News from 25/07/1999
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Waldemar Januszczak, Karen Krizanovich, Matthew Wall, Barbara Hall, Judith O'Reilly Education Correspondent, Michael Cockrell, Lucas Hollweg, Peter Shaffer, Fred Redwood, Nicholas Rufford, John Peter, Pam Barrett, Emma Moore, Stephen Bevan Transport Correspondent, Amanda Ursell, Neil Inkley, Susan d'Arcy, Frank Whitford, Ivo Tennant, Robert Hiscox, Hugh Lawson, Sarah Mower, David Smith, John Harlow Social Affairs Editor, Kirstie Hamilton City Editor, Humphrey Carpenter, Chris Dignan, Melanie Phillips, Ian Rowson, Frederic Raphael, Neil Wormald, Andrew Sullivan, Clive Davis, Stephen Grey, Mary Wilson, Adam Lively, Mike Fitzgerald, Nathan Schwarz, Chris Goodwin, Charlotte Wolfe, Dr Roger Henderson, Edward Platt, Tony Allen-Mills, Simon Wilde, Martin James, Robert Sandall, Anthony Sattin, Steve Farrar, Robert Winnett, Irwin Stelzer, Robert Hewison, Peter Wilson, Roger Anderson, David Dougill, York Membery, Alan Flacks, John Evans, Sarah Toyne, David Hewson, Anthony Slaughter, Tania Alexander, Jason Heath, Margaret Coles, Jonathon Carr-Brown, Alasdair Reid, Sally Becker, Hugh Canning, Nigel Williams, Jeremy Clarkson, Stewart Lee, Edward Porter, Louise Taylor, Mark Graham, Joan Nurse, David Cunningham, D P Marchessini, Larraine, Oliver Wright, C Holding, Robin Marlar, Graham Otway, Sally Platt, Richard Johnson, Ken Roper, Phillip Oppenheim, Stuart Wavell, Maggie Gee, Sean Hanna, Josephine Smit, Paul Donovan, Lynn Eaton, Tim Salmon, Simon Mills, Hugh McIlvanney, Stan Labovitch, Smita Talati, Paul Driver, Richard Dawkins, Michael Woodhead, Garth Pearce, Robert Mendick, Richard Sheridan, John Follain, Maeve Sheehan, Peter Windsor, K Sarnant, Ian Hawkey, Ron Edgar, Steven Downes, Cecil Jonklaas, Christopher Morgan, Larry Ellison, Alex Clark, Shelley Von Strunckel, Angella Johnson, Alicia Wyllie, Richard Girling, Mark Edwards, Steve Farrar Science Correspondent, Kirstie Hamilton, Danielle Crittenden, Susan Clark, Fiona McHugh, David Lawrenson, Dr Peter Leigh, Nicholas Rufford Home Affairs Editor, Lois Jones, Cosmo Landeman, A Spangenberg, Gabriel Milland, Victoria O'Brien, Raymond Keene, Paul McCartney, Peter Gordon, Anthony Entress, Cosmo Landesman, Lorna Slade, David Walton, Diana Wright, Mark, Helen Hawkins, Michael Prescott Political Editor, Stephen Jones, Jim Bentley, Richard Evans, Uzi Mahnaimi, Nick Cain, Gerhard Nothlich, Stephen Bevan, Michael Wright, Lucy Atkins, Stewart Owen, Julie Cohen, Jeremy Lewis, Keith Wheatley, Claire Oldfield, Richard Brooks, David Walsh, Alex Kadis, John Stern, Keith Monk, Trevor Lewis, Colin McDowell, Lois Rogers Medical Correspondent, James Naughtie, Christopher Goodwin, Mark Macaskill, Paul Kavanagh, Mark Prigg, R W Johnson, David Franklin, Josh Salzmann, Roland White, Bernard Cornwell, William Rees-Mogg, Lesley Gillilan, Maurice Chittenden, Alex Fortune, Kevin Pratt, Louise Goldman, Eduardo Ponce-Vivanco Ambassador, Raj Persaud, Judith O'Reilly, Mark Franchetti, Jonathan Powell, Craig Lord, Jon Ungoed-Thomas, Ray Hutton, Jonathan Leake, Ricky Dalton, Frank McLynn, Raymond Seitz, Michael Sheridan, Christopher Hawtree, Sean Hargrave, Amanda Craig, Christine Webb, Margaret Walters, Brian Smyth, Matthew Lynn, Godfrey Smith, John Waples, David Osborne, A A Gill, Matthew Campbell, Brian Glanville, Louise Johncox, Antonia Fraser, Tom Robbins, David Sumner Smith, Robert Johnston, Stephen Pettitt, Ann McFerran, Jonathan Leake Science Editor, Trushar Barot, Kevin Goldstein-Jackson, Sally Kinnes, Andrew Lorenz, Naomi Caine, Hazel Courteney, David Wickers, Roger Dobson, Tom Rhodes, Alan Little, Christine Ross, John Cornwell, Adam Manktelow, Mark Hodson, Karl Lagerfeld, Steven Saylor, Jonathan Futrell, Stephen Gooch, John Cole, Rupert Steiner, Hugh Pearman, Debbie Rix, Dan Cairns, F Golden, Julian Ryall, Tony Perrottet, John Newcombe, Bruce Shaxson, Wild Swans, Marian Philips, David Smith Economics Editor, Lily Ann Ribberink, Simon Trump, Zoe Linkson, Martin Booth, Chris Feetenby, Joanna Simon, Stephen Boyd, Simon Howard, Lavinia Bramwell, Adrian Somerfield, Lisa Verrico, Dominic Rushe, Boris Schapiro, Karen Robinson, Mark Mooney,
