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Celebrity Divorces

One of the weekend newspapers did a hotlist of the most expensive celebrity divorces: 1. Michael Jordan – 17 year marriage, £110m settlement 2. Neil Diamond – 26 year marriage, £95m 3. Steven Spielberg - £64m. Pre-nuptial on a napkin thrown out 4. Harrison Ford - £54m and share of Read More

2013-07-25T14:51:45+01:00June 30, 2009|Kim's Blog, Lawyers, Statistics and trends|

Women in Business – Trends

Private businesses 66% of privately held businesses (PHB) in the UK have a woman in the boardroom – compared to 94% in the Philippines, 88% in Russia and 81% in China. The International Business Report (IBR) by Grant Thornton interviewed 7,200 PHBs across 32 countries and 22% felt the pay Read More

2013-07-25T14:46:50+01:00June 29, 2009|Kim's Blog, Statistics and trends|

New book published – Growing your property partnership

Well, after conceiving the original idea back in June 2007 – just after the book I co-wrote with Graham Norwood on media relations was published – my latest book “Growing your property partnership – Plans, promotion and people” has finally arrived. Few people know how much hassle it is to Read More

Property merger – Segro and Brixton Estates

Newspapers carried reports yesterday that Segro (formerly Slough Estates) had agreed to rescue its troubled rival - which had long been leading in the marketing stakes - Brixton Estates in a deal worth £107m. Whilst they both operate in the same market place (industrial property) they have rather different cultures. Read More

2013-07-25T14:43:03+01:00June 24, 2009|Kim's Blog, Property|
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