Not just a British icon – a WHSmith outlet in an airport in Doha, Qatar. TY Lim/ShutterstockAfter 124 years as a familiar fixture to generations of customers, there will no longer be a place for WH Smith on UK high streets.
The Bank's Court of Directors acts as a unitary board, setting the organisation's strategy and budget and taking key decisions on resourcing and appointments. Required to meet a minimum seven times per year, it has five executive members from the Bank and up to nine non-executive members.
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Unlike large investment banks, boutiques are fully exposed to the dealmaking lull
Slate of candidates backed by billionaire Francesco Gaetano Caltagirone secured just 3 board seats
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After springing an Easter surprise in the form of a support and investment package, PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis responded to rumours of snap elections by stressing that intends to stay the course in government and lead the battle for a third term. Officials are already outlining the next round of relief measures aimed at middle earners.
Recent months have seen a dramatic shift in US policies on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). These changes carry deep economic consequences. President Donald Trump’s executive orders aim to ban DEI initiatives in federal agencies and contractors, and private companies have felt pressure to weaken or drop their DEI programmes. Trump has framed what was once a corporate safeguard against discrimination as “illegal and immoral”, marking a stark reversal in legal and business norms.
The IMF released this week the latest macro and fiscal outlook in the context of the spring meetings. Its observations on Greece were in line with those in the recent Article IV consultations.
Equities trading frenzy lifted investment banking division to highest-ever revenues
