Future plc (LSE: FUTR) is a media company; in 2006, it was the sixth-largest in the United Kingdom. It publishes more than 150 magazines in fields such as video games, technology, automotive, cycling, films and photography.^[1] Future is the official magazine company of all three major games console manufacturers.^[2] It is a constituent of the FTSE Fledgling Index. The company also owns the US company, Future US.

History[link]

Future's founder Chris Anderson in 2007

The company was founded in Somerton, Somerset in 1985 by Chris Anderson with the sole magazine Amstrad Action.^[3] An early innovation was the inclusion of free software on magazine covers, the first company to do so.^[3]

Anderson sold Future to Pearson PLC for £52.7m in 1994, but bought it back in 1998, with Future chief executive Greg Ingham and Apax Venture Partners, for £142m.^[3] In December 1999, Future issued Planet PC, a new PC gaming magazine intended to appeal to male eight-to-twelve-year-olds.^[4] In 2001 Anderson left Future.^[5]

In November 2009, Future reported a fall in profits from £9.5 million to £3.7 million (a loss of 61 percent) in the fiscal year that ended 30 September 2009. Future attributed this to problems with their US market, hit by a fall in the general advertising market.^[2]

In March 2010 Future announced that it was exploring the possibility of reviving its GamesMaster brand on television. The video games show had run from 1991 until 1998.^[6][7]

Organisation[link]

One of Future's offices in Bath

Peter Allen and Mark Wood currently serve as chairman and chief executive of Future plc respectively.^[8]

References[link]

External links[link]

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• http://www.futureplc.com/

William Samuel Hugh Laidlaw (born 3 January 1956, Kensington) is the chief executive officer of Centrica, the British natural gas and electricity company.

Early life[link]

He is the son of Sir Christopher Laidlaw (1922-2010), former Chairman of BP. Sam Laidlaw attended Eton College and studied Law at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge[1] gaining an MA in 1977. He qualified as a solicitor in 1979 with the Macfarlanes law company. He obtained an MBA in 1981 from the INSEAD Business School in Fontainebleau, France. His father was Director of the Management School for seven years.

Career[link]

He was executive vice president of Global Business Development of the California-based Chevron Corporation from May 2003 and chief executive officer of Enterprise Oil in 2002 (which was bought under his leadership by Shell in 2002 for £3.5bn). The company also faced a hostile takeover from Eni, the Rome-based oil company.

Centrica[link]

He joined Centrica in July 2006 taking over from Sir Roy Gardner. He is Chairman of the Executive Committee and the Disclosure Committee. In January 2008, he was appointed a non-executive director of HSBC Holdings plc and in December 2010 he was appointed as the lead non-executive director on the board of the Department for Transport. He is also a member of the UK Prime Minister's Business Advisory Group. Previously he was executive vice president of the Chevron Corporation, chief executive officer at Enterprise Oil and president and chief operating officer at Amerada Hess. Until August 2007, he was a non-executive director of Hanson plc. He is a trustee of the medical charity RAFT.

He has been Chairman of the Petroleum Science and Technology Institute, based in Aberdeen, and President of the United Kingdom Offshore Operators Association.

Personal life[link]

He is married with three sons (Fergus, Humphrey and Arthur, including two born in June 1990 and September 1992) and a daughter (Clemmie). He lives in Kensington and Chelsea, London. He married Deborah (Debbie) Morris-Adams in Aylesbury Vale in Buckinghamshire in April 1989.

See also[link]

• OFGEM

External links[link]

• Official Centrica Profile
• Becoming Executive Vice President of Chevron in 2003

News items[link]

• Daily Mail December 2009
• Low carbon future in December 2009
• Scotland on Sunday May 2009 discussing nuclear power
• Guardian February 2009
• Times August 2008
• Telegraph July 2008
• Times June 2008
• The Sun March 2008
• Telegraph February 2008
• British Gas makes £571m profit in 2007
• Becoming boss of Centrica in March 2006

Audio clips[link]

• Talking about Centrica's profits in February 2008

Video clips[link]

• Prince's Rainforests in November 2009
• Corporate responsibility at Centrica in June 2009
• Centrica's profits decline 20% as seen on the BBC in July 2008

Andrew "Andy" Moss (born 1 June 1984) is an English television actor. He is currently best known for playing Rhys Ashworth in the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks since 2005.

TV credits[link]

Hollyoaks is Moss's first regular television role, though he had previously played Craig Gutteridge in the BBC drama series Cutting It, in addition to minor roles in Merseybeat, Doctors and two episodes of Coronation Street.

Moss trained at the North Cheshire Theatre College, where he earned a Diploma in Drama. He also attended Sheena Simon College, where he also obtained a National Diploma in Musical Theatre.

Music[link]

Andrew also fronts a rock band called Empire. They are due to play their first London gig at Showcase Live @ Queen of Hoxton on October 26 2011.^[when?]

External links[link]

• Andrew Moss on Myspace
• Empire on [1]
• Andrew Moss at the Internet Movie Database
• Hollyoaks Official Biography
• Andrew Moss celebrates universal children’s day with Red Cross young volunteers

References[link]

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