Skirting the issue?

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Only 15 of the top 100 companies in the UK have women directors and none of these women are executive directors. Female executives suggest various reasons why so few women reach the level of executive management despite record numbers of working women. Competition Commission Deputy Chairman Denise Kingsmill believes that it is due to established male executives failing to appoint on merit. Recruitment specialist Heidrick & Struggles Partner Yve Newbold believes that the government bears some responsibility for not encouraging the appointment of female executives in the private sector.

Supply and demand, Women executives

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Spinning fortune's wheel

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It is hard to convert ideas into financially viable businesses, according to David Marks, who with fellow architect Julia Barfield developed the original idea for the London Eye millennium wheel. Barfield emphasizes that they wished to create something which would allow people to view London, England, from a height. They acknowledge that they had concerns about linking their small firm with British Airways (BA), but are convinced that BA Chief Executive Bob Ayling has not lost sight of the project. They have no plans to sell their stake in the London Eye Co.

London, England, Interview, Architects, Buildings and facilities, Barfield, Julia, Marks, David, Women architects

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Threading carefully: Ageing customers, new rivals, skills shortages... The doyen of British bespoke tailoring faces many obstacles. Can it surmount them?

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London's Savile Row, the home of British bespoke tailoring, is being challenged by new-fangled, high-tech selling and manufacturing methods, and sharp-cutting continental fashion house. The 160 year old Reid & Taylor has recently been taken over by Indian textile group S Kumars which has earmarked around 200,000 pounds sterling for updating the machinery. Bespoke tailors are having to update their services, and some have launched websites where laser-cut suits can be ordered online.

Innovations, Tailors

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