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The dastardly Mr Deedes

- mrdeedes@dailymail.co.uk

Plans to have edinburgh Woollen Mill’s grizzled boss Philip Day parachuted in as chairman of stobart Group is opposed by some who point to his lack of experience in public companies. Day, 52, has built his £1bn fortune through unlisted retail companies which are very much his fiefdom. When his daughter Kirsty stood for Miss england in 2010, staff in Day’s 500 stores were ordered to vote for her. Blonde Kirsty, 26, duly amassed as many votes as the 59 other contestant­s put together.

Marks and Spencer chief Steve Rowe wore the M&S waistcoat that England manager Gareth Southgate has been successful­ly fashioning to this week’s Business in the Community awards, with less-flattering results. ‘Echoes of Hugh Grant hooker Divine Brown modelling Liz Hurley’s safety-pin dress,’ reports a witness, a tad unkindly.

seven investment Management’s founder Justin Urquhart stewart is in Jordan, where locals have mistaken him for a member of the royal family. Alone in his hotel dining room last week, he was surprised when his breakfast was not only prepared but served by the head chef. As goatee-whiskered Justin, 63, ate, he realised that nearly every member of staff had entered to watch. eventually, a cowering maitre d’ approached and asked: ‘excuse me sir, but how well do you know Prince William?’

Late Glencore founder and all round wrong ‘un Marc Rich – indicted on 65 criminal charges but pardoned by US President Bill Clinton in 2001 – is to be the subject of a biopic starring Jason Bourne actor Matt Damon. Short, bald avec tycoon’s paunch Danny DeVito might have been a more apposite choice, but that’s Hollywood for you.

Most shameless exploitati­on of england’s dramatic victory over Colombia, thanks to goalkeepin­g heroics, falls to Yorkshire Building society which issued the ludicrous press release: ‘Following Jordan Pickford’s incredible penalty save against Colombia, Yorkshire Building society data suggests any future aspiring keepers called Jordan may not be as great at saving.’ time to give their publicist the red card?

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