Burberry Group said its chief creative officer Christopher Bailey would become chief executive, following the departure of long-standing boss Angela Ahrendts to Apple. The British fashion house said on Tuesday Ahrendts would step down by mid-2014 after which Bailey would be appointed to the role of Chief Creative and Chief Executive Officer.
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Arik Air has disclosed that it is spending over $2 million to send 40 pilots to CAE training facility in London for simulator assessment to test their skills for eventual selection and employment. The 40 students were picked from over 130 applications received earlier in the year. After screening, the list was pruned to 120 and the candidates were called in for psychometric analysis and aptitude test which was conducted electronically.
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The Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) has alerted interested investors in the oil and gas sector that when the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) is passed, the nation’s refineries would be available for privatisation. The agency, which is charged with the privatisation of government-owned enterprises, added that the network of oil and gas pipelines would also be available for concessioning. Benjamin Dikki, director general, BPE, stated this in a keynote presentation to The Nigeria Investors’ Summit held in New York, United States of America, according to a statement signed by Chigbo Anichebe, head of public communications, BPE.
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The Founder of the Virgin empire hit back at suggestions made in the U.K.'s Sunday Timesnewspaper that he had abandoned his native Britain for Necker Island for tax reasons. As a non-U.K. resident, Branson is not liable for tax on personal income generated outside Britain. The report also said Branson sold his $2.2 million estate in southern England to his children Sam and Holly in August, having transferred the property to the pair up to five years ago.
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President Goodluck Jonathan has approved the takeover of the management and control of the National Economic Reconstruction Fund by the Central Bank of Nigeria and the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Finance, Mr. Daniel Kifasi, who disclosed this in a statement made available to our correspondent in Abuja on Sunday, said the ministry had also appointed a new management from the two organisations for the Fund.
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The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has disbursed N500 million under the agriculture loan scheme of the Central Bank of Nigeria to farmers, as part of measures to boost agriculture and food supply in the territory. The FCTA has also entered into a public private partnership agreement with an Israeli Firm, SEC Equipment, to build an Agriculture Services and Training Centre in Abuja.
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The 2013 Nobel Prize in economics has been awarded to Eugene Fama, Lars Peter Hansen and Robert Shiller. It was awarded for their “empirical analysis of asset prices”, according to the awarding committee. The committee said the trio’s separate pieces of work had “laid the foundation for the current understanding of asset prices”.
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The Oil Marketing and Trading (OM & T) companies involved in the importation of petroleum products have insisted that the federal government should pay interest rate for its failure to pay fuel subsidy within 45 days cycle stipulated under the Petroleum Support Fund (PSF) scheme, THISDAY has learnt. THISDAY gathered that this demand was one of the major recommendations of the Technical Committee on Delay of Payment of Subsidy, which was set up after the recent stakeholders’ meeting with the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA).
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The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has commenced the technical audit of domestic carriers to check their level of maintenance, including manpower and skills capacity, as part of efforts to ensure safety in the industry. It threatened to immediately ground any operator that does not meet the requisite standards. The regulatory agency has also said it will introduce interlining, whereby airlines will be made to partner one another so that a passenger who has, for example, an Arik Air ticket can use it to travel on an Aero Contractors flight to boost patronage and confidence among air travellers.
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Nigeria’s indigenous major marketer of refined petroleum products, Forte Oil Plc, has entered into a partnership agreement with a leading telecommunications company, MTN Nigeria, to jointly improve customers’ experience through the provision of ‘Visible, Impactful, Stable, Appealing (VISA)’ kiosks at selected Forte Oil service stations nationwide. Head of Brand and Corporate Communications of Forte Oil, Mr. Odion Aleobua, said in a statement at the weekend that the partnership aligns with his company’s vision of making its retail outlets a one-stop-shop for robust customers’ shopping experience, beyond refueling of vehicles.
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