Complex sentence: The speech was instantly seized upon by the media, an estimated £500m was wiped from the value of the company, he was given the boot 18 months later, and in 1994 the Ratner name was expunged from the company, renamed Signet Group.
Split into simpler sentences: The speech was instantly seized upon by the media, and an estimated £500m was wiped from the value of the company. He was given the boot 18 months later, and in 1994 the Ratner name was expunged from the company, renamed Signet Group.