Outlook Marc Bolland has certainly got into the swing of things as M&S boss. Putting his name into Google images produces numerous pictures of him looking very dapper in a top-of-the-range M&S suit with models draped on his arm.

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Dave Berry to take over from Johnny Vaughan as host of Capital FM breakfast

Dave Berry is to take over from Johnny Vaughan as host of the Capital FM breakfast show in London.

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Second-quarter sales at Marks & Spencer have soared ahead of City expectations after its new chief executive, Marc Bolland, sanctioned a larger marketing budget.

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For the record: 11/10/2010

'I would happily have stayed there for any fee they cared to offer, but there were other considerations' – Reviled by critics and unmourned by his bosses, Jonathan Ross departs the BBC after 13 years

For the record: Rich pickings for breakfast

Next year's radio industry Oscars, the Sonys, will have four new categories to give marketers and advertising bods their chance of picking up a bauble.

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