16 MARCH 1985, page 21

City And Suburban

The signal to sell I intend nothing personal when I wonder how David Sainsbury plans to spend next Tuesday afternoon. Mr Sainsbury is the finance director of the grocery......

Fairer Exchange

G ood news from the Royal Exchange, that handsome City nest where Guar- dian Royal Exchange Assurance has cast itself as the cuckoo. GRE, for the sake of giving itself more......

Safely Grazing

R ival bidders jostle on the steps of Harrods, while, within, the chairman stands at bay. Then the rough bidder jostles his softly-spoken rival aside, mar- ches in to the......

Grapefruit Hall

J am grateful for the anxious inquiries .which followed the announcement (in last week's Spectator) that I was recovering from injuries sustained at a health farm. It has been......

Edgy In Gilts

T he gilt-edged market's hopes and fears are of a different order. Government stocks (and, now, companies' loan stocks too) are outside the scope of capital gains tax, provided......

Colin Welch Will Resume His Column Next Week.

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