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	Guardian Unlimited \| Archive Search
		Millionaire John Caudwell, the flamboyant owner of the Phones4U chain of mobile phone shops, was yesterday accused of bullying staff to back his plans to build lucrative executive homes on greenbelt land.
		John Caudwell, 49 is renowned for an expensive lifestyle that includes a four seater helicopter, twin-engined jet, £1m schooner, £250,000 Bentley Azure and three of the fastest road legal motorbikes in the UK.
		Mr Caudwell accused her of tricking him into having unprotected sex and being a golddigger in the interview, which his spokesman said was accurate but taken out of context.
	www.guardian.co.uk /Archive/Article/0,4273,4454154,00.html (902 words)

	BBC Inside Out - John Caudwell
		John Caudwell is the epitome of a self made man. He began his career sweeping floors, now John is the owner of the biggest independent mobile phone retailer in Europe and a £840 million fortune.
		John's fortune was not made through a lucky lottery win, nor was he heir to an estate.
		John and his brother Brian began selling mobile phones when they were largely unheard of, the size of a house brick and a craze that many thought would never catch on!
	www.bbc.co.uk /insideout/westmidlands/series3/john_caudwell.shtml (647 words)

	Scotsman.com Business - Retail - Phones4U owner Caudwell to sell empire (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		JOHN Caudwell, the mobile phones billionaire, has strung the For Sale sign on his empire, Caudwell Holdings, which includes the Phones4U chain.
		John Caudwell, who started in business with a car repair operation, said he was selling the group after bringing in bankers at Rothschild, the independent investment bank, to carry out a strategic review.
		Caudwell has developed his group into a diverse international business that today employs 8,500 people, boasts turnover of more than £2bn and runs a fixed-line operation as well as repairs and an equipment supplier.
	business.scotsman.com /retail.cfm?id=2219292005 (548 words)

	Phones 4u - Caudwell Trust
		John Caudwell has been closely linked to children's charities since the mid 1990s helping to raise vitally needed funds.
		In 1999 his fundraising efforts were officially recognised when he became President of the North Staffordshire branch of the NSPCC, and the Midland regional representative for the NSPCC's Full Stop Campaign, reporting directly to HRH The Duke of York.
		Working in partnership, the Charity's board of Trustees and employees from the Caudwell Group aim to increase awareness, assistance and contributions through a calendar of exciting fundraising events, developing relationships and support networks from the wider business and local community.
	www.phones4u.co.uk /info/info_caudwellcharity.asp (181 words)

	Directors out at Phones 4u (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		John Caudwell (left) is hoping for stability after the latest round of management changes at Phones 4u, and the company’s progress since he took a more active interest last June.
		John Caudwell has played down the worries of some staff that Phones 4u’s latest management changes will exacerbate problems with the way commissions and bonuses are being administered.
		Caudwell said Phones 4u always aimed to deal fairly with staff and that the manager should have escalated his complaint to a higher level.
	www.mobiletoday.co.uk /artman/publish/printer_1273.shtml (777 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| Special reports \| Call me soft-centered
		John Caudwell, the multimillionaire owner of high street mobile phone retailer Phones4U, is a man many people love to loathe.
		Leaving school, Caudwell became an apprentice at the local Michelin plant, where he came face to face with the company's battalion of pen-pushing middle managers.
		If John Caudwell died tomorrow worth half a billion but people said he helped a lot of children in the UK, he provided a great career for people and yes, he was a hard task master but he was fair...
	www.guardian.co.uk /mobile/article/0,2763,1184983,00.html (1249 words)

	mymob.com Mobile Phone Community - Caudwell could sell Phones 4U
		John Caudwell, the maverick tycoon who built the Phones 4U high-street chain into one of Britain’s biggest retailers, has called in advisers to sell his business empire.
		Caudwell, 52, has hired NM Rothschild, the investment bank, to sound out potential buyers for the business he founded with his brother Brian in 1987.
		John Caudwell, whose wealth is estimated at £1.2bn, is no stranger to allegations of aggressive sales tactics.
	www.mymob.com /forum/showthread.php?t=5421 (621 words)