ResumoMortgage bosses face police probe Insight Inside Contents Easy Jet Contents French pay refugees to seek asylum in Britain Contents Falconer to hold Prescott's hand on transport… Contents Scientists teach chimpanzee to speak English Contents Newspapers Support Recycling Mercedes-Benz Labour refuses millionaire's gift after Ashcroft rumpus Tories plan school fee tax relief Her Crowning glory: The Prince3ss Royal, with her… Prescott Spin hurt Nato, Shea admits Alarm over UK infant deaths She's a virtually perfect model Everyone under the Tuscan sun plots to ambush Blairs' holiday Virgin Woodhead and his lover split after 10 years Land Rover Universities raise cash by 'selling' honorary degrees Cataclysmic game of space billiards put moon in orbit BSM GM activist groups target fashion shops Jeep Cherokee Hospital refuses new heart to Down's child True love is all over in 30 months Face of a sadder and wiser Alfred is revealed Thinner blue line as police numbers fall Queen to exhibit Diana dresses Lost on Prescott's road to nowhere 'Jambuster' ministers take to skies at taxpayers' expense BT Another 'fast lane' promises gridlock So pleased to meet you: the talking chimp Citroen Xsara Boarding now: the refugee gravy train Volkswagen Hospital payout for woman who turned to crime The Great Hotel Room Sale Rover Born-again bikers fall for their dream Puttnam wakes to find robbers in his bedroom Correction He speaks like a West Indian, is the son of a bishop… Identity Crisis A bluffer's guide to rap-speak Compaq Expensive. com High phone costs threaten to leave Britain trailing in the cyberspace revolution. Only a shake-up of BT's local call rates will put us in the fast lane of the information superhighway, writes Steve Farrar Premier Lodge Cold fish in a murky pool of secrets Profile The bigheads will breed us all out of existence Royal & Sunalliance Investments Nick Newman's Week Inconvenlent facts Allied Carpets Planet of the apes Lack of policies will damage Tories far more than the odd spivvy donor Hague fails to touch the voters who count Prescott's favourite Chinese goes bust Atticus Blair signs on, and on, for a bit of rest and relaxation Atticus Come on Edward, get your ermine on Atticus The hospital gods who decide whether we die Underscar Inject better health into the NHS Toyota The German conscience After reading your report about the Inca city of… Positive Kennedys I Have never used the word inane or any other… Points Girl Power They fight less, do better at school and are now what parents hope for, rather than boys? Judith O'Reilly and Lois Jones report on changing social attitudes and scientific advances in gender selection One. Tel Morocco mourns its ruthless king Action 2000 Syria offers Israel nuclear weapons deal Russian hackers steal US weapons secrets Mother Teresa's links to dictator investigated Hewlett Packard Serbs massacred under Nato noses Saab Depardieu oozes success as a Cuban oil baron Kennedy's deadly obsession Planes were the love of a lifetime Death of a dancer haunts Cambodia Renault Sammy the Bull takes the mafia by the horns Twilight of the gold rush hits Mbeki Kremlin rivals get plastic knives out for Luzhkov Inside Moscow Nationwide Serial candidate Going against the grain A fair cop—on paper British taxpayers pay £30m for Strasbourg 'Alcatraz' Union bosses rake in pay rises worthy of fat cats Weather and Travel Outlook Holidays get off to a standstill News in Brief Crash orphans Scottish parliament finance fears Alert for girl The empire strikes back Nuclear haul Fire heroes Election pledge Two share jackpot of £7.57m Lloyds TSB Business Plane disaster Aircraft search Unita warrant Student killed 50-1 