Drug giant AstraZeneca has poached the finance boss from its new subsidiary Alexion Pharmaceuticals to replace Marc Dunoyer.as it waits on the £28billion deal to go through.
Another week, another house price index stating record growth.
This time it was the turn of Nationwide, which said prices had risen 10.9 per cent in the year to April, reaching a new high of £242,832 - up by £23,930 compared with 12 months earlier.
Most experts say this is down to people s changing lifestyles during the pandemic and the incentive provided by the Government s stamp duty holiday. But are there other forces at play?
Fred Harrison, a British author and economic commentator, successfully predicted the previous two property crashes years before they occurred - and his 18-year property cycle theory says that house prices should continue to boom before crashing in 2026.