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	New Statesman: The business - Gerry Robinson disastrous foray into digital TV is followed by a new TV show I'll Show ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Gerry Robinson, the former Granada chief, has taken on the role carved out in the 1980s and 1990s by Sir John Harvey-Jones in his Troubleshooter series.
		Robinson is the archetypal working-class Irishman made good-the ninth child of a Donegal carpenter - who convinced us that it was possible to run the largest of blue chips on just four days a week.
		Robinson once told his biographer Bill Kay: "I often think of the philosophy expressed in Milan Kundera's The Unbearable Lightness of Being, which says that nothing matters very much and yet, because it is all we have, everything matters greatly.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0FQP/is_4638_132/ai_102273982 (967 words)

	Art in America: British Arts On Alert - British Arts Council chairman Gerry Robinson announces - closer monitoring of ...
		Robinson, a businessman and chairman of the Granada Leisure group, warned recently that the annual allocation of Arts Council cash, which he pegged at around 400 million [pound sterling] ($664 million), would be closely watched for the next three to five years and any "tired practices" rooted out.
		Robinson warned the Royal Opera House (presently mired in controversy over its future) and other arts organizations that bad management would not be tolerated, and he insisted that the arts be made more broadly accessible (he advocates free museum admission, for example).
		Robinson wants the Council to be the national strategic body for the arts, with most funding decisions transferred to the 10 regional arts boards.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1248/is_1_87/ai_53560687 (812 words)

	Nine months to prepare for £4,000-a-week job (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Robinson - a genial Irishman not known for his bashfulness - has apparently not felt ready to take on high-profile duties before fully absorbing his brief.
		Robinson, however, has several other claims on a working week that starts with the Monday evening flight from his native Co. Donegal in Ireland, where he lives with second wife Heather and their two young children, and ends with the 7.30pm return on Thursdays.
		Robinson has also been lined up to replace Sir John Harvey-Jones in the BBC series Troubleshooter, though when the programme will be broadcast is unclear.
	www.manifest.co.uk /news/2003/20030107MailonSunday.htm (1056 words)

	Just in case (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Gerry Robinson, manager of the Newport water system, was tracking it all day.
		The fire company already had been contacted to assist with the removal and Robinson was trying to line up a tractor to help pull the unit from the river with the anticipation that a decision to pull or not to pull would have to be made by Wednesday.
		Robinson said the fire hydrants from Third Street down to the river should be turned off as should the water main crossing the Juniata River bridge.
	www.tricountyi.net /nrps/Whats_New/just_in_case.htm (401 words)

	The Observer \| Business \| Mammon: Sir Gerry Robinson
		Robinson had us believe he was happy pottering around on his Donegal estate, building boathouses, fishing and playing with his children.
		And this is the same Robinson who sacked David Plowright, brother of actress Joan, as Granada TV boss in 1992, prompting that famous broadside from John Cleese, who described him as an 'upstart caterer', a reference to his earlier career in food and drinks company Grand Metropolitan.
		Robinson believes that much work is a waste of time, but those few things that are important 'one should approach with the utmost seriousness; when it come to the big one, you cannot afford to get it wrong.'
	observer.guardian.co.uk /business/story/0,6903,1557684,00.html (1157 words)

	Arts Council England Unveils Ambitions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Chairman, Gerry Robinson, said that putting the arts at the heart of national life was the overriding ambition.
		Setting the context for the Arts Council's detailed Budget plans, to be announced at the end of March, Gerry Robinson confirmed that there would be substantial increases in funding for individuals, arts organisations as well as cultural diversity and young people.
		Gerry Robinson confirmed that he was expecting the merger to save nearly £20 million over the next 3 years, with over £8 million likely to be saved annually from 2005/2006 onwards.
	www.nnah.org.uk /articles/070303.php (499 words)

	BBC News \| Business \| Talking tough on takeovers
		Gerry Robinson is one of the UK's top managers, feared by both competitors and employees who feel the impact of his efficiency drives.
		Mr Robinson said he was "passionate about the arts", but admitted he had not even wanted the Arts Council job at the beginning.
		Gerry Robinson's is known for being a tough businessman and told Tim Sebastian he never feels "personal" when doing business.
	news.bbc.co.uk /hi/english/business/newsid_273000/273352.stm (650 words)

