Rebel with a cause
Having been ousted from Cox in 2004 for planning a management buyout, Neil Utley returned with backing to purchase the company in April this year. Here he talks to Ed Vinales about his plans for the future
When Neil Utley was, by his own admission, fired from Cox Insurance on 8 June 2004 for secretly planning his second attempt at a management buyout, the powers that be knew he would try again. However
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