John Lewis appoints Pramerica July 30, 2012 Pramerica Real Estate Investors, the European arm of Prudential Financial, said yesterday it has been hired by John Lewis Partnership Pensions Trust to boost its portfolio of UK property investments to £270m.
John Lewis sales up as shoppers catch sports fever August 24, 2012 John Lewis, Britain’s biggest department store group, posted strong sales growth last week, helped by increased demand for sports equipment following Britain’s gold medal haul at the London Olympics. The employee-owned firm said today department store sales jumped 14.5 per cent year on year to £61.1m in the week to 18 August, the third week [...]
John Lewis sales lifted by Olympic gold rush August 17, 2012 John Lewis, Britain’s biggest department store group, posted strong sales growth last week, helped by a feel good factor that swept the nation during the second week of the London Olympic Games. The employee-owned firm said today that department store sales jumped 14.9 per cent year on year to £60.75m in the week to 11 [...]
John Lewis first retailer to sell Barnes & Noble ereader in UK August 28, 2012 AMERICAN book retailer Barnes & Noble yesterday said it has chosen John Lewis to be its first UK partner in the push to sell its Nook ebook readers in Britain. The department store group will be the first retailer outside the United States to sell the Nook devices across its 37 of its shops from [...]
John Lewis sales rise July 20, 2012 John Lewis, Britain’s biggest department store company, has reported a double-digit rise in weekly sales – a result of its summer sales, poor weather and the Olympics. The employee-owned firm announced an increase in department store sales of 17.3 per cent year-on-year to a total of £70.3m in the week ending 14 July. Dino Rocos, [...]
John Lewis sales growth held back by weather August 3, 2012 John Lewis, Britain’s biggest department store group, said sales growth eased last week, with demand sapped by a spell of hot weather and the opening of the London 2012 Olympic Games. The employee-owned firm said today department store sales increased 6.2 per cent year on year to £56.6m in the week to 28 July. In [...]
Debt firms snap up UK student loans for £160m November 29, 2013 DEBT MANAGEMENT group Erudio was yesterday revealed as the buyer of £890m worth of student loans that have been sold off by the government. Erudio Student Loans, a consortium made up of Arrow Global and CarVal Investors, paid £160m for the portfolio. The deal will see it take control of the government’s remaining 17 per cent [...]
Debt firms snap up UK student loans for £160m November 25, 2013 DEBT MANAGEMENT group Erudio was yesterday revealed as the buyer of £890m worth of student loans that have been sold off by the government. Erudio Student Loans, a consortium made up of Arrow Global and CarVal Investors, paid £160m for the portfolio. The deal will see it take control of the government’s remaining 17 per cent [...]
Primark is wise to remain offline April 26, 2013 SO many retailers have been trumpeting their online success in recent weeks – with the internet now more profitable than the high street for Debenhams, and John Lewis’ annual website sales topping £1bn – that it’s something of a surprise to be presented with old-fashioned bricks and mortar success. But that’s what Primark delivered yesterday, [...]
Coen brothers deliver the goods January 23, 2014 FILM INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS Cert 15 | By Alex Dymoke Four Stars INSIDE Llewyn Davis is an offbeat, directionless sulk through the unforgiving streets of early 60s New York. These 60s don’t so much swing as shiver: winter-time Greenwich Village is wan, washed-out, freezing. The aspiring musicians who shuffle through it aren’t carried forth by [...]