Time for Shell boss to master art of renegotiation
Nils Pratley
While it would be embarrassing for Ben van Beurden to push BG Group for better terms at the 11th hour, embarrassment should not enter the equation
August 2014
Around 23,000 BT staff receive average share scheme windfall of £42,000
There are couples, with both partners working at BT, who put in the maximum and will receive a total of £179,410
July 2014
Government 'handbrake turns' deter investment, UK minister tells Australia
UK's trade minister tells business leaders in Australia in wake of carbon tax repeal that regulatory uncertainty will put off investors
May 2014
Music Export Growth Scheme helps British artists realise touring dreams
New scheme helps 14 artists take their sound overseas with a total of £250,000 awarded to help fund promotional tours
March 2014
Thousands of BT workers set to share £1.3bn windfall this summer
24,000 BT workers expected to receive 'life-changing' amounts when five-year employee share scheme vests
September 2013
Business leader
Will Mark Carney have the courage to burst George Osborne's bubble?
Business leader: The Bank of England governor now has a veto over the inflationary Help to Buy scheme. The question now is whether he will dare to slow the housing market as 2015 looms closer
July 2013
BT chief executive takes aim at 'publicity seeking' tax committee
Observer business agenda
BT's Ian Livingston bows out before the big match against Sky
Nick Fletcher
June 2013
Business blog
Broadband delivery project has failed frustrated internet users
Even if the new deadline of 2017 is met, bringing a third of Britain out of digital limbo will have taken a painfully long seven years from policy declaration to delivery
BT chief executive exits to become trade minister
Ian Livingston will join the House of Lords, replacing the former HSBC chief executive and chairman Lord Green
Nils Pratley on finance
Ian Livingston's government career may be short-lived
The interesting question is what the outgoing BT chief executive does after being trade minister
Did BT get what it wanted in the Premier League auction?
At least part of chief executive Ian Livingston's thinking in pitching into the Premier League rights arena is defensive
May 2012
BT boss paid £7.7m last year
BT hits superfast broadband target ahead of deadline
May 2011
Viewpoint column
BT is a success story, so why isn't the dividend higher?
Nils Pratley
Ian Livingston can point to good news on several fronts. Investors might well ask why there's not better news for them
November 2010
Viewpoint column
BT making the right calls
Nils Pratley
BT profits surge 43% to £781m
May 2010
Strike threat at BT as boss gets £3m pay package
Communication Workers Union votes for ballot on national strike after bumper payouts to BT boss Ian Livingston and other top executives revealed
July 2009
BT investors vent anger at chief's £343,000 bonus
BT yesterday faced a shareholder revolt over a six-figure bonus paid to chief executive Ian Livingston last year despite a collapse in profits and a large cut in the annual dividend.
