Memo: Copy To Me
A SUPERB period memo from Barclays' head office about left-handedness in bank clerks is among the treasures unearthed by my Daft Memo Contest. Memos are the art-form of office......
Beyond The Codes
WHEN the search was on for someone to rewrite the boardroom codebooks and make sense of them, Sir Ronald Hampel neglected to duck. As a result, his office at Imperial Chemical......
Gummer, Scissors, Paste
SUCKING up to John Gummer — well, all right, then, aiming to please him — the industry in which I work has gone too far. Every day, newspapers will have to say how much of their......
City And Suburban
Champagne takes over where ostriches left off stand clear, and wait for the pop CHRISTOPHER FILDES T he telephone rings, and a woman encourages me to invest in champagne. With......
Sterling 1, Scunthorpe 0
THE Prime Minister has enough on his plate, and I do not think that he need worry about sterling. It would worry him, he was saying this week, if the pound were outra- geously......
Cat 0, Mice $2.40
ROY BRIDGE was the Bank's chief dealer who had to defend the pound at $2.80. (This week's rate: $1.69.) Watching him in action, Charlie Coombs of the New York Fed likened him to......
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