Sentences with phrase «kcmg knighthoods»

Only his wisdom was directed towards those hoping to become masters of business rather than masters of a mystical, intergalactic knighthood.

Indeed, this past November the French government pinned a knighthood on him, not for his ability to drive profits but for his vociferous global campaigning to rein in climate change.

In 2006, at the age of 39, Stelios received a knighthood from HM Queen Elizabeth II for services to entrepreneurship.

Traces of those fascinations appear throughout this book (although there is no mention of his enthusiasm for the modern literary knighthood of superheroes and science fiction films).

That was the century when, during two terrible years, the Black Death killed more than a third of the population from Iceland to India, returning four more times before the era was up; when gangs of terrorists roamed and plundered Europe without hindrance; when the Hundred Years War took on a life of its own, frustrating efforts to end it, «an epic of brutality and bravery checkered by disgrace»; when new weapons and errant knighthood brought an end to chivalry; when widespread peasant revolt was answered by terrible aristocratic repression; and when internal scandal robbed the church of its ability to comfort and save.

Even Chaplin's recently bestowed knighthood — however much deserved and belatedly granted — sat rather awkwardly on a figure whose greatness lay in his portrayal of a tough but tender little tramp who stood at the bottom of the social order, if not quite outside of it, and who in real life had come from the slums of London.

The announcement of his knighthood rekindled the ire of strident Islamic groups in Iran, Pakistan and Malaysia.

The knighthood is in recognition of the faithful and devoted service Mr Leach has given to supporting the mission of the Catholic Church through publications and media communication.

Jim was a regular fixture at the Wednesday night Parliamentary Masses, and in recognition of his commitment to his faith and the Church he received a Papal Knighthood from Pope Benedict XVI and became a Knight of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of St George.

It's hard to imagine a modern - day academic, under pressure to produce, leaving such a volume of work unpublished, but Oakeshott never felt compelled to bow to worldly pressures or pursue worldly gains — going so far as to decline, graciously, an offer of a knighthood.

He was adopted into God's family, inducted into the knighthood of worship.Not that anyone....

The Former Bishop of Liverpool, James Jones, has awarded his knighthood for services to the families... More

He was adopted into God's family, inducted into the knighthood of worship.

Jimmy Tarbuck said: «He never received a knighthood and I could never understand why.

Loyal, stubborn, and headstrong, the statuesque Brienne of Tarth embodies the chivalry and honor of knighthood.

Give Wenger a Knighthood.

@Jembut for the record Wenger is not a Sir (he has no knighthood) nor his he a professor (no Phd).

This year is even worse than usual, back - to - back international tournaments ensuring that plenty of players are either just sloping back from their holidays, or have gone to London to help Sebastian Coe in his bid for a knighthood baronetcy viscounty.

The Knighthood got him all sorts of benefits that other teams did not, I heard a myth that some team won a penalty over there once.

I'd argue mentality and a Knighthood.

This will prove once and for all that Wenger is the master and must be given a 23 year extension plus an honourary knighthood for services to European football.

No report on world sports would be complete without mentioning cricket, that interminable game in which batting prowess can lead to knighthood.

I wonder what you thought of Beckham when he abused the people who give out Knighthoods when he never got one.

Ranieri was voted Manager of the Year and for what he achieved at Leicester, but the man deserved a knighthood.

From Men in Blazers: To celebrate the return of meaning (aka Premier League Football) into our lives, the Men In Blazers, descend into The Swamp to play a live show for the ages at a location we can not yet reveal, but it might be the first step towards a Davo knighthood.

A draw looks the safest approach although anyone who rightly predicts this result deserves a knighthood.

I trust that he will be given an honorary knighthood for the wonderful job he has done for Arsenal, as well as the whole of football in this country.

There was an unexpected backlash against the decision to strip Fred Goodwin of his knighthood this morning, as senior politicians, business leaders and media outlets criticised the move.

Where once we had a great battle of ideologies in public life, between the socialist left and the capitalist right, between authoritarians and liberals, now we have only the coffee house gossip of whether Keith Vaz will get a knighthood for his vote on 42 days and the identities of the «thirty women» Nick Clegg says he has slept with.

Following the row over the latest round of bank bonuses and the withdrawal of Fred Goodwin's knighthood, he has invoked One Nation sentiment in relation to banks and their moral obligations to regions, business, family and individuals.

Sir Desmond — who was awarded his knighthood in June — told Radio 4's Westminster Hour that the honours list was a «relatively light» way of rewarding service.

Writing this I am still in mourning that the wonderful Bruce Forsyth has once again been overlooked for a knighthood.

It is this same drive for arms sales and political influence which saw the Assad regime treated as allies and Tony Blair lobbying for him to receive a knighthood in 2002.

MPs have unanimously backed a call for former BHS owner Sir Philip Green to be stripped of his knighthood.

«[Green is a] billionaire spiv who should never have received a knighthood.

Conservative MP David Winnick cited Green's tax arrangements and said he did not know how he got a knighthood in the first place.

This was a time when Sir Fred Goodwin become plain old Fred Goodwin, too - the former RBS chief being stripped of his knighthood by a shadowy Whitehall committee.

The director of public prosecutions and head of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) Ken McDonald, leads the list of knighthoods in the Queen's 2007 new year's honours.

It is true that the Prime Minister is re-inventing the political knighthood, and that the collapse of Lords reform opens up the prospect of more peerages, but patronage has taken a hit, and Downing Street has come late to using what it has.

Former RBS boss Fred Goodwin went from Sir Fred to plain old Mr Goodwin after his knighthood for services to banking was taken away.

In 2006, The Sunday Times newspaper revealed that every donor who had given # 1,000,000 or more to the Labour Party since 1997 was given a Knighthood or a Peerage.

Some well - known people have received honours this year including: • actor Kenneth Branagh receives a knighthood, Kate Winslet a CBE and Jenny Agutter an OBE • architect Zaha Hadid receives a DBE, opera director David McVicar is knighted, and comic writer Grant Morrison gets an MBE • there were MBEs for world number one ranked golfer Luke Donald, Welsh rugby union player Shane Williams and former England goalkeeper David James • satirist Armando Iannucci gets an OBE, and there are CBEs for journalist Peter Riddell and cookery writer Mary Berry • there were OBEs for singer - songwriter Gary Barlow who organised the Queen's Jubilee Concert, and Sarah Burton, designer of Kate Middleton's wedding dress

12:28 - Who nominated Sir Fred for a knighthood and why?

Sir Fred Goodwin has been stripped of his knighthood, in a sign of the extent of public anger over bankers and the financial crisis.

The higher honours confer noble titles: «Sir» and «Dame» in the case of knighthoods; «Lord» and «Baron» or «Lady» and «Baroness» in the case of life peerages; and one of the ranks of the hereditary nobility in the case of hereditary peerages.

Among those to contribute to her campaign was Ian Taylor, a prominent donor to the Remain campaign who this week rejected a reported knighthood offer from former prime minister David Cameron.

[85] Darling declared «There is something tawdry about the government directing its fire at Fred Goodwin alone; if it's right to annul his knighthood, what about the honours of others who were involved in RBS and HBOS?»

His predecessor at the Home Office, Mark Sedwill, who has been national security adviser since April 2017, also receives a knighthood, under the Order of St Michael and St George.

Knighthoods for top HMRC civil servant Edward Troup and Home Office permanent secretary Philip Rutnam are among the honours for public staff

Ruffley was also a former special advisor to Ken Clarke when he was Chancellor and also campaigned for Fred Goodwin to be stripped of his knighthood.