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The chairman arrives uncharacteristically late at the Bandwagons On Tour IFA Roadshow

"It's not like you to be late," I whispered to the chairman of the insignificantly-sized investment group SmallBluePlanet after his attempt at a discrete entrance into the back row of the Wittering Travelodge's luxurious Hain Banqueting Suite had temporarily brought the Bandwagons On Tour IFA Roadshow to a standstill. Different circumstances had bought the pair of us so far from our usual stomping grounds - the chairman because every now and then he likes to see what the investment big boys are up to on the marketing front and me because I'd lost a bet with another hack who had been lookin...

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