Ford elects its first female member of founding family to its board of directors

Ford elects first female member of founding family to its board of directors: Investors hope Harvard-educated heiress, 33, can help turn around struggling automaker amid profits plunge Alexandra Ford English, 33, has been elected to Ford’s 14-person board of directors She is the great-great granddaughter of founder Henry Ford and the daughter of current Ford … Read more

Founding father of the EU moves step closer to being declared a SAINT

Founding father of the EU moves step closer to being declared a SAINT: Vatican official says Robert Schuman’s ‘heroic virtues’ could be recognised by the Pope this summer Robert Schuman, twice PM of France, is known as the ‘Father of Europe’ He helped forge deep economic ties between nations after WWII Pope Francis could recognise … Read more

The brave entrepreneurs founding new firms from the ashes of Covid

British businesses have faced some of their darkest days this year, as Covid-19 lockdown restrictions have battered the economy. In a poll conducted before the November lockdown, one in seven enterprises told the Office for National Statistics they had little or no confidence of surviving the next few months. Meanwhile, 1.69 million people were unemployed … Read more

Clarks shoes criticised for £13m payout to founding family before more than 1,000 job losses

Clarks shoes criticised for £13m payout to founding family before more than 1,000 job losses Family shareholders were paid £13.4m of dividends over two years  This was as the company racked up losses of £114.2m and made job losses Unions representing Clarks’ shop workers lashed out at the payments  By Tom Witherow For The Daily … Read more

Widespread Panic founding drummer Todd Nance dead at 57

Widespread Panic founding drummer Todd Nance dead at 57… following years of suffering from ‘chronic illness’  Nance passed away in Athens, Georgia, ‘from sudden and unexpectedly severe complications of a chronic illness,’ his family wrote in a statement posted on the band’s website and social media platforms The Tennessee native native reportedly had been struggling … Read more

Lockdown lifesavers from a silver superwoman: FEMAIL’S founding editor, 87, shares her blueprint

She’s the feminist pioneer and author who famously told women that life was ‘too short to stuff a mushroom’. Now Shirley Conran, who launched the Daily Mail’s Femail section in 1968, is applying that same no-nonsense approach to life in lockdown. Like some 3.8 million other over 65s, Shirley lives alone, and has now endured … Read more

George Woodhouse, Mail on Sunday founding member, dies aged 84

George Woodhouse, one of The Mail on Sunday founding members, dies aged 84 By Mail on Sunday Reporter Published: 02:13 BST, 19 April 2020 | Updated: 02:13 BST, 19 April 2020 George Woodhouse, one of the founding fathers of The Mail on Sunday, has died after a short illness, aged 84.  He was hired by … Read more