WHAT IS THE latest tittle-tattle from 1, St. Martins Le Grand, the once rock solid home of Nomura International in London? Today, the formerly impregnable fortress is beginning to show signs of crumbling at the foundations. Worse still, there are rumours of some dry rot and seepage among the staff after the recent bonus awards. We hope that the voluble, but socially gracious, titular head of Nomura in London, Takumi Shibata, has had the common sense to call in both Rentokil and George Wimpey Construction.
April 16, 1999