double Insult to Injury Hussain hurt as England stumble again Simon Wilde watches as England struggle to 107-4 at the close of the third day at Lord's, still trailing New Zealand by 65 runs Contents Land Rover Contents England battered and badly bruised Student turns master Jack Daniel's Tennessee Whiskey Leaderless troops all fingers and thumbs Players with the credential for Test-match cricket are being overlooked at team's expense House of Horrors: England Captains Bowled over at Lord's Hussain sets selectors a poser Graham Otway foresees a tricky problem looming for the ECB if the skipper's broken middle finger fails to respond to treatment Weston faces a pitch battle Murali casts powerful spell Hampshire (181 &402) lost to Lancashire (492 & 93-2) by eight wickets Cricket Scoreboards Shah locates magic touch Mercedes-Benz Austrian Grand Prix Smooth Finnish Teammates David Coulthard and Mika Hakkinen will go wheel to wheel for glory in Austria today Enter your Team now for Fantasy League The Sunday Times Fantasy League Game for the 1999-2000 Premiership Season Choose your Team from These Players Lost youth pay price Clubs spend millions on youth academies but even the best graduates fail to break through Boro's pod squad in shape of their lives Getting fit for the new season is a hi-tech affair as players prepare for the demands of a congested fixture list, reports Louise Taylor Typical Pre-Season Day in Life of a Premiership Footballer Go now or you stay, Anelka warned England's finest hour Geoff Hurst never dreamed he'd play for England, let alone score a hat-trick in the World Cup final Greaves, the England Hero who Fell to Earth Red China Manchester United's commercial machine went into overdrive last week, but their new Asian fans are notoriously fickie. Report by Mark Graham Rover Satellite Revolution Turns on China's New Generation Cole on target for strolling United Joyless coaches drive youngsters out of sport Open failed crucial test Carnoustie sorted the men from the boys. Having been The Sunday Times Athletics Q & A Sport on TV Picks of the week Action Replay: TV moment of the week Book review The Second Most Important Job In The Country by Niall Edworthy (Virgin, £15.99) Flawed fairytale Amid the doping allegations, an air of sadness hangs over a two-speed Tour de France Hurdling & CGU Stage is set for final triumph Kiwis crank up the power The Times Slimline Vickery returns to add weight to England scrum Partners in pathos The sad self-destruction of Jean Van de Velde owed much to his lamentable caddie Flawless Orr has sights on going Dutch with champ Alex Fortune sees another unsung Scot attempting to land an Open title, this time in Holland Lawrie can handle Open road Alasdair Reid on the Open champion who surprised the world, but not himself, with his exploits on an amazing final day at Carnoustie Ascot TV Card Newmarket Literary hopes writ large Chester Daylami powers home Frankie Dettori celebrates his third King George victory as a flying grey annihilated rivals Pepperdine bears fruit in Nicholls' harvest of riches Jonathan Powell reports on a blossoming sprinter ready to make a big impression in the Vodafone Stewards' Cup at Goodwood Doumen to take over Pipe duo Gardener sets pace for rivals The sprinter most feared by the world's best eclipses his domestic opposition. By Steven Downes Drugs test for UK Athletics The British governing body is facing a week of potential embarassment over its handling of doping issues, reports Steven Downes Shackell puts wife before country A top British swimmer lays his career on the line by refusing to travel to Istanbul. Craig Lord reports The Sunday Times Inspirational eagle gets O'Connor flying Results Round-Up Pools Racing Mesmerising Briers puts Eagles to flight Newcombe serves volley at Americans The Australian Davis Cup captain hits out at attempts by the US to ring the changes Law in dock as Britain fail at the last