12 MARCH 1988, page 23

Cowley Out To Grass

AS AN Oxford man myself, I do hope that Roland Smith shuts down Cowley rather than Longbridge. That must be the first choice to be made by any new owner of Austin-Morris,......

City And Suburban

The sun sets over Goodison's empire and now it needs a role CHRISTOPHER FILDES I t has long been apparent that Sir Nicho- las Goodison was looking around for a suitable exit......

Shooting An Admiral

WE NOW have a test case for my theory about banks and bankers, which is (rough- ly speaking) that by the time things are seen to have gone wrong, the man who let them go wrong......

Tighten Seat-belts

TIMES are getting harder at Lloyd's of London, where globe-flying brokers have found themselves demoted — from their accustomed first class, right down to busi- ness class. Over......