Will now be courted by the makers of Celebrity Big Brother or, if that’s beneath his dignity, I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here Old friends Nicholas Parsons. Last year, Pandora successfully persuaded Paul Merton to get the likeable TV host a spot presenting Have I Got News For You. This...

I think that consumers will be prepared to pay for content that they trust and content that they like,” says the WPP chief executive.Has Sir Martin any advice – apart from geographical diversification – for traditional media companies on how they can confront the threat of the internet?...

8/10 Martin Lindstrom AUTHOR AND BRAND EXPERTLindstrom founded his own advertising company at the age of 12. Now, he’s a branding guru to the likes of Disney and Pepsi, and predicts how brands will evolve. 8/10 Sue Elms HEAD OF CARAT INSIGHTElms uncovered the emergence of Generation Jones in the...

Gartmore and Henderson have a considerable overlap in the UK, meaning managers will need to be axed, brands will have to be merged or disposed of, and clients will inevitably walk out of the door.However, if Henderson walks away from Gartmore – and hands back the money to shareholders – it...

But Mr Smith said yesterday that the headcount was likely to be 4,000 lower by the end of 2006.He was speaking as GKN beat market expectations with a 31 per cent rise in underlying pre-tax profits last year to £203m and painted an upbeat picture for this year and 2007, sending its shares 7 per cent...

“Everything in Milan is super-efficient and on time, which suits me perfectly.”The comments will prompt wry smiles in many quarters, not least at the British Airways magazine itself.La Campbell treated them with customary slipperiness.”She postponed us at least once,” I’m...

I always want to know that they hire me based on my work, not the other people I’m doing.”. Sectarian violence continued to wreak havoc in Iraq as a series of car bombs, suicide attacks and mortar barrages killed at least 60 people. At the same time it was claimed that up to 1,300 people...

Lots of it.Nanjing has got it, be sure of that, but it is not about to expend it in Birmingham If it had wanted to it would have done so by now. If a partner can find the cash to make cars in Birmingham, then Nanjing will be happy to help out.The company is none too fussy, and will work with anyone –...

The lorry used to transport £53m in Britain’s biggest robbery is believed to have been found by police in a significant breakthrough in the case. The Mayor was due to begin a four-week suspension today for comparing a Jewish reporter from London’s Evening Standard to a Nazi concentration...

Again, Hyland’s big achievement is in the distinctive, engaging voice of her young narrator, which doesn’t have a phoney thing about it.. But when his family begins to come apart, and he learns that the world can’t be described by a compendium of facts, measurements and records, he’s...