27 MAY 2000, page 31

Middle And Off

BARCLAYS has forced Peter Middleton to quit his position as chairman — hey, hang on a moment. He was there the other day, but this is what EasyJet says, so we must have Peter......

City And Suburban

Dot.coms go up in smoke, cash is the best fire-break, keep close to it now CHRISTOPHER FILDES e must go on learning in life, and W backing dot.com companies has its own lessons.......

A Whiff Of Crackling

SOMEONE in the Stock Exchange's slabby tower must remember what happened when the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Naviga- tion Company bid for Bovis the builders. P & 0 had run......

Doing The Splits

I SEE the dauntless Judith Mayhew as the circus artiste in a frilly skirt who can ride two horses at once. She has one foot in the saddle of the Corporation of London, where she......

Friday Job Map,

, dismal figures from British Airways St rUggling to retain altitude, weighed OW a a dividend it ought to jettison, and R ob a fuel bill far over budget — but Ili ttA is is his......