City's new champion is ready to thump tables for its future ; INTERVIEW Stuart Fraser has succeeded Michael Snyder as the Square Mile's chief executive and is determined to defend it against all- comers including the Government

From: Evening Standard - London | Date: May 14, 2008| Author: CHRIS BLACKHURST | Copyright information

MUCH of the joy of the City of London is the sheer quirkiness of the place. Other money districts around the world may be all gleaming and up to the minute but the Square Mile manages to mingle ancient with modern, the downright eccentric with the ultra- efficient.

At its heart is the greatest anachronism of all: a corporation that behaves very much as it pleases, with a system of governance that is not repeated anywhere in the British Isles. It's stuffed with people with funny uniform...

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