	Caudwell's Mill Trust Ltd. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Caudwell's mill at Rowsley is a unique, grade II listed historic roller flour mill.
		The present mill was built in 1874 by John Caudwell and run as a family business for over a century.
		At Caudwell's, grain is milled by the same process used at the giant modern mills which provide most of the flour for our bread today, but here the production is on a scale and at a speed that is both easier to understand and which does not damage the flour.
	www.peakdistrictproducts.co.uk /caudwell (274 words)

	Telecoms and Software News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Sunday Times reports that UK mobile tycoon John Caudwell has hired investment bankers N M Rothschild to seek potential buyers for Phones 4U, the high-street mobile phone retailer that he founded with his brother Brian in 1987.
		Comment: John Caudwell, self-made millionaire from central casting, is definitely one of the UK mobile industry's "characters" - indeed, last February he reportedly hired the PR firm Brazen to make sure he stays that way.
		Caudwell did just that two years ago with the service-provider subsidiary SinglePoint, which was sold to Vodafone for around £400m.
	www.ovum.com /news/euronews.asp?id=3064 (438 words)

	Jarama
		John Corcoran and Don Watson (l-r) in front of the only memorial plaque to the British writers who fell in defence of the Spanish Republic in the Residencia de Estudiantes in the Pinar area of Madrid http://www.residencia.csic.es/english/info/where.htm
		This is the entrance to a building used by the British and Irish Battalion throughout the battle and referred to by many interviewed volunteers as the “Cookhouse”, it is now once again a restaurant and is located on the road between Morata de Tajuna and Chinchon.
		It is moving to visit the memorial in the cemetery, and the presence of floral and written tributes in front of the wall plaque and memorial stone provides confirmation that the sacrifice of Christopher Caudwell and his many comrades has not been forgotten.
	www.comms.dcu.ie /sheehanh/photos/jarama.htm (920 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		John Caudwell didn’t build a £2bn mobile phone business (in less than 20 years) without upsetting a few applecarts, and that includes banning e-mail from his Phones 4u stores.
		Caudwell admits that he is now too distanced from purchasing to come across any opportunities like the infant mobile phone business, but after selling the customer billing operations, Singlepoint and Corporate 4u to Vodafone last August, Caudwell now has a £415m “war chest” with which to play.
		Caudwell has a reputation for ruthlessness, and having sacked Anthony Catterson, the managing director of Phones 4u only two years after his division won the outstanding performance at the Caudwell Group Awards (somehow one suspects those e-mails might have something to do with it), the reputation seems understandable.
	www.realbusiness.co.uk /showdetail.asp?ArticleID=2699 (1972 words)

	ISP-Review.com News - Caudwell Comms gets new MD
		Caudwell Communications - the fixed line phone business of Phones 4u boss John Caudwell - has appointed David Downie as MD to "bolster" the management team.
		Last month Downie was appointed MD of Phones 4u Retail (Caudwell's chain of mobile phone outlets) having worked for ASDA for the last 15 years.
		A spokesman for the Caudwell group explained that the appointment of Downie as part of the telco business was part of his "induction into the Caudwell Group".
	www.isp-review.com /news/viewstory.php?id=747 (281 words)

	The Gaming Club Online Casino Supports the Caudwell Charity
		This annual fundraiser staged by The Caudwell Charity looked to be in jeopardy until Carmen Media came to the rescue with a generous donation.
		The Caudwell Charity is a charitable trust that makes direct donations to special children suffering from sickness, disability or terminal illness.
		John Caudwell, CEO of The Caudwell Group was delighted by Johnson’s response, adding, “The Caudwell Cycle Challenge is a fundamental part of our fundraising programme and without it we’d miss out on hundreds of thousands of pounds to help children.
	www.winneronline.com /articles/november2004/the-gaming-club-online-casino-supports-the-caudwell-charity-to-raise-for-children.htm (348 words)

