You can see why: his 34% of easyJet is the biggest pot of wealth he has and he doesn’t want it jeopardised. But the company entered the transfer market with the acquisition of 135 new Airbuses anyway.
McCall smashes it into the onion bag.
Four: Stelios’s biggest demand was that 50% of profits be returned to shareholders like him. Not only that, but he wanted the cash in a permanent annual divi rather than one-off special payouts.
Today he got his way despite uncertainty around the impact of terror attacks.
Stelios hits home from 30 yards.
So there you have it: 2-2. A fitting result for two worthy opponents.
Brexit fear over visas
Could the visa hurdles preventing our tech firms hiring the brightest from around the world be easing? A few London bosses lately have suggested it seems to be, after years of problems getting around daft curbs on non-EU Tier 1 visas.
But now they’re worried the problem might be about to shift geographies.
As Trainline’s Dublin-born chief Clare Gilmartin said at the Veuve Clicquot awards last night, the worry is how Brexit might affect the free movement of the best European programmers and developers into London.
Doubtless, a deal on visas for the brightest would be struck with Brussels eventually, but fast-growing London businesses can’t afford a hiring hiatus while the bureaucrats negotiate.
With the polls suggesting support for Vote Leave is growing, the Home Office Sir Humphreys should be wargaming for an exit now.
