Shares in the British luxury carmaker dropped 14% after it said chief financial officer Mark Wilson will step down by the end of April.

Aston Martin, maker of luxury sports cars for the James Bond movies, is moving ahead with a plan to list shares in London, naming Penny Hughes as chairman to end all-male board representation.

Royal Bank of Scotland boss Stephen Hester saw his controversial £7.7m pay package rubberstamped by the Government today as the bank insisted it had to pay staff “fairly”.

Royal Bank of Scotland completed the overhaul of its boardroom today with the appointment of two more non-executive directors.

Entrepreneur Luke Johnson has been named the new chairman of Channel 4.