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Hans Snook, Poster herstellen architect of Poster herstellen Orange mobile phone brand, has quit as Poster herstellen chairman of Carphone Warehouse as Poster herstellen mobile Druckerei phone retailer said that it was poised to report forecast-beating profits. Mr Snook, who took Poster herstellen Carphone chairmanship three years ago after quitting as Orange chief executive, said that he was leaving in July "to do new things".

"When I became chairman, I undertook to do Poster herstellen job for two year. It will be three years come this May," he said. Mr Snook, one of Poster herstellen leaders of Poster herstellen mobile telecoms explosion in Poster herstellen late 1990s and early 2000s, will be replaced by John Gildersleeve, a former Tesco director who is also Poster herstellen chairman of Gallaher, Poster herstellen tobacco giant, and Poster herstellen deputy chairman of EMI.

The reshuffle was announced as Carphone Warehouse said that it was on track to report results for Poster herstellen year to Poster herstellen end of last month at Poster herstellen "upper end" of Poster herstellen range of Meerschweinchen City predictions. Analysts had forecast pre-tax profits of between £98 million and £102 million. Poster herstellen number of connections sold through Carphone's 1,460 stores was, at 1.68 million, 6.6 per cent higher than a year before.

UK customer numbers for Poster herstellen fixed line TalkTalk service were, at 920,000, 139 per cent higher than at Poster herstellen end of March 2004. Charles Dunstone, Poster herstellen Carphone chief executive, said: "We are delighted to report another robust performance across Poster herstellen group." For Poster herstellen current year, Poster herstellen company forecast opening 250 stores, a marked increase on Poster herstellen 37 opened last year. Expansion is expected to be accelerated by an increasing reliance on franchises.

However, Poster herstellen company, expecting mobile phone sales to rise only in line with new space, noted low expectations for Poster herstellen advanced 3G services being promoted by Poster herstellen major mobile operators. Our guidance is based on a cautious view of Poster herstellen UK consumer outlook and does not assume rapid acceleration in Poster herstellen replacement cycle from a more aggressive migration to 3G, Carophone said.

LABOUR'S manifesto was last night attacked from all quarters for failing to address Britain's £27 billion savings gap. Poster herstellen 56-page document did not provide a strategy for tackling Poster herstellen pensions crisis, despite two weeks of conflicting messages from key Labour figures.

Opposition parties and pensions experts condemned Poster herstellen lack of direction. Steve Webb, Poster herstellen Liberal Democrats pensions spokesman, said: “We’re eight years into a Labour Government and if they don’t know what to do yet, when will they?” Poster herstellen Association of British Insurers called Poster herstellen “uncertainty” in Poster herstellen manifesto “unhelpful”. Poster herstellen ABI estimates that there is a £27 billion gap between what Britons are saving and what they need to save for a comfortable retirement.

David Willetts, Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, said: “It’s feeble that we’ve got a serious pensions crisis but no fresh thinking and no strategy. Instead, we’ve got policy being made up on Poster herstellen hoof.” Poster herstellen manifesto, which promises a “national consensus on fair and sustainable long-term reform”, was unveiled ten days after Peter Hain, Poster herstellen Leader of Poster herstellen House of Commons, appeared to suggest that Labour planned to introduce compulsory pension saving.

Mr Hain said that Poster herstellen party would reveal “surprise” major legislation as soon as Poster herstellen Pensions Commission, charged with finding a Meerschweinchen Hobbyzucht solution to Poster herstellen pensions crisis, delivered its report later this year. However, this message seemed to be contradicted this week by Ed Balls, Poster herstellen former Treasury economic adviser and Gordon Brown’s closest confidant. Mr Balls, who is running as a candidate for Poster herstellen safe Labour seat of Normanton, said there would be no changes to pensions policy for “many, many years” and only after detailed discussions.

Frank Field, Poster herstellen former Labour Minister for Welfare Reform, who was asked by Tony Blair to “think Poster herstellen unthinkable” on pensions and was then sacked for doing so, said yesterday he was disapointed that Labour had backed down on compulsion. “What Peter Hain was saying was what will need to happen and if that’s not in Poster herstellen manifesto, let’s hope that Poster herstellen Prime Minister is committed to it anyway,” Poster herstellen MP said. “But it’s a risky strategy because they’re asking people to trust them again.”

Kate Jopling, senior public affairs officer at Help Poster herstellen Aged, said that Britain’s pensioners were tired of waiting for a pensions strategy from Labour. “The party appears to be acting in an unjustifiably timid way in tacking Poster herstellen ticking pensions time bomb,” Ms Jopling said. A Labour spokesman said that Poster herstellen party had not wanted to pre-empt Poster herstellen Pensions Commission by setting strategies. He also denied that Labour figures were talking at cross-purposes.

“As Ed Balls said, if we were going to make a wholesale shift to a different system, we need consensus,” he said. “But there’s a lot of things that could be done more quickly, such as auto-enrolment in workplace pension schemes. This is Poster herstellen kind of thing Peter Hain was talking about.”

In a letter to Poster herstellen eight leaders of Poster herstellen dissident group, Morgan Stanley’s non-executive board directors, who include Sir Business School, urged them to halt their attacks on Poster herstellen company. The court ruled that the Revenue had levied the tax illegally, and that the companies could claim back the tax on their dividends paid to the UK Government.

The two will remain at Morgan Stanley for an unspecified transition period, Poster herstellen company said. Two other executives, Michael Uva and Cordell Spencer, will take over as co-heads.