IT still ranks as one of the biggest challenges of my working life. Give me an arrogant company chairman or cabinet minister to interview, or even the cashflow demands that come from running a business, and I’ll tell you that either are easier than the Lord’s Taverners Balloon Debate. It is more than two years […]
David Parkin on a looming Balloon challenge and the wisdom of Cellino Read More »
MASSIMO Cellino has been in charge of Leeds United for barely 18 months but his latest managerial sacking was greeted with a grim inevitability by long-suffering supporters of the Championship team. Are fans of the club today paying the price for something that happened in a previous life? Or is it payback time for all
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I THOUGHT I recognised one face among the eager bunch who make up the latest intake on BBC TV show The Apprentice. Ruth Whiteley is the oldest of this year’s candidates at 47 and has a forceful enough personality to either win her tasks and impress Lord Sugar enough for him to invest £250,000 into
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THERE are worse ways to wake up than pulling back your curtains and seeing the shimmering blue sea of the Persian Gulf beyond a golden white beach. I’m on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Dubai as a guest of Etihad Airways and Hyatt Hotels as they showcase these twin pillars of success. I’ve visited
David Parkin on Arabian days and nights, the PwC connection and salt beef success Read More »
FRESH from the opening of the new John Lewis store in Birmingham, the store chain’s chief executive was in Leeds this week to take part in a discussion about leadership in the 21st century. Given that John Lewis is a partnership founded by a man born in the Victorian era, you might have expected Andy
