21 MARCH 1992, page 27

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......