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Databank Inside the City John Collingridge the Week in the Markets the Economy 12 The Sunday Times February 4, 2018 BUSINESS Oliver Shah LETTERS Presidents Club’s all-male pensions. The former boss of Send your letters, including Imagine multiplying that in the present arrangements, number of people falling Rugby star has last laugh over ‘troll’ audience to bid for a course the Pension Protection Fund full name and address, across the country. Freeing with all the cost and waste asleep with a lit cigarette has of plastic surgery at a Harley (PPF), the industry-funded to: The Sunday Times, up time and resources by they create. declined and electrical Why was an England rugby “aggressive trolling” under Street clinic that lost him the lifeboat, is set to chair the 1 London Bridge Street, changing approach will have David Dunbar, Evesham, appliances have gained player tweeting about the the Twitter alias gig. He reportedly roared: investment committee at London SE1 9GF. Or email: a beneficial effect on patients Worcestershire moulded plugs. resignation of the chairman @havingalaugh3 — mainly “A boob job for the missus — the British Coal Staff [email protected] and waiting lists. Consequently, fire stations of the Association of criticism of his performances ten grand to get me started!” Superannuation Scheme. Letters may be edited Dr Ralph Rogers, consultant in David Smith let the NHS have been closed, retiring Mortgage Intermediaries last on the pitch, but also more Rubenstein, 61, stood orthopaedic and sports management off too lightly. firemen not replaced, and week? Even by trade body personal abuse. down from the PPF last medicine, Harley Street, “Excessively bureaucratic” existing firemen upskilled to standards, the AMI is a niche The rugby star said he Property boys month after an eight-year How to make the NHS London W1 may fairly describe the take on new activities. organisation — not one you complained to Bunton’s stint that culminated in the fit and healthy organisation overall, but it is The NHS has not adapted would expect to pique the employer, Bath mortgage tone it down famous battle with Green David Smith is right that “a David Smith omitted a few rich in data and ease of to changing situations. The interest of Freddie Burns, 27, company London & Country Speaking of that highly over BHS’s pension deficit cash injection alone won’t other possibilities for easing communication across its number of babies born is at a the Bath fly-half with 10 (L&C). Bunton has now salubrious evening in the (Green eventually paid up). cure NHS ills” (Economic the perennial crisis. constituent parts. There is no 10-year low, while citizens England caps to his name. resigned from L&C and the Dorchester hotel, an unusual Rubenstein, who is already a Outlook, last week). Of his 1. Introduce non-intensive excuse for best practice in born back in the 1940s are After a bit of digging, the AMI, although neither mood of self-restraint is non-executive on the board five alternatives for care centres for the patients, clinical and administrative making greater demands on resignation of Patrick organisation would already in evidence as the of the insurer esure, is now supporting the health service mainly old, who don’t need areas not to be identified, the NHS. There should be Bunton, 40, becomes a comment on Burns’s property industry prepares said to be contemplating a — both in crisis and long term the intensive and expensive disseminated and insisted more provision for the elderly whole lot more interesting. allegations. Coincidence? for its annual booze-up in the portfolio career. — introducing genuine treatment of hospitals but are upon with great rapidity. and less maternity provision. According to a tweet South of France. One thing’s for sure: the efficiency improvements is not ready to go home. They An avoidable death in any All this has been known for by Burns, Bunton had Mipim is traditionally a erstwhile Lehman Brothers the most sustainable. would also help with many of organisation would normally many years. Unless sensible orchestrated a campaign of And the Oscar bacchanalian affair where banker will be navigating A root-and-branch review the seasonal disorders lead to formal investigation long-term planning is brought 20,000 agents and calmer waters in his new role. would demonstrate areas of currently seen at hospitals. and castigation of managers, in to the NHS and resources gavel goes to . developers knock back warm At the last count, the British clinical practice where 2. Introduce a proper but there are thousands of are adapted to the needs of The organisers of last week’s lager and dredge up their Coal scheme had a healthy advances already in use in the winter