Jeff bin in?

Yep. In and out. Randall has gone from the BBC. One of Europe’s best business journalists has left Auntie. He stood for too long doing pieces to camera live outside the Bank Of England as beered-up bankers jeered in the background. The competing business and economics journalists at the Beeb have always had a difficult job - how to make it a) interesting and b) understandable and c) short. They very seldom get a lead, except maybe for an interest rate change. Even then, a lot of business news falls into 'tombstone' reporting – company X did Y. Randall is a fine catch for any news organisation or PR company. He’s experienced, intelligent, hard-working and astute. He wasn’t universally popular with the BBC, but then that probably just adds to his credentials.