John Lewis is set to create a new restaurant August 11, 2013 JOHN Lewis is poised to launch a new restaurant concept in a move to diversify its catering range and attract more customers into its department stores. Chief executive Andy Street said while John Lewis’ restaurants and cafeterias were profitable and provided good quality, “middle of the road” food, they were not “cutting edge” brands. [...]
Capita on track for 2014 thanks to flurry of new contract awards May 12, 2014 OUTSOURCING firm Capita said yesterday that it feels confident of achieving growth in line with market expectations this year, after “a strong start to 2014” where it secured £1.1bn of new contracts. The FTSE 100 company was awarded contracts with Transport for London, John Lewis and the Ministry of Defence, with its bid pipeline standing [...]
Radley plots ambitious growth plans after strong sales figures May 11, 2014 RADLEY, the purveyor of handbags stamped with its famous Scottish Terrier logo, is set to follow in the footsteps of other British fashion brands by pushing into Asia to tap the region’s burgeoning middle class consumers. The private equity backed company, which started life on a market stall in Camden, is eyeing ambitious growth plans [...]
Ultimate Betway Chester Cup guide May 5, 2015 BILL ESDAILE TAKES AN IN-DEPTH LOOK AT TODAY’S BIG RACE AND PREVIEWS THE REST OF CHESTER’S CARD 1 ANGEL GABRIAL 8/1 Runner-up in this last year, he wears the first colours of leading owner Dr Marwan Koukash and has a good draw in stall five. Contested Group races last season, but is 15lb higher than [...]
Sainsbury’s braced for first loss in a decade as supermarkets move to downsize May 5, 2015 Battling with excess space and a revival at Tesco, Sainsbury’s is having to fight harder than ever. It is early on a weekday morning, and the first wave of customers are yet to arrive at Sainsbury’s revamped store in Wandsworth – its aisles stacked high with everything from garden furniture to Le Creuset-style saucepans [...]
John Lewis to pay £40m to compensate underpaid staff August 22, 2013 John Lewis has admitted it made a mistake in the payment of staff working on Sundays and bank holidays under the Working Time Regulations, which will cost them around £40m in repayments and related expenses. The retailer said a recent review of holiday pay policy revealed staff who receive certain additions to pay – like [...]
Any Other Business – 02/05 May 2, 2014 JOHN Lewis’ flagship shop on Oxford Street transformed itself from a department store into a period drama last night for the launch of a new exhibition celebrating its 150th anniversary. Actors swanned about in period dress acting out the long and interesting history of the business, while invitees sipped cocktails and champagne. Even the heavy [...]
Tesco said to shortlist Sir Ian Cheshire and John Allan for its new chairman January 21, 2015 Tesco is said to have drawn-up a shortlist for the appointment of its new chairman, as it prepares to bounce back with a turnaround plan following a hefty profit overstatement. The UK's biggest supermarket chain is said to be choosing between Sir Ian Cheshire, who recently left home improvement retailer Kingfisher, and John Allan, the [...]
Ladies by a head at sun-soaked Epsom June 7, 2014 THE SUN came out to meet the millenary yesterday as Investec Epsom Ladies Day got underway. There was all sorts of fashion to be seen from tartan to frilly tutus, but the Harvey Nichols fashion scouts and star fashion judge Mariella Tandy managed to pick out six ladies for the best dressed final. “It’s been [...]
John Lewis pays £40m to staff after pay error August 22, 2013 AROUND 69,000 John Lewis staff will share a £40m windfall this month after the retailer discovered an error in the way it calculated pay for Sundays and bank holidays. The firm said yesterday it had discovered that employees who were entitled to premiums for working on Sunday or bank holidays “had not been paid correctly [...]