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Boardoom execution at Reed

Posted by Neil Hume on Nov 11 08:47. Comment.

Forget the recent reshuffle at Barclays, this is a proper executive-level knifing.

After just 8 months in the job, Ian Smith, chief executive of Reed Elsevier — which publishes the New Scientist and The Lancet — quit on Wednesday morning. More…

Merger to create UK’s biggest housebuilder

Posted by Gwen Robinson on Mar 26 04:53. Comment.

George Wimpey and Taylor Woodrow are set to merge in a £5bn deal to create Britain’s biggest housebuilder, with operations in the UK and the US producing 30,000 houses a year. The UK’s biggest-ever housing deal, More…