	Guardian \| Gerry's smash and grab
		It opened in mid-March when Gerry Robinson (chairman of the Arts Council) launched a dawn raid on the England's 10 regional arts boards (RABs).
		Gerry's apparatchiks are trying to pour oil on very troubled waters and, six weeks too late, they are lavishing soothing words about consultation and devolution on the ruffled regional sensitivities.
		The suspicion is that the Labour luvvies have nobbled Robinson, complaining of bureaucracy, and, as one northerner admitted, the Antony Gormleys and Anish Kapoors of this world would much prefer to deal straight with the bigwigs in London.
	www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4177792-103677,00.html (897 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Books: I'll Show Them Who's Boss! The Six Secrets of Highly Successful Management (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Robinson has hated every book on business and management he has ever read and is convinced that the practical skills required to run a business are relatively simple.
		Robinson’s gift is not that he understands and clearly relates what the requisite skills are, but that he is a subtle psychologist who only cares about what’s necessary to make the business work.
		Robinson's words are clearly derived from years of experience and, although sometimes simplistic, have real impact on the reader.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/0563521392 (890 words)

	Granada chief to head Arts Council
		GERRY Robinson, chairman of the Granada Group, was confirmed yesterday as the new chairman of the Arts Council, succeeding the Conservative peer Lord Gowrie.
		Mr Robinson, 49, who also chairs British Digital Broadcasting which will pioneer 30 digital TV channels in this country later this year, is a longstanding Labour supporter.
		Mr Smith said the new incumbent might for the first time be paid but Mr Robinson, who will not be expected to devote as much time to the job as his predecessor and who earned £858,000 last year at Granada, will not take a salary.
	www.portal.telegraph.co.uk /htmlContent.jhtml?html=/archive/1998/01/15/ngra15.html (407 words)

	Telegraph \| Money \| Robinson confirms he intends to bid for Rentokil
		Rentokil Initial shares jumped 10pc, up 15¼ to 166½p, yesterday after Sir Gerry Robinson, the former Allied Domecq chairman and presenter of the BBC2 programme I'll Show Them Who's Boss, confirmed his intention to make a bid for the ratcatching-to-office plants group.
		Sir Gerry set up his bid vehicle Raphoe Management last month, saying of potential targets: "Existing shareholders will own at least 90pc of the target company even after the takeover.
		Sir Gerry is also seeking "discussions with the trustees of the Rentokil pension funds".
	www.telegraph.co.uk /money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2005/08/23/cnrent23.xml&sSheet=/portal/2005/08/23/ixportal.html (336 words)

	speaker anthony robinson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Paul Robinson predicted a bright future for Tottenham the club paid Â£7million for Jermaine Jenas.
		MINNEAPOLIS--Aug. 3, 20051, 2005--C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. ("C.H. Robinson") announced today that it will hold a special meeting of the company's stockholders on October 14, 2005, to vote on a proposed amendment of the company's Certificate of Incorporation.
		With his turn as the starting quarterback here at last, Michael Robinson enters the season at war with his instincts -- Throw the short pass instead of the deep ball.
	www.green-drink.org /speaker_anthony_robinson.htm (415 words)

	Spectrum Sports New Milford’s student-athletes could be asked to ‘pay-to-play’ (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Even the person most in the know, NMHS athletic director Gerry Robinson, admits his crystal ball is muddy on this one.
		Robinson had put forth a plan that would have avoided pay-to-play but would have eliminated 11 varsity sports teams, as well as junior varsity cheerleading and all freshmen teams.
		Robinson hopes parents and athletes will bite the bullet and keep participation at a high level at NMHS and Schaghticoke.
	www.spectrum.newmilford.com /071902/sp-box.htm (1005 words)

	Robinson the Frontrunner to Lead Olympic Bid
		The new favourite for the £200,000-a-year post is Gerry Robinson, chairman of the Arts Council, but he faces stiff competition from Barbara Cassani, founder of the low-budget air line Go, and Kevin Roberts, the chief executive of Saatchi and Saatchi, when the interviews begin tomorrow.
		Robinson has emerged as the frontrunner after Sir Christopher Meyer, Britain's former Washington ambassador, Lord Simon, the former chairman of BP, and Charles Allen, the head of Granada, ruled themselves out, fearing the job would prove too time-consuming.
		Robinson is said to be concerned about the time factor but excited about the prospect of leading the bid.
	www.buzzle.com /editorials/6-9-2003-41496.asp (323 words)

