Paul Lester meets Victoria Hesketh aka Little Boots
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/24/2008
She sings songs about love and maths and is being hailed as the future of pop. Paul Lester meets Little Boots
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Did you say Pee Dee River?
Meandering Passage (Free subscription) | yesterday
I’m always seeking good photographic opportunities near home. Close locations quickly become regularly visited sites that don’t require extensive planning or travel time. Some local spots I’ve found thought my own explorations, others via the Internet and a few have been learned of from photographer friends. Paul Lester recently ’shared’ a location for which I did a [...]
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NME snapper and writer honoured at music press awards
New Musical Express (Free subscription) | 11/28/2008
... The Year: Simon Cosyns and Jacqui Swift – The Sun, Something for the WeekendBreaking Music Writer: Paul Lester Magazine of the Year: WordBest Blog: 20 Jazz Funk GreatsBest Online PR: Scruffy BirdOutstanding contribution to music journalism: Jon Savage Outstanding contribution to PR: Barbara Charone – MBC PROutstanding contribution to music photography: Pennie Smith
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Meg Ryan's Bel-Air home for sale for $19.5 million
Orlando Sentinel (Free subscription) | 11/22/2008
Ryan, 47, made her screen debut in 1981 playing Candice Bergen's daughter in "Rich and Famous." Her breakaway hit performance came with "When Harry Met Sally" in 1989, followed by "Sleepless in Seattle" in 1993 and "You've Got Mail" in 1998. She was also in "Kate & Leopold" (2001) and "Against the Ropes" (2004).Aileen Comora and Paul Lester, both of Westside Estate Agency, Beverly Hills,...
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Steel crazy: The Human League, ABC, Heaven 17
Scotsman.com Living - Books (Free subscription) | 11/15/2008
The Human League, ABC, Heaven 17 – what was it about Sheffield that inspired a generation of musical mavericks, asks PAUL LESTER
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Supply chain rescue plans on the rise
Financial Time (Free subscription) | 11/17/2008
Some of Europe's largest companies are taking extraordinary measures to help out suppliers stricken by the credit crisis by offering cash to prop them up.Groups from Daimler in cars, EADS in aerospace to Safran in defence are worried that their own financial health could be affected by a collapse of a supplier and are considering using their own liquidity to support smaller companies.Paul Lester,...
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Sum of the parts
Financial Time (Free subscription) | 11/16/2008
... about 70 per cent of its £500m ($740m, €580m) annual supply budget – to a meeting.The message from Paul Lester, chief executive, was stark: “If you get into financial difficulties, don’t delay but come and talk to us. You are probably better talking to us than banks, because banks aren’t really doing their jobs right now and we can help.” Possibilities for help include paying suppliers...
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Buoyant VT sees services as the future
Financial Time (Free subscription) | 11/12/2008
VT Group says its long-term future lies in support services as it reveals robust interim results and highlights its option to sell its shipbuilding operations to BAE Systems for £300m
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Music Weekly: Sheffield special - Matt Helders and Tony Christie
The Guardian Music blog (Free subscription) | 10/30/2008
Music Weekly: Sheffield special - Matt Helders (Arctic Monkeys) and Tony Christie; Plus Paul Lester helps us review the singles, and Kitty Empire eulogises about Husker Du
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'There was a time when you couldn't talk about nuclear power at dinner parties'
The Independent (Free subscription) | 11/02/2008
A 57-year-old Oxford-educated chemist is as giddy as a schoolboy when Brian Wilson, of Beach Boys fame, launches into yet another hit. The man turns to his son, who has taken him to the concert for his birthday, and blurts out: "That's what I want to do when I grow up." Dr Tim Stone is one of life's enthusiasts. Paul Lester, chief executive at FTSE250 support services group VT, says:...
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Crossrail on agenda as VT chief lends commercial voice to state projects
The Independent (Free subscription) | 10/26/2008
Paul Lester, the chief executive of FTSE 250 support services group VT, has been appointed to a powerful Treasury committee that decides how and when large government infrastructure contracts are awarded to the private sector.
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Damaged gods: Why Gang of Four were not the band I expected
The Guardian Music blog (Free subscription) | 10/21/2008
Paul Lester: While writing my book on Gang of Four I didn't imagine rock's foremost intellectuals to be capable of the juvenile dementia of the Gallagher brothers
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