31 MARCH 1990, page 31

Staring Markets Down

MR GLADSTONE and his Cabinet gazed beadily down from the walls of the Palace of Westminster, as the Governor of the Bank of England turned his own beady gaze on the post-Budget......

Another Good Year

AT Lloyds Bank, when they lose £715 million, they like to look on the bright side. Brian Pitman, Lloyds' ebullient chief ex- ecutive, says in the report and accounts that it was......

Relationship Of Trust

ODD and sad were the goings on at Framlington, the unit trust managers — so City and Suburban was saying two years ago, when Throgmorton Trust was trying to take them over.......

City And Suburban

Bringing a touch of class to the supply of M&S's knickers CHRISTOPHER FILDES splendid dinner at Grosvenor House this week launched Britain's newest major company, Courtaulds......

Out To Lunch

LUNCH has an almost mystical import- ance in the City, and the state of the lunch - book is a leading indicator. It is therefore baddish news for Mrs Thatcher's Government that......