	TV personality Gerry Robinson sets eyes on pest control major Rentokil
		LONDON: Sir Gerry Robinson, Britain's colourful businessman-turned-TV producer, is bidding to take over the world's largest pest control firm Rentokil Initial, his company, Raphoe Management revealed.
		The deal will in all probability be share and cash and sources in the know said it will be so structured to give existing Rentokil shareholders more than 90 per cent of the new company.
		With his exceptional management acumen, Robinson had led a management buyout of the contract services unit of food firm Grand Metropolitan in 1987 and turned it into Compass Group.
	www.abcmoney.co.uk /news/242005751.htm (465 words)

	Gerry Robinson launches acquisition vehicle - Forbes.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		LONDON (AFX) - Sir Gerry Robinson, the former chairman of Allied Domecq PLC,Granada Group and British Sky Broadcasting Group PLC, is setting up a vehicle to invest in major turnaround situations in the UK.
		Robinson intends to revert to an active management role as an executive chairman.
		Robinson has contracted his services to Raphoe for five years and will be the controlling shareholder.
	www.forbes.com /afxnewslimited/feeds/afx/2005/07/20/afx2147680.html (562 words)

	The Scotsman - S2 Thursday - Arsenic and old lace are a fatal combination (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		In fact, plonk him in the sickly bowels of any financially constipated company and before you can say, "ooh, this is all a bit like that sketch in The Day Today where a New Age guru was drafted in to re-organise a rubbish office, isn’t it?", there will be murder on the shop-floor.
		Gerry, watching the action on a state-of-the-art laptop from the swanky safety of his Docklands’ studio flat, agreed.
		Gerry should be brought in to revamp I’m A Celebrity...
	thescotsman.scotsman.com /s2.cfm?id=523842003 (622 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| The Guardian \| Robinson fires up Rentokil
		Sir Gerry is famous in the City for orchestrating the hostile bid by Granada for Forte a decade ago, but more lately he has become better known for his role in the BBC's I'll Show Them Who's Boss.
		Sir Gerry's possible approach follows a year of turbulence since Sir Clive Thompson was ousted from the company.
		Sir Gerry Robinson is keeping tight-lipped on how he might structure a £3bn takeover of Rentokil.
	www.guardian.co.uk /business/story/0,3604,1554467,00.html (707 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| The Guardian \| Gerry Robinson plans to show who's the boss
		Sir Gerry Robinson, the former head of Granada and star of the BBC television series I'll Show Them Who's Boss, is making a comeback with plans to target and take over large, underperforming businesses.
		However, he would not say which companies Raphoe is actively looking at nor which sectors it is interested in, although it is understood it will look at larger companies, including those in the FTSE 100.
		Sir Gerry was also behind the hostile takeover of the Forte hotel and restaurant chain in 1996.
	www.guardian.co.uk /business/story/0,3604,1532875,00.html (603 words)

	RED STAR RESEARCH - Tony Blair and New Labour's links with Company Bosses and the Rich (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Gerry Robinson is Chairman of the Granada Group and was given the job of Head of the Arts Council by Tony Blair in 1998.
		In 1994 Gerry Robinson was Chairman of London Weekend Television (LWT), like a number of important Labour figures including Peter Mandelson, Greg Dyke, Trevor Phillips, Lord Bragg and Charles Leadbetter (DEMOS).
		Allen and Gerry Robinson made millions together through a management buy-out of Compass Catering in 1988.
	www.red-star-research.org.uk /robinson.html (368 words)

	Countrybookshop.co.uk - I'll Show Them Who's Boss!
		Gerry Robinson provides straightforward advice on management techniques.
		Throughout the TV series Gerry Robinson brought his insight to issues faced by four families running their own businesses.
		Backed up by case studies drawn from the first and second series of I'll Show Them Who's Boss Gerry's easy-to-use management guide enables readers to understand, practise and implement the skills within their own careers.
	www.countrybookshop.co.uk /books?whatfor=0563521392 (201 words)

