One person chirpily embracing the season of goodwill is the ex-wife of disgraced former BP boss Bernard Looney.

Self-help guru Jacqueline Hurst, who divorced Looney in 2019, encouraged her Instagram followers to avoid feuds with loved ones over the Christmas period.

‘Life is really short and forgiveness gives way to freedom,’ she said on Instagram last week, looking as glamorous as ever.

Out: Former BP boss Bernard Looney, who quit the group in September

Out: Former BP boss Bernard Looney, who quit the group in September

Out: Former BP boss Bernard Looney, who quit the group in September

Hurst has previously described the ‘devastating’ pain of Looney ending their marriage ‘suddenly and without warning’. But it now seems she may have had the last laugh.

Looney quit BP in September after admitting that he misled the board over a series of relationships with colleagues. 

Earlier this month BP denied him £32million in pay and shares following ‘serious misconduct’.

As her ex’s career collapsed, Hurst said: ‘The moral of the story of all things in life – just be a good person and tell the truth.’

2023 round-ups

’Tis the season for merrymaking but also for round-ups of 2023 from analysts.

Among the missives is one from broker Liberum, whose analysts Andrew Ripper and Caspar Erskine were doling out awards for the tech and media sectors last week.

Gongs included ‘player of the year’, bestowed on Zillah Byng-Thorne for her stints as chair of review site Trustpilot and executive chair of ad agency M&C Saatchi.

There was also ‘theme of the year’, scooped by the rise of artificial intelligence after shares soared in the likes of Nvidia and Microsoft.

Less happy to receive an award will be GB Group, a Chester-based fraud prevention firm, which Liberum dubbed the most likely bid target.

One more thing… 

Christmas is understandably a quiet one in the Square Mile, with traders and executives usually too busy digesting turkey and mulled wine to make major announcements.

But a handful of companies have decided it is the perfect time to hold their annual general meeting.

Those in the diary next week include ad tech firm Tremor, stock market data group ADVFN, and SkinBioTherapeutics.

Christmas also tends to be a time when firms sneak out bad news, aware that many people are too distracted by the festivities to notice. 

This column, however, remains alert all year round. Firms, you have been warned.

Contributor: Emily Hawkins 

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