Ofwat has turned to a star alumna to lead the water regulator, which is facing one of the most testing times in its 24-year history.

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Bosses at Heathrow airport have submitted a new, lower figure for the amount they say they should be allowed to charge airlines for using it from 2014 to 2019.

Apprentice 2013 runner-up Luisa Zissman

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Luisa Zissman in the interview room on tonight's Apprentice
Current Fulham owner Mohamed Al Fayed could be about to sell the club

Mohamed Al Fayed could be about to sell Fulham according to reports

The 84-year-old has invested £200m during his 16-year reign as owner but he could be about to sell with rumours of an American takeover on the cards

Axed Apprentice contestant Myles Mordaunt

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Traffic and navigation app works by connecting drivers to one another

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Nick Hewer, Lord Alan Sugar, Karren Brady from this year's BBC programme, The Apprentice.

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“I’m not perfect. There are occasions I may have got it wrong,” Lord Sugar declared, in a rare display of humility. “But I haven’t seen anyone who’s become a new Branson or Zuckerberg that I’ve let go.”

Severn Trent to flush out new chief after Tony Wray announces retirement

The starting gun was fired today on the race for one of the biggest jobs in the UK water industry.

Will Arbuckle's adventure training savvy helped his business

Finance careers are a lot like trekking

Distinct experience demonstrates a broad skillset, says Matt Symonds

Scripted by Harold Pinter from a novella by Robin Maugham, The Servant played like a twisted, homoerotic 1960s version of one of PG Wodehouse's Jeeves stories

The Servant that led cinema into a new era

It's 50 years since Joseph Losey's movie liberated British filmmaking. Ahead of a special screening, Geoffrey Macnab considers its legacy

EDF launches £5m civil claim against group of activists who shut down power station

The energy company EDF has launched a civil claim for £5m in damages against a group of activists who shut down one of its gas-fired power stations in a week-long protest last year.

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