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Wallace walks from Cable & Wireless

...Wireless is to leave the company. The announcement comes 10 days after Richard Lapthorne, the former chairman of healthcare firm Amersham and former British Aerospace... Read more

21 January, 2003 by Andrew Swinton

No merit in C&W's mega bonuses

...share price. The proposed deal enjoys the support of C&W chairman Richard Lapthorne, who says it will inject a much-needed private equity drive... Read more

16 May, 2006 by Leader

Unions attack C&W bonus plan

...job cuts at the company, was proposed in a letter from chairman Richard Lapthorne to C&W’s shareholders at the weekend. If the proposal... Read more

15 May, 2006 by David Meyer

Bulldog blames BT for service failures

...assistance. Speaking at C&W's annual general meeting on Friday, chairman Richard Lapthorne said that BT had been struggling to hand over control of... Read more

25 July, 2005 by Graeme Wearden

Cable & Wireless cuts go deeper

...board overhaul demanded by disgruntled shareholders and delivered by the new chairman, Richard Lapthorne, who joined the company in January The group's actual operating... Read more

5 June, 2003 by Ron Coates

Cable & Wireless switches chiefs

...will be guaranteed a minimum bonus payment of £375,000 (54 percent). Richard Lapthorne, chairman of Cable & Wireless, said: "Francesco will focus on our customers... Read more

2 April, 2003 by Andrew Swinton

Cable & Wireless confirms Energis interest

...point out a deal is not a foregone conclusion. C&W chairman Richard Lapthorne told delegates at the company's annual general meeting that it... Read more

22 July, 2005 by Jo Best

C&W cuts worse than expected

...board overhaul demanded by disgruntled shareholders and delivered by the new chairman, Richard Lapthorne, who joined the company in January The group’s actual operating... Read more

4 June, 2003 by Ron Coates

C&W axes half its London office staff

...major international player unravelled. Next week, the company's new bosses, chairman Richard Lapthorne and CEO Francesco Caio are expected to announce a new strategy... Read more

30 May, 2003 by Ron Coates

New C&W CEO to "focus on key relationships"

...be guaranteed a minimum bonus payment of £375,000 (54 per cent). Richard Lapthorne, C&W chairman, said: "Francesco will focus on our customers and... Read more

3 April, 2003 by Andrew Swinton

Wallace walks from Cable & Wireless

...Wireless, is to leave the company. The announcement comes 10 days after Richard Lapthorne, the former chairman of healthcare firm Amersham and former British Aerospace... Read more

22 January, 2003 by Andrew Swinton

Morse shares slump on 'challenging' outlook

...off by more than seven per cent after the company's chairman, Richard Lapthorne, warned of challenging times. Analysts reduced their estimates in May when... Read more

30 August, 2001 by Kate Hanaghan

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