	Guardian Unlimited Money \| Cash clinic \| What is this group like?
		Most of the complaints followed attempts to terminate an annual agreement, which sales staff refuse to accept, claiming a verbal contract to renew the agreement was made and is binding.
		In the BBC2 programme, Mr Caudwell's "trouble" is that he struggles to find people who conform to his four laws of business - that they have ambition, a will to win, commercial intellect and lashings of resilience.
		Mr Caudwell, who says in the programme that "a lot of people running businesses fall into the category of corporate tossers," says that failure is not something he can tolerate.
	money.guardian.co.uk /howtocomplain/story/0,11609,668226,00.html (837 words)

	Wired News: The Boss Who Banished E-Mail
		If you have a cancer you have to cut it out," said John Caudwell, Phones4U's owner, who has never sent an e-mail on his own.
		Caudwell calculated that three hours per day off e-mail, multiplied by the number of staff affected by the ban (600-700), multiplied by the average employee wage will translate to monthly savings of 1 million pounds ($1.63 million).
		It's on a recording by the London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by John Alldis.
	www.wired.com /news/business/0,1367,60508,00.html (986 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Business \| Founder puts Phones4U up for sale
		Billionaire John Caudwell said he had taken the step after receiving "many offers" for all or part of the business from prospective buyers.
		Mr Caudwell, who is ranked 29th in the Sunday Times Rich List, set up the business with his brother in 1987.
		The 53-year-old, who owns 85% of Caudwell Group, originally set up the company 18 years ago in Stoke-on-Trent after discovering he could receive a discount on the usual £1,500 price tag of a mobile phone if he became a dealer.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/business/4421036.stm (429 words)

	icBirmingham - Phones king may float the empire (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Mobile phone magnate John Caudwell could float his Phones4U empire in order to survive the razor-sharp competition in the telecoms sector.
		John Caudwell said: "I may decide to float one or more of the businesses.
		Meanwhile Mr Caudwell said he was confident his UK fixed line business - Homecall - would go from strength to strength.
	icbirmingham.icnetwork.co.uk /0150business/0200news/tm_objectid=14873830%26method=full%26siteid=50002%26headline=phones%2dking%2dmay%2dfloat%2dthe%2dempire-name_page.html (448 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Business \| Tough times for telecoms tycoon
		John Caudwell is that rare thing - a self-made billionaire from the North Midlands.
		On returning from Barcelona, Mr Caudwell found that all was not well at Phones4u, the jewel in his group's crown.
		Mr Caudwell prides himself on taking no prisoners: he cleared his diary and set up a series of one-on-one interviews with his top management to get to the bottom of what had gone wrong.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/business/3552314.stm (523 words)

	BBC NEWS \| England \| Staffordshire \| Tycoon's charity total revealed
		John Caudwell said the trek was a tough challenge
		Staffordshire entrepreneur John Caudwell, founder of Phones 4 U, led a team of six other cyclists on the 18-day, 2,300-mile trip last month.
		Mr Caudwell said: "The value of our grant is subjective: sometimes a small amount can make a massive difference.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/england/staffordshire/3991621.stm (282 words)

	Caudwell sells Homecall arm
		MOBILE phone tycoon John Caudwell today completed the first stage of the break-up of his empire when he sold his Manchester business Homecall, which employs more than 700 people in the city.
		He announced last year he was planning to sell Caudwell Communications and the Caudwell Group, which includes the Phones4U chain.
		Mr Caudwell is in negotiations with various private equity bidders and a deal is expected to be completed by mid-summer.
	www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk /business/s/208/208740_caudwell_sells_homecall_arm.html?rss=yes (361 words)

	Express & Star Midlands Life: West Midlands features, people and places (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The story of John Caudwell's business success is by anybody's standards phenomenal.
		The Caudwell Charity, formed in 2000, has a tie-up in this country with an American-founded project Sunrise to help autistic children.
		Caudwell says that on his regular visits to where special courses are held, he sits and cries when he sees the successes.
	www.expressandstar.com /articles/features/life/article_87885.php (853 words)

	CNN.com - Firm bans e-mail at work - Sep. 19, 2003
		John Caudwell, the multi-millionaire owner of high street retailer Phones 4u, has banned staff from using e-mail, he has said.
		Caudwell, Britain's 26th richest man with a estimated personal fortune of £840 million, said: "I saw that e-mail was insidiously invading Phones 4u so I banned it immediately.
		Last month Caudwell, who founded telecoms company The Caudwell Group, sold his mobile phone service business Singlepoint to Vodafone for £405 million.
	www.cnn.com /2003/TECH/internet/09/19/e-mail.ban (480 words)

