Looking good, kid: autumn style August 26, 2010 WHEN I was a child in the US, back-to-school fashion (we didn’t have uniforms) was a matter of two new scrunchie hairbands and a new pair of spandex rose-patterned cycle shorts. Oh, and a side pony tail. These days, kids from middle class families are expected to be almost as fashionable as their parents. More [...]
BELSTAFF DIRECTOR ON-BRAND IN PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN CAMEO May 16, 2011 NEVER mind the drawn-out takeover struggle by its largest shareholder Peel Holdings – the real action at Pinewood Studios has been filming the next instalment of the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, out tomorrow. Cinemagoers hoping to catch Pinewood’s chairman Sir Michael Grade in a cameo in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides will [...]
BELSTAFF DIRECTOR ON-BRAND IN PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN CAMEO May 16, 2011 NEVER mind the drawn-out takeover struggle by its largest shareholder Peel Holdings – the real action at Pinewood Studios has been filming the next instalment of the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, out tomorrow. Cinemagoers hoping to catch Pinewood’s chairman Sir Michael Grade in a cameo in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides will [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING September 26, 2010 FINANCIAL TIMES GOLD SALES AT EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANKS DRAW TO HALT Europe’s central banks have all but halted sales of their gold reserves, ending a run of large disposals each year for more than a decade. The central banks of the eurozone plus Sweden and Switzerland are bound by the Central Bank Gold Agreement, which [...]
John Lewis opens Olympic store February 1, 2010 Department store John Lewis is