-led Glasgow-based company has certainly shown that trait having developed this great time waster based on the drama that continues to unfold at Heathrow’s new Terminal 5.
Cinema sale was “stressful”
Businesswoman Romaine Hart has just sold her family business, Screen Cinemas, for a very respectable £6.9m. Instead of popping open the champagne, she’s still recovering from the stress of the sale.
FD watch ? Stephen Weaver
Stephen Weaver has been appointed finance director of Plant Health Care.