Group Finance Director Paul Richardson recalls that cash was so tight he had to approve the weekly payroll.

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He held senior positions at Dixons between 1982 and 1987 before becoming group finance director at Redlands, the building materials company.

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Separately, HBOS said its insurance and investment division head Phil Hodkinson would take over from Mr Tucker as group finance director.

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