Posts tagged: Alistair Osborne
Wednesday, 15 June 2022, 9:32 am
If you are trying to get your head around the Australian bid battle for Go-Ahead, the London-listed bus and rail operator, then Alistair Osborne's column in today's The Times is worth a read...
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Thursday, 25 November 2021, 7:25 pm
Betaville's favourite business commentator today suggests that ailing catalytic converter maker Johnson Matthey might be of interest to the buy-out barons if its new boss can't sort the company out soon enough...
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Saturday, 21 December 2019, 12:42 pm
It was good to see former Telegraph colleague Alistair "Acerbic" Osborne, now of the The Times, sticking up for rival hacks at the Financial Times in his column in today's business section. Below is a link to Alistair's column, one of the best business reads in the UK press:..
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Monday, 18 March 2019, 9:07 pm
Tucked away in the top left hand corner of page 2 of today's The Times was a notice about how Alistair Osborne, chief business commentator, has been named financial journalist of the year at the annual City of London Wealth Management Awards. ..
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Monday, 20 August 2018, 9:37 am
Betaville's old boss - Richard Fletcher, now business editor of The Times - does a good job of skewering Rightmove.co.uk this morning and its figures about house prices in August.
Fletch is journalist of the old school, asks tough questions and isn't afraid of handing out huge bollockings, as Betaville found out during our time at The Daily Telegraph. ..
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Monday, 9 April 2018, 10:01 pm
Still following the travails at WPP?
If so, then Alistair Osborne's column in The Times from Saturday is well worth a read. I have pasted the link below:
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/sorrell-and-the-sorry-mess-at-wpp-mx63nbhk5?shareToken=4e167b1571c93da6830bfc00ee481311..
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Wednesday, 15 November 2017, 11:01 am
Alistair Osborne, one of Betaville's favourite business commentators, today revives the ITV bid rumour is his excellent column in the business section of The Times.
It's been a while since a news organisation has trotted out the well-worn bid theory but Osborne is one of the wisest old hacks I have had the pleasure of working with, so it's worth paying attention to. I have pasted a link to Alistair's column below:..
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Wednesday, 16 August 2017, 11:12 am
This is a bit late in the day but Betaville thought it might be worthwhile flagging up another highly amusing and insightful column from one my favourite business commentators: Alistair Osborne, now of The Times.
If you have been following what's being going on at the scandal ridden Telit then Alistair's piece from yesterday's section is well worth a read. Below is the link:..
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Wednesday, 21 June 2017, 12:11 pm
If you have a spare five minutes at lunch then give Alistair Osborne's column in the The Times a read...
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Monday, 5 June 2017, 10:32 am
Little old Betaville is kicking himself this morning and loyal readers may be wondering why.
Well, it's because BC Partners and Pollen Street Capital have just raised their hostile bid for challenger bank Shawbrook to 340p a share. Here is the link to this morning's press release:..
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