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Simon Bazalgette
Simon Bazalgette (born 28 March 1962) is a business leader, advisor and investor in the sports, leisure, media and entertainment industries. In 2020, Bazalgette founded Global Venue Services (GVS), an advisory, investment and business services firm operating in the sports, leisure, media and entertainment sectors. He is also independent non-executive director of the English Football League, and a member of the Sports Board of major charity, NSPCC. Until the end of 2019, Bazalgette was chief executive of The Jockey Club, which runs 15 UK racecourses including Cheltenham, Aintree, Epsom and Newmarket, and other assets such as The National Stud. Governed by Royal Charter, with a turnover in excess of £200 million, The Jockey Club is the largest commercial group in British horse racing. Bazalgette was also senior independent director of the London 2017 World Championships in Athletics. Bazalgette is the great great grandson of Sir Joseph Bazalgette who, as the former chief eng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Guardian
''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'', and changed its name in 1959. Along with its sister papers ''The Observer'' and ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardian'' is part of the Guardian Media Group, owned by the Scott Trust. The trust was created in 1936 to "secure the financial and editorial independence of ''The Guardian'' in perpetuity and to safeguard the journalistic freedom and liberal values of ''The Guardian'' free from commercial or political interference". The trust was converted into a limited company in 2008, with a constitution written so as to maintain for ''The Guardian'' the same protections as were built into the structure of the Scott Trust by its creators. Profits are reinvested in journalism rather than distributed to owners or shareholders. It is considered a newspaper of record in the UK. The editor-in-chief Katharine Viner succeeded Alan Rusbridger in 2015. Since 2018, the paper's main news ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
