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Michael Northcott

Michael Northcott

Web Reporter

Michael Northcott joined Management Today in April 2012.

Before MT, he freelanced for several b2b magazines at Emap and Mulberry Publications whilst studying for his Journalism MA at Goldsmiths, University of London.

After completeting his studies, the fast pace of online news beckoned so he took a job as online editor at Mulberry to co-ordinate the launch of a series of news websites. When the position at MT came up, he couldn’t resist giving it a go. The rest is history. 

When he hasn’t got his eye on all things business, he likes playing classical piano, watching Oscar-winning films, and enjoying brandy and a cigar with some of the great thinkers of his age. Or just going to the pub.

Follow Michael on Twitter @MikeNorthcott

 

Latest Articles From This Author

Social networking 'expert' Murdoch predicts Facebook's demise

- The media mogul has piped up on Twitter saying the Facebook will face the same fate at MySpace, the company which he bought at the top of the market and then sold for hundreds of millions less.

Jamie Oliver knocks Lord's visitors for six with £20 steak

- The celebrity chef's glorified burger van at Lord's cricket ground is selling steak sandwiches for £20, according to outraged Twitter users.

YouTube campaign launched to make Abercrombie & Fitch go homeless

- Thanks to A&F's notorious 'we don't like fat people' approach, a prominent video blogger is calling for the brand to be made 'synonymous with homelessness'.

Ocado defies Waitrose boss with Morrisons tie-up

- Shares in food delivery business Ocado have soared 56% after it confirmed a deal to get Morrisons into online retail by January 2014.

Quarter of Brits - like David Beckham - are unhappy with current job

- A new YouGov survey has found that 27% of UK workers do not feel satisfied by their current job, apparently including David Beckham, who has retired from football.

Thomas Cook to fly in £400m of shareholders' cash

- The struggling tour operator is expected to ask its shareholders to stump up £400m to help it pay off some debts.

BP's had enough, and wants Cameron to help

- The myriad costs relating to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill are now piling so high that the firm plans to ask the prime minister to have a word with the US government at the G8.

Merv leaves BoE on a high note

- The governor of the Bank of England, Mervyn King, has decided that he will leave on a positive note, with his final set of quarterly forecasts suggesting things are looking up.

Barroso: France has 'lost its competitiveness'

- France has dipped into its second recession since Francois Hollande took up the presidency, prompting the EC president to call for sweeping reforms.

Severn Trent bats away 'undervaluing' takeover plans

- The water supplier has rejected a takeover approach from Kuwaiti and Canadian investors saying that it does not value the company highly enough.

Another 14,000 jobs to go at HSBC?

- It's already been on a huge cost-cutting drive, but today the UK's largest bank announced that it might have to shed another 14,000 people.

UK unemployment swings back up to 2.52 million

- The ONS has announced that during the first three months of the year, the number of jobless grew by 15,000 people.

Half-hour meeting with Apple's Tim Cook? $600,000, please

- You read it right the first time. The bidding in a charity auction for which the top prize is an audience with Apple's CEO has passed $600,000. That's equivalent to about 1,000 iPhones.

Severn Trent takeover approach as British Gas boss protests decency

- Severn Trent, the water company that supplies to around 4.2 million households in the midlands and Wales, has received a buyout approach from Kuwaiti and Canadian investors.

Poor Duncan: Bannatyne in Twitter war with the Mail

- Bannatyne's just had a pricey divorce, and after the Daily Mail claimed he is in £122m of debt, he has taken to Twitter to attack the 'untrue' story.

Blooming disaster: Bloomberg reporters access client intel

- The editor of Bloomberg News, Matthew Winkler, has been forced to apologise after some of his reporters monitored the firm's clients' activities on its terminals.

Ocado shares dive 8% on Waitrose expansion opposition

- Expansion plans for the food delivery firm have suffered a blow after Waitrose said it would oppose a tie-up between Ocado and Morrisons.

Lord Young: 'Get rid of start-up loans age cap'

- David Cameron's enterprise advisor, Lord Young, has called for the start-up loans scheme to be made available to people over 30.

Centrica cookin' on gas after cold spring

- The parent company of British Gas, Centrica, has announced an 18% jump in the amount of gas used in the first four months of 2013, compared with last year.

UK and US data put a weekend smile on our faces

- For once, some good news from the world of economic metrics. The US unemployment figures continue to fall, and the UK services sector has hit an eight-month high.


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