West End sees robust October high street sales November 14, 2010 SALES at London’s West End shops remained robust during October despite the details of the government’s Comprehensive Spending Review acting to unnerve consumers. According to lobby group the New West End Company, which is backed by major retailers and property owners in Bond Street, Oxford Street and Regent Street, West End sales rose 7.7 per [...]
OUT OF OFFICE October 14, 2010 WINTER HAND CLINIC John Lewis Oxford Street has teamed up with luxury skincare brand Elemis to launch free Winter Hand Clinics to run throughout November and into December in-store. The bespoke consultations will be led by an expert Elemis skin therapist who will give customers top tips and advice on how to protect their hands [...]
John Lewis easter sales jump 30pc April 9, 2010 JOHN Lewis has posted a 30 per cent jump in weekly sales after a bumper easter. The retailer said sales at its 28 department stores and one “at home” store were £59m in the week to 3 April, up from £45.4m in the same week last year. Merchandise director Jill Little said: “We now have [...]
Why racehorse ownership doesn’t have to be a dream June 3, 2011 THERE are few better feelings than watching the horse you own run at the races. Racehorse ownership has often been regarded as a pursuit of the mega rich yet there are now a number of opportunities available to share the cost of owning a horse with friends, family, colleagues, or even strangers, but still enjoy [...]
ANGER OVER COST OF SNOW FIASCO December 2, 2010 THE COST to the UK economy of the mounting chaos bought by the snow and unseasonally cold temperatures could be as much as £1.2bn a day, it was claimed yesterday. As the seventh day of the cold snap saw the disruption reach the south-east of England, with more than six inches of snow falling overnight, [...]
M&B chief Fowle calls time March 16, 2011 MITCHELLS & Butlers (M&B) chief executive Adam Fowle quit yesterday, just weeks after chairman John Lovering left the company. Fowle’s resignation comes amid rumours of tension between Fowle and 23 per cent shareholder Joe Lewis. His departure after just two years was by “mutual consent”, according to M&B’s stock market statement. The company has been [...]
M&B chief Fowle calls time March 16, 2011 MITCHELLS & Butlers (M&B) chief executive Adam Fowle quit yesterday, just weeks after chairman John Lovering left the company. Fowle’s resignation comes amid rumours of tension between Fowle and 23 per cent shareholder Joe Lewis. His departure after just two years was by “mutual consent”, according to M&B’s stock market statement. The company has been [...]
GOVERMENT GIVES ARK FUNDRAISER £1M BOOST June 7, 2011 TOMORROW night’s Ark hedge fund gala has moved to the centre of the political agenda, after the government agreed to match private donations to the tune of £1m for the charity’s vaccination programme in Zambia. Led by development secretary Andrew Mitchell, the pledge is part of the government’s commitment to increasing British taxpayer contributions to [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING November 14, 2010 FINANCIAL TIMES LLOYDS TO SPIN OFF BUY-OUT ARM The private equity arm of Lloyds Banking Group has for the first time outlined plans for the UK’s most prolific buy-out investor to spin off from its banking parent. Darryl Eales, chief executive of Lloyds TSB Development Capital, said it was expected to start raising money from [...]
QUEEN’S FORMER SPINNER TAKES CENTRE STAGE AT ROYAL WEDDING April 27, 2011 TONY Blair and Gordon Brown have been snubbed from the Royal Wedding – as has Brown’s former spin doctor Simon Lewis, despite his previous incarnation as the first head of communications for the Queen between 1998 and 2000. Lewis, who is now the chief executive of the Association for Financial Markets in Europe, will still [...]