CEO reveals fashion sense

While speaking at the Brit results press briefing, chief executive Dane Douetil admitted that Brit was looking at many options for moving abroad in order to avoid the perceived unfairness of the government's taxation laws. However, Douetil is keen to resist following the herd to Bermuda and remain in the cooler climates of Europe: "I don't look very good in flowery swim-shorts," he said, "no-one wants to see that."

Grant Ellis, who has returned from a holiday at his new home in Cape Town, is having a few problems with his garage flooding every time that it rains. While attempting to clear out his garage before it turned into a swimming pool, Ellis managed to give himself an electric shock. To compound things, his wife turned up at the electric gate, which was not working, with a flat tyre. Money cannot buy you luck, it would seem.

RSA's trading director Jon Woodman has welcomed its new head of retail, Desmond Cross, by saying "I don't think we could have found anyone with more relevant experience." His last job? Chief executive of Las Bodegas, which specialises in importing and selling Argentinian wine. We are interested to find what exactly his role at RSA entails.

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