	Cayman Net News: West Bay novice to take on the big race
		Gerry Robinson a 40-year old Caymanian from West Bay will be competing in her very first marathon on Sunday 6 March when the Cingular Wireless Cayman Islands Marathon takes place.
		To date, the longest run this mother of three has completed is 20 miles, which she says is the longest distance recommended in the schedule.
		Ms Robinson plans to do just that on Sunday, 6 March, and she hopes to have some company.
	www.caymannetnews.com /2005/02/788/race.shtml (614 words)

	Scotsman.com Business - Food, Drink & Agriculture - Former drinks boss uncorks plan for firm turnarounds
		GERRY ROBINSON, who has just stepped down as chairman of drinks group Allied Domecq following its takeover by Pernod Ricard, is starting a firm to invest in UK turnaround situations.
		Mr Robinson said that when public companies were taken private by private equity firms, the existing shareholders were denied the opportunity of participating in the investment.
		Mr Robinson's new company aims to ensure that existing shareholders continue to own at least 90 per cent of companies it buys.
	business.scotsman.com /agriculture.cfm?id=1661662005 (346 words)

	House of Commons - Culture, Media and Sport - Minutes of Evidence
		I was intrigued by the remark by Gerry Robinson when you said that the reason why the Rogers Plan did not go ahead was because there just was not the money available.
		(Mr Robinson) I think the one major difference between the two is the opportunity to leverage commercial funds in the case of the South Bank Centre which are far less than in the case of the Royal Shakespeare Company.
		It says in here that with the money that we have just discussed, £100 million, that would actually only provide the principal element, by which they actually mean the theatre, the majority, £44.6 million, and a few little bits around the edge would take up the rest of the money.
	www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk /pa/cm200102/cmselect/cmcumeds/489/2011512.htm (3488 words)

	New chief tells all on Arts Council to resign
		THE entire Arts Council will be asked to resign this week by its incoming chairman Gerry Robinson, as part of radical plans to slim down the organisation.
		Mr Robinson, the former Granada chief, thinks that the council that distributes £186 million of government and £200 million of National Lottery money each year is over-bureaucratic.
		Mr Robinson is one of a number of "tough" businessmen appointed by Labour to shake up arts organisations.
	www.portal.telegraph.co.uk /htmlContent.jhtml?html=/archive/1998/03/15/nart15.html (326 words)

	House of Commons - Culture, Media and Sport - Appendices to the Minutes of Evidence
		He then made absolutely clear that the only reorganisation proposal, which he and Gerry Robinson would ever entertain, is the amalgamation of all the regional funding bodies into the Arts Council.
		This is the conceptual core of the Robinson project: that it makes sense to create a single, seamless funding approach for the arts.
		Inevitably—and this problem certainly is not confined cultural agendas—Gerry Robinson's new London based monolithic agency is practically guaranteed to create popular suspicion amongst those who choose to live outside and detached from London's inner circles of influence and patronage.
	www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk /pa/cm200102/cmselect/cmcumeds/489/489ap31.htm (1322 words)

	British Elections (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		I'm Peter Robinson, a fellow at the Hoover Institution.
		I'm not sure what you'd think, Gerry, but even their own ad campaign was a bit risky.
		Gerry, you've devoted your academic life to the study of Britain.
	www.uncommonknowledge.org /uk1997/112.html (3833 words)

	Untitled
		Gerry Robinson arrived at Granada in October 1991.
		Gerry Robinson now chairs Allied Domeq and Arts Council England.
		Gerry Robinson’s crop rose like bubbles in a fermenting-vat, exploded and made a stink.
	www.citylife.co.uk /articles?141 (793 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| The Guardian \| Rentokil refuses to let Gerry Robinson look at its books
		Rentokil has rebuffed a request from potential suitor Sir Gerry Robinson to look at the company's books because the veteran executive has yet to table any substantive takeover proposals, the company said yesterday.
		Sir Gerry revealed he was considering a raid on the underperforming company early this week and claims to have been in discussions with a number of Rentokil's disgruntled investors.
		Sir Gerry has a history of winning hostile bid battles, having famously defeated Sir Rocco Forte to take control of the Forte hotel chain nine years ago.
	www.guardian.co.uk /business/story/0,3604,1557504,00.html (497 words)

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