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ORANGE: Orange survey reveals business personality UK managers would most like to take to see a filmLondon,, Apr 22, 2009 (M2 PRESSWIRE via COMTEX) -- An Orange poll has revealed the Godfather to be the favourite film choice of over 900 business managers in the U.K. Asked by the YouGov survey to vote for their top business based film, the Francis Ford Coppola classic topped the votes (38%) closely followed by Wall Street (25%) and Jerry McGuire (20%). However there was a clear demographic divide with female business managers citing the film Working Girl as a top three film choice despite the male demographic voting this as one of their least favourite films. When it came to voting on the business personality respondents would most like to take to see a film, courtesy of Orange Wednesday, Sir James Dyson, inventor of the world-famous bagless vacuum cleaner, topped the poll with the UK's small business managers whilemanagers in larger organisations would rather share a film with Simon Cowell or lastminute.com founder Martha Lane-Fox. A popular choice, James Dyson once again topped the poll as the most admired business leader with 47% of the vote, well ahead of TV Dragon Theo Paphitis (17%) and X Factor'sSimon Cowell (15%). Martin Lyne, Director of small and medium business, Orange UK said, "Sir James Dyson is a great example of the ingenuity and creativity driving many British businesses at the moment. It therefore comes as little surprise that the majority of UK business people voted him as the entrepreneur they most admire and would like to spend an Orange Wednesday evening with. Whilst the majority of UK businessmen might not have the opportunity to talk shop over a pizza with Sir James, they can still take advantage of our 2 for 1 pizza and movie offer to network with colleagues and partners. Perhaps the next great British invention or business idea will be hatched at an Orange Wednesday." At the other end of the list, you might not be surprised to hear that the survey of business managers found Sir Fred Goodwin (former RBS chief executive) to be the least admired businessman across both male and female managers. To add insult to injury, Sir Fred Goodwin came in as the least favourite business figure along with Gerald Ratner (former chief executive of Ratners) to take to an Orange Wednesday evening. Orange Wednesdays 2-for-1 cinema and PizzaExpress offers are open to all Orange business customers. All you need to do is simply text 'film' to 241 from your Orange mobile, then head to orange.co.uk/orangewednesdays to download your PizzaExpress 2-for-1 meal deal voucher - including a choice of either free garlic bread or dough balls. The offer is available at cinemas nationwide and any PizzaExpress. NOTES TO EDITORS: This survey was undertaken for Orange by YouGov in March 2009, with a sample size of 974 small, medium and large business managers across the UK. BOILERPLATE: About Orange Orange is the key brand of France Telecom, one of the world's leading telecommunications operators. France Telecom serves more than 177 million customers in five continents as of September 30, 2008, of which two thirds are Orange customers. The Group had consolidated sales of 52.9 billion euros in 2007 and 39.9 billion euros for the nine first months of 2008. As of September 30, 2008, the Group had 117.6 million mobile customers and 12.4 million broadband Internet (ADSL) customers. Launched in June 2005, the NExT program (New Experience in Telecommunications) will enable the Group to pursue its transformation as an integrated operator and make France Telecom the benchmark for new telecommunications services in Europe. In 2006, Orange became the Group's single brand for Internet, television and mobile services in the majority of countries where the company operates, and Orange Business Services the banner for services offered to businesses worldwide. France Telecom is the number three mobile operator and the number one provider of broadband Internet services in Europe and one of the world leaders in providing telecommunication services to multinational companies. France Telecom (NYSE:FTE) is listed on Euronext Paris (compartiment A) and on the New York Stock Exchange. For more information: http://www.orange.com, http://www.francetelecom.com, http://www.orange-business.com Orange and any other Orange product or service names included in this material are trade marks of Orange Personal Communications Services Limited, Orange France or France Telecom. CONTACT: Press office, Orange Tel: +44 (0)870 373 1500 e-mail: [email protected] WWW: http://www.orange.com Kirsten Kerr, GolinHarris Tel: +44 (0)207 067 0858 e-mail: [email protected] M2 Communications Ltd disclaims all liability for information provided within M2 PressWIRE. Data supplied by named party/parties. Further information on M2 PressWIRE can be obtained at http://www.presswire.net on the world wide web. Inquiries to [email protected]. |