	BBC - Stoke and Staffordshire - Wear It With Pride Day (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		A fierce bidding war ensued as first the mobile phone tycoon John Caudwell pledged £100 for Tim to wear a Birmingham City shirt which features his company's logo.
		His bid of £225 was then increased to £300 by John Caudwell.
		By the time the figure reached £500 with both Stoke City and John Caudwell promising to beat the other, Tim came up with an ingenious solution.
	www.bbc.co.uk /stoke/features/2003/02/pride_wedgwood.shtml (782 words)

	Telegraph \| Money
		Phones 4u founder John Caudwell is one of Britain's richest men, after growing his business from start-up to over £2billion in just 15 years.
		Mr Caudwell founded The Caudwell Charity in 2000 to raise money for life-saving operations for sick children.
		Outside of work, his main interest is cycling and he regularly cycles the 28-mile round trip from his home to his office in Stoke.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/factboxes/johncaudwell.xml&sSheet=/money/2005/11/10/ixcitytop.html (342 words)

	Scotsman.com Business - Retail - Phones4U for sale as tycoon rings changes
		MOBILE phone billionaire John Caudwell has put his Phones4U retail business up for sale, after receiving a number of approaches from potential suitors.
		Mr Caudwell, who set up the business in 1987 with his brother Brian in Stoke-on-Trent, said he had delayed the sale of his fixed-line telecoms arm Caudwell Communications and was instead inviting offers for the wider Caudwell Group.
		Mr Caudwell said he believed the firm had great potential for future growth in the UK and internationally, as it was led by entrepreneurial management teams.
	business.scotsman.com /retail.cfm?id=2221352005 (271 words)

	Media Centre - Vodafone and Caudwell Holdings agree acquisition... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Singlepoint, founded in 1993 by John and Brian Caudwell, is the largest and consistently fastest growing independent service provider in the UK.
		It employs more than 1,900 staff and currently manages 1.9 million contract customers, of which 1.5 million are Vodafone customers, representing 27% of Vodafone's contract customer base in the UK.
		Together with the proposed acquisition of Project Telecom, this transaction will increase the direct access to our contract customer base in the UK to 90%.
	www.vodafone.com /article_with_thumbnail/0,3038,OPCO%253D41148%2526CATEGORY_ID%253D20102%2526MT_ID%253Dpr%2526LANGUAGE_ID%253D5%2526CONTENT_ID%253D206981,00.html (252 words)

	MobiMate's WorldMate Distributed in Phones4U Stores
		The solutions deliver products and services that are as simple as a ringtone and as complex as the identification of geographic locations of mobile devices anywhere in the UK.
		The Caudwell Group, headed by Chief Executive and 97% shareholder John Caudwell, is Europe's biggest privately owned telecoms company with £2.5billion sales and 7,500 employees at mid-year 2003.
		Part of the Caudwell Group, founded by the Caudwell brothers in 1987 and headed by John Caudwell.
	www.mobimate.com /company/news/wizcom.html (615 words)

	Caudwell Charity Bike Ride :: Home (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		In May 2003, I was a Guest Speaker at the Charitable Ball; where I was afforded the opportunity to thank John Caudwell and his sponsors and fundraising team in person.
		Not to mention the fabulous ways in which John Caudwell puts himself out in order to raise the funds needed to do this.
		Indeed, John said as much in his speech, which linked into an awards presentation, which were both very entertaining and which, I think, will have left a lot of the people in the audience with the same thought as me...
	www.caudwellcharityride.com (636 words)

	JOHN CAUDWELL - for news on John Caudwell Click Here
		Billionaire John Caudwell, founder of the Phones4U mobile phone shops, puts the business up for sale.
		Mobile phone tycoon John Caudwell completes his 2,300 mile charity ride across Europe.
		Staffordshire mobile phone tycoon John Caudwell sets off an 2-300 mile cycle ride across Europe.
	www.newsbyname.co.uk /J/John-Caudwell.php (88 words)

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