Sailing Sytner direct Dick Lovett MLG Multiple Classified Advertising Items Cooper Prophets Synter Multiple Classified Advertising Items Burton & Deakin Multiple Classified Advertising Items Rydale Cardiff Altwood Multiple Classified Advertising Items BMW & Mercedes Dick Lovett Fitst Front Holland Park Multiple Classified Advertising Items Multiple Display Advertising Items Victoria Scotthall Multiple Display Advertising Items Snows BMW Cheyne Multiple Display Advertising Items Dummy and dumber Crash tests make cars safer, but the real danger is still the motorist, says Ray Hutton Beware: too many beauties are beasts underneath There's a lot of rubbish around in the used coupé market, warns John Evans Forty cheers for the Mini Multiple Display Advertising Items Multiple Classified Advertising Items Audi Multiple Display Advertising Items Multiple Classified Advertising Items Multiple Display Advertising Items British Car Auctions Multiple Classified Advertising Items Ferrari Jaguar Clive Sutton H. 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R. Owen Rolls-Royce Continental Old sex machine still beats young fatboy Silver Broughtons Guaranteed Motor Cars Weybridge Automobiles Trinity presses on with Mirror merger despite forced sell-off C&W poised to complete mega-deals BT aims to be first with global mobile Rank weighs up cutting dividends and selling Odeon chain Contents Expansion Drive . . . Caterham Cars, run by Simon… Merrill branches out into Britain's regions Contents Merchant Investors Day of reckoning for Big Water—and not before time Agenda CBI split over further cuts in interest rates The Times Nestlé wants to bag Tetley New York exchange studies float Millennium bug puts bite on IT spending Business Digest Wal-Mart to put George in Germany New Age lottery will be played on the net Banks want George to help mediate with Cruickshank EMI buys Spice Girls rights in £125m deal Ducati Mercury takes over beauty spa UK Active aims to split Rexam Caterham Cars seeks co-driver German optimism boosts currency Euro Watch Schroder gives reality shock to feather-bedded Germany The chancellor says he is determined to cut back the state but a surge in the economy could weaken his resolve, writes Michael Woodhead Taking stock of the recovery Economic Outlook America loses out as world economy comes back to life American Account Store Wars The American giant Wal-Mart formally takes over Asda tomorrow. Only its fittest rivals are expected to survive the onslaught, writes Dominic Rushe The Wal*mart Menace Vinopolis Invensys Reed chief will turn over a new leaf Crispin Davis is to take over a company that has been rudderless for a year. But can he stop the publisher losing market share to internet rivals? Report by Kirstie Hamilton Fighter pilot shoots from the hip Larry Ellison, founder of the computer company Oracle, flies jets for fun but on the ground he is waging a war of words against his arch-enemy Microsoft Profile PGA bid threatens to tee off golf war The struggling club operator has a profits record well below par but is now being wooed by a much richer rival, writes John Waples Larry Ellison's Working Day Women crack glass ceiling Carly Fiorina has breached a male bastion by being appointed head of a computer giant, writes Chris Goodwin, in Los Angeles Business to Business Multiple Display Advertising Items Business Opportunities Century Mortgages Multiple Classified Advertising Items Being with the kids beats life in the rat race Databank Top 200 companies Freeserve share rush sparks hefty cutback Sharewatch A Share in the Boardroom Reap the rewards of being first to market Water industry faces choppy future The regulator wants price cuts, but the companies want price increases. An announcement this week will begin to settle the matter, writes Ian Rowson One 2 one A-Z Restaurants turns up heat on celebrity chef who walked out The feud between the former Aubergine star Gordon Ramsay and his old employer reaches the High Court on Tuesday, writes Claire Oldfield Multiple Classified Advertising Items Multiple Display Advertising Items CCS International Investment Caring Parents Organisation Salmon Assessors Vehicle Options Mortgage direct Multiple Classified Advertising Items Multiple Display Advertising Items Multiple Classified Advertising Items Multiple Display Advertising Items Once in a Lifetime Fiducary Management Services Ltd Ringrose & Co Multiple Classified Advertising Items The SCF Group U. K. 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By Rupert Steiner The man who wants to take care of the carers A new business carved out of a traditional service industry is providing a one-stop shop for owners of private nursing homes, writes Claire Oldfield Bulletin Discreet ways of keeping debt under control Questions of Business Here we tackle owner-managers' business problems, giving advice and guidance on survival and growth in an increasingly competitive world Web of competition traps bookseller The Good Book Guide, a mail-order bookseller, faces growing pressure from e-commerce. Subscriptions to its catalogue are declinng and internet-based rivals are starting a price war. How can it recoup the big investment it is making in a new website? David Sumner Smith reports The Sunday Times The Experts Virtual moonscape eases lunar landings Space Future moon explorers, tourists and prospectors could touch down gently on autopilot by using a computer mapping system, writes Sean Hargrave Sunday Times Shampoo offers lasting freshness No such thing as a free net deal Sounding Giveaway offers of PCs internet services are of dubious value and best avoided. So buy something decent in the first place, writes David Hewson WPCs applaud armour shaped for a woman Security WPCs soon will no longer have to put up with bulky protection that compromises their safety because it was designed to fit men, writes Sean Hargrave Filter web site intercepts and eliminates 90% of junk e-mail Wafer-thin solar cells promise cheap power Energy Sunday times Supercomputer being built for common good DNA techniques used to develop malaria vaccine Song Player Orange Monte Carlo and bust? Prufrock Kopper wants to be alone—with lovely widow Hair-raising tales from the insurers Nicoli makes sound start in EMI hot seat Courts set to ban lock-in mortgages Revealed: Britain's worst fund managers Contents Men told to save more for their retirement Take your time to bag £1m Contents In the Frame . . . At the Royal Academy summer show… NatWest to launch mobile-phone banking Fidelity Investments Contents Campaign wins battle but the fight goes on Cashback offer has a big catch Adwatch Newton Pick right time to pay lump sums off your mortgage Money Matters Every week Diana Wright answers your questions on personal finance Scottish Widows What it costs to be middle class You can live an affluent lifestyle for far less money if you choose the right region. Robert Winnett plots the money map of Britain Living is cheaper in Europe Policy Portfolio PLC Standard Life Bank M&G Gartmore Online rewards lure net shoppers Companies are trying to persuade people to visit their web site by offering them loyalty points, writes Matthew Wall Cheltenham & Gloucester 10 ways to protect your income if you become ill People who are off sick for a long time often get little help from their employer, but there is an alternative, writes Kevin Pratt Capel Cure Sharp Crackdown to cut cost of home loans Mortgage Campaign The government is to investigate the methods used by lenders to squeeze cash out of their customers, writes Robert Winnett The Equitable Life Is now the time to sell bank shares? Self-employed face assault from taxman Contract workers who set up their own company will have to pay more tax under new rules, writes Alicia Wyllie National Savings Tax Paid on £60,000 Zero in now on a generous tax break Policy