22 FEBRUARY 1997, page 21

Bet On The Banks

WHAT the Tote needs, we shall say, is dis- tribution. It still relies on selling tickets on the course and through its 216 shops. In just the same way the banks used to rely on......

Gazza Kicks Out

WHEN Barclays picked Bill Harrison to run BZW, its investment banking business, Nicholas Sibley (who had been BZW's taipan in Hong Kong) passed judgment: `It's like making Gazza......

City And Suburban

The Captain and I are under starter's orders to gee up the Old Nanny Goat CHRISTOPHER FILDES M y racing correspondent Captain Threadneedle and I are reviewing our options. We......

Self Seeks A Haven

MY friend Self, the tax assessor, has left the Revenue's brown envelopes accumulat- ing on his doormat while he curls up with a good book: Caroline Doggart's classic Tax Havens......

Value For Money

THE Bank of England has won a good mark from the economic pundit of the Times. The Old Lady has done well in maintaining the value of sterling in the long term', or so his......