The dastardly Mr Deedes

tony Blair was spotted on the Greek island of Mykonos last week meeting Naguib sawiris, 63, the Egyptian telecoms tycoon who Forbes says is worth £2.5bn. they lunched at solymar, a swanky restaurant on the east side of the island famed for its black seafood risotto. a favourite haunt of Hollywood star tom Hanks, islanders regard it as mildly less vulgar than neighbouring Nammos, where sir Philip Green and his posse were recently seen squirting champagne around the place. Deutsche Bank has finally replaced its staff’s Blackberry handsets in favour of iPhones. Deutsche was one of the last banks to continue using the clunky smartphones, which became objects of derision once Apple entered the phone market in 2007. Apparently, the poor dears were fed up of being teased by clients about their outdated devices. Despite resigning as trade Minister at the weekend, former Waitrose managing director Lord Price has gamely kept his appointment to address next week’s Wine and spirit trade association conference. Does his Lordship, aka ‘the chubby grocer’, plan to get something off his considerable chest? some think he quit in a huff over the Government’s Brexit strategy. Royal Mail’s exit from the FTSE 100 means that without Moya Greene, the number of female bosses inside the index slips to just six. A regrettable situation, though one which might be remedied sooner than expected. Some fancy hoity-toity Moya, 63, for the top job at EasyJet now Carolyn McCall’s hung up her tangerine blouson. Languid vacuum cleaner tycoon sir James Dyson, 70, is on a property splurge in america. as well as putting the finishing touches to his flagship store in New York – a vast, 3,200 square foot space on Fifth avenue – he’s also purchased an apartment in an exclusive new development on Park avenue. Back home, Dyson’s ever- expanding estate, comprising over 25,000 acres, now makes him a bigger landowner in England than the Queen.