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It still irks Nick and Giles English, the sibling founders of the British watch brand Bremont. “Some people say we’re a marketing company,” laments Giles. “We spend around seven per cent of our budget on marketing – most watch brands are up at 20 per cent.” They’ll be hoping their freshly opened Bremont Manufacturing & Technology Centre, an investment of more than £20 million, convinces the doubters. At 35,000 square feet, the watchmaking facility is alread...

CHARITY founder Emma Egging has completed a gruelling 33-mile ultramarathon to mark the tenth anniversary of the Jon Egging Trust (JET). Dr Egging founded the youth charity following the death of her husband, Red Arrows pilot Flight Lieutenant Jon Egging at the Bournemouth Air Show in 2011. At the weekend, after successfully taking on the ultramarathon along the Grantham Canal, she raised £12,199 for JETs work with vulnerable youngsters. The run, one of ten epic challenges Dr Egging wi...