1 APRIL 1989, page 25

The Vertical Brewers

TORIES v. Brewers? Whatever next, Fortnum v. Mason? The theory is abroad that the Thatcher government is where the Wilson government was 20 years ago confronting its own......

City And Suburban

Merchant bankers take a bath in a chemical solution CHRISTOPHER FILDES T he man with good advice for his City advisers is Denys Henderson, chairman of Imperial Chemical......

Family Favourites

THE shocks come through at this time of year, as the merchant banks sidle up to say a word or two about their figures. A word or three, this time, for the banks' privilege of......

Top Brass

I AM obliged to friends in the National Westminster Bank, who followed my tip for their new chairman, and now send me a tape of military band music, featuring a rousing......