Plus Beale Dobie & Company Limited Take a gamble on the fund managers Shares in the companies that invest your money can outperform the funds themselves, writes Alicia Wyllie Visa Britannia International Schroders Northern Rock Legal & General Profits flow from the millenium Kevin Goldstein-Jackson sees potential for profit in soup kitchens, footbridges over the Thames and modern sculpture Stores refuse credit for divorcees Investors Direct Direct Line Financial Services Chase De Vere Best Savings Rates Best ISA Funds Popular Shares Mortgage Deals Low-Cost Loans Cheap Credit Cards Bank refuses to refund frail victim of fraudsters Questions of Cash Every week our own consumer champion tackles readers' money problems, giving answers and seeking redress on their bahalf Online savers earn net profits Savings News Chase De Vere Aberdeen Find house cover on the internet Painter turns to fine art of finance Jupiter What the Experts Recommend Investment trusts hit the advertising trail Amey set to profit from its purchase Loot Why are the British so greedy? Superlative Travel Contents Inside Contents Picture Gallery Contents Summer: a jail for kids Words simply cannot describe the pleasure of a sloosh, a gargle and a spit British Midland Enemy of the People The Sunday Times Beastley to the Germans—yes, and they need it An eclipse? It's my kind of magic A solar eclipse has an undeniable aura, but stripping away all its mystical baggage, says Richard Dawkins, reveals the true magic—science Professor Dumb-down's fightback Interview Straight talking from brother Widdecombe Malcolm and Ann Widdecombe have a deep affection for each other and an equal tendency to startle, finds Stuart Wavell Mercedes-Benz An angel of my own When Sally Becker was shot in Albania, she did not know she was pregnant. Her baby has put an end to a life of risks Myth of the Kennedy curse The watching world has woven tall tales around the Kennedy family tragedies The truth about fast women is that they just have more fun Prayers for a life full of promise Mamma Mia looks for a bigger family Mia Farrow 'lost a daughter' to Woody Allen, but still has a family of 13. Now she tells Tom Rhodes, the maternal urge that had its origins in childhood polio has set her a new ambition: to care for deprived children in India The boardroom buccaneers with a bad aim Chillin' out with midnight's ageing children Stop the Week Snogging lessons, sophisticated Philistines, California's no-hate zone Talking heads Global village This Life People of the Week Picture Gallery The millennium list Eureka! The Daily Telegraph, The Guardian: David Ogilvy Last word. . . Properties of the Week The Sunday Times Simply the best for that life of luxury The opulence on show at the Chancellery apartments in London's St James's Square is a sure sign buyers in the capital are ready to pay for quality, says Josephine Smit Perfect mix of work and pleasure Sitting in the shadow of Harrods, Christine Webb finds a £2.5m flat of a businessman's dreams Foxtons Knight Frank International Stern studios Multiple Display Advertising Items Egerton Multiple Classified Advertising Items Regalian Multiple Display Advertising Items Multiple Classified Advertising Items Chesterton Multiple Display Advertising Items Multiple Classified Advertising Items Multiple Display Advertising Items Knight & Frank Multiple Classified Advertising Items Maida Vale, W9 Robson Rhodes Multiple Classified Advertising Items Multiple Display Advertising Items Overseas Property Multiple Classified Advertising Items Timeshares Resales Ltd. 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Galliard Homes Limited Multiple Classified Advertising Items No Title Fairview New Homes Plc Multiple Classified Advertising Items Barratt Multiple Display Advertising Items Multiple Classified Advertising Items Burnished by a poet's magic A healthy market for homes in Tuscany has been given added polish by an enchanting book, says Christine Webb Taking a lot of trouble at mill Architect Michael Wilson has revisited an abandoned project to convert a historic mill complex into apartments and produced a superb result, writes Christine Webb Back in credit with the high rollers Glory is returning for the run-down former home of a Victorian financial kingpin, writes Mary Wilson Berkeley Homes Nicholson Estates Contents Marriott Cross Country Today, on the feast of St James, pilgrims converge on his tomb in northwest Spain; Tim Salmon takes one of the ancient paths from the heart of France Contents The key to good value We checked out readers' recommendations for hotels that offer great value for less than £100; Golden Pillow awards are on their way to. . . The Imaginative Traveller Travel Brief Books of the Week Holiday Clinic Mark and Lavinia Bramwell want to shop hard in the salons of America. They've got a holiday budget of £1,000, and just six days to snatch some pre-Christmas rest and relaxation along with their designer discounts. It's a tall order. Can we deliver? South African Airways Travel One Slattery's Ireland Pettills British Airways Holidays Where was I? 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Win a luxurious three-night break at the Budock Vean Hotel in Cornwall Competition Details Multiple Classified Advertising Items MacDonald Kinnaird Selector Europe Spencer Stuart JDEdwards One 2 one Selector Europe Spencer Stuart Manchester 2002 the XVII Commonwealth Games Grieves Pryce Executive Resourcing Korn/ferry International Norman Broadbent Harvey Nash International Search and Selection GKR Korn/ferry International Human Resource Generalist Harvey Nash International Search and Selection Logica The Peachell Group Compaq Vodafone BBM Associates GKR Park Korn/ferry International Multiple Display Advertising Items Riches Consulting Darwin Consulting Harvey Nash International Search and Selection Adidas Whitehead Selection Harvey Nash International Search and Selection P&O Stena Line Ramsey Hall Yorkshire Building Society Management Match Marketing Recruitment Specialists Bryant Consulting Search & Selection Harvey Nash Technology Resourcing Civil Aviation Authority The Dorow Partnership Allen & Overy Churchill Search & Selection Manchester Airport KPMG The Sunday Times Ernst & Young Office of Gas and Electricity Markets Norman Broadbent Hays International Equant University of Westminster Fountain Norman Broadbent Deutsche Bank National Grid Been Multiple Display Advertising Items Multiple Classified Advertising Items The anglia Group Careerservices The Sunday Times CV & JobSearch Specialists Alliance Direct Line Insurance Inter Exec Ward Executive McGregor Boyall Telecommunications Search &… Office of Gas and Electricity Markets The Sunday Times Ward Executive Limited Edison Mission Energy Trustmarque Park Brown International David Wilson Homes BBC TMP Morgan & Banks Barking & Dagenham Barkers Frontier Communications Hanover Fox International Persona P&O Portsmouth Boo Motorola Powergen Chamber of Commerce Herefordshire & Worcestershire Multiple Display Advertising Items Career World Metzger Recruitment Consultants Lord Search & Selection Connaught Cromwell Media ICEC Europe Ltd First Point International CNA CMR National Consultancy Over 40? Broad Business Experience? The Sunday Times Scottish Crop Research Institute Business Link Surrey Eppco Scottish Ambulance Service Monks and Crane Industrial Group Limited Genting Oil & Gas (China) Limited Marle Consultants Ltd Robson Rhodes Appraisals by staff sharpen up the boss More companies are improving management by using 360-degree feedback in which executives are assessed by their staff as well as by colleagues. Sally Platt reports American Express Asset Management Bishop Fleming Financial Controller Oury Clark Graduates Technical Core 2 Results Advancement Careers Ltd. 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