strategy in advance of such deaths in the NHS every society, these perpetual cries JUST SAYING . IFR banking dinner — known O-level French. But in the surplus of £9.4bn. private sector could be the annual onslaught, with year with no comparable of “not enough money’ will as the City Oscars — must aftermath of the Presidents introduced in the NHS, saving additional wards in disused process of accountability. continue ad infinitum. If we are serious have been keen not to be Club, the chairman of one significant time and money facilities and lucrative The global airline industry Chris Betts, Gateshead, tarnished with the same private property company TWITTER POLL while giving patients a temporary contracts for went though last year without Tyne and Wear about these brush as the Presidents Club. feels the need to clarify that positive outcome. retired and other non-active a single fatality on a things, why not The former Channel 5 lunch on his yacht will Yes No My own discipline, health workers. commercial passenger jet Leicester is doing great Major League Baseball feature “nice” people only. innovative regenerative 3. Introduce optional flight. This shows what can be start-up business have a minister for presenter Jonny Gould, Another property tycoon, medicine, has the potential to payment for enhanced achieved with the right Last week’s headline a fixture on the London whose penchant for scantily 36% 64% delay or even prevent the facilities — a sort of NHS club mindset towards spreading “Birmingham, cradle of the trade for China? charity circuit, had been clad models has not gone need for joint replacement class. good practice. start-up revolution” was due to host the event’s unnoticed, is not even sure surgery. The NHS is still using 4. Roll out a national Peter Reeves, Hove, misleading. According to your “tombstone” auction, where he will attend this year. “If I surgical techniques that are, strategy based on best East Sussex table, 77% of start-ups banks compete to put their do, I think it’s best to go low- in many cases, unnecessary practice for non-emergency originate in London (187,250 names on a deal-style key,” he says. and expensive. medical support, to ease the A commercial organisation in total) and only about 5% announcement. However, A freedom of information pressure on A&E facilities. lives or dies depending on (12,108) in Birmingham. after a seven-year stint, the request shows that in London The Tory-dominated how it meets the needs of its Leicester, which came fifth The former Treasury 56-year-old was absent on Ruby’s easier life Was easyJet’s new, male alone, hospital trusts carried government of the past eight customers. However, changes with 5,942 new companies, minister and Goldman Tuesday evening, replaced boss Johan Lundgren right out 5,626 knee replacement years failed to grasp the in public services arouse has a similar propensity for Sachs chief economist by broadcaster and former at the coal face to take a £34,000 pay cut operations in 2016-17, with an health and care nettle. intense opposition. Look at start-ups to Birmingham Lord (Jim) O’Neill on how to Tory MP Gyles Brandreth. Clashes with Sir Philip Green to match the salary of his average waiting time of 114 Jeremy Hunt now has both the fire service. The number given that its population is grow trade with China, now Perhaps it was Gould’s clearly didn’t kill Alan predecessor, Carolyn days; and 5,215 arthroscopy under his control. It’s time for of fires in England has halved less than half the size. just 3% of our total exports gusto in encouraging the Rubenstein’s enthusiasm for McCall? @ST_Business procedures, with an average an imaginative remodelling of in the past decade as chip Alexander Johnston, Syston, waiting time of 113 days. the system to close the gaps pans have disappeared, the Leicestershire DATABANK INSIDE THE CITY JOHN COLLINGRIDGE THE WEEK IN THE MARKETS THE ECONOMY FTSE 100 FTSE 100 DOLLAR Consumer prices index current rate prev. month £22.1m on £132.7m revenues former research analyst Matt USD > GBP 3.0% 3.1% No techs, in 2016. “Our thesis is that Earl went for the jugular. 7,800 CPI including housing current rate prev. month lurking in the Cardiff suburbs ShadowFall Capital and $1.41 is UK tech’s next large-cap Research published a note 7,600 V 0.01 2.7% 2.8% please, tech company,” wrote an claiming IQE appears reliant 12-month high: $1.43 low: $1.21 Retail prices index current rate prev. month analyst at brokerage Stifel. on two joint ventures — one in 7,400 we’re That meteoric rise caught Cardiff, another in Singapore 7,443.43 EURO 4.1% 3.9% EUR > GBP the eye of short-sellers, — for a substantial chunk of its 222.11 H:7,792.6 7,200 Average weekly earnings on prev.
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