Friendly Fire
NEXT WEEK I intend to unveil my great plan to make all well at Lloyd's of London — but as a taster, I offer Lloyd's a leaf from the war memoirs of Sir Patrick Sergeant. Before......
Tom, Kit And Hong Kong
TOM FROST is a good egg and a good banker who could usefully compare notes with Sir Kit McMahon. Today Mr Frost has the pack baying for him. He is chief execu- tive of the......
Tearing Up Bank Notes
MY HANDBOOK of 12 legal ways to rip off a pension fund (Fatcat Press: price on application) is to have a companion vol- ume, How to benefit from life assurance. The short......
Spot The Hypocrites
JOHN SMITH'S tax rates call up other memories. How much effort used to be diverted into getting payment through the back door, to avoid the taxman standing guard in front! Mr......
City And Suburban
Printers win, losers weep the next Chancellor will paper the markets with debt CHRISTOPHER FILDES T he sure-fire winners out of this elec- tion will be Essex men. They work at......