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Chief executive sought to run Alnwick Castle

The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland say they would be interested in a Disney-trained CEO to manage their stately home

Punch narrowly wins backing for share issue

Pub operator avoids embarrassing setback when investors vote only just in favour of its plans for £375m share issue

Punch narrowly avoids bloody nose

Shareholder vote on pub company's £375m share issue scrapes past post as hedge funds protest at dilution

Video games under fire as recession takes its toll

Sales at Game Group, Europe’s biggest games retailer, have started to fall suggesting the decline has accelerated

But it’s not game over for video games industry

Thanks to Nintendo’s Wii, 2008 was an extraordinary year as video games finally acquired a degree of mainstream acceptance

Greene King positive despite 15% profit fall

Brewer and pubs group says recent sales are encouraging but short-term outlook mired by drinkers' economic worries

Gordon Ramsay suffers profit nightmare

Foul-mouthed chef's restaurant empire reports 87% decline in profits but claims trading position is now stable

Gala Coral to shed 300 jobs in fresh purge

Gambling group to cut back office and bingo club staff as it steps up pressure on Treasury to reverse bingo duty hike

Is Oliver biting off more than he can chew?

The celebrity chef has a burgeoning empire but there are difficulties in managing such a well-known, well-liked brand

At £25, a dirty carpet is no bargain

The issue often ignored in the debate over the price of accommodation is that of value for money

Food for thought

Sport England, the publicly funded body responsible for distributing cash to sport, seems to be scoring a few own goals

Top players will want to be paid more, says Arsenal chief

Some clubs do not seem to have noticed a recession. But Arsenal does not have the luxury of being able to lavish such sums

Business digest

The lottery operator is in advanced talks to sign a lucrative contract advising California on running its state lottery

Tycoon’s £100m offer to Arsenal football club

Russian oligarch Alisher Usmanov has told Arsenal football club that he is prepared to underwrite a £100m rights issue

Cancelled O2 shows to cost London millions

Michael Jackson fans would have spent money on merchandise, on hotels and in bars and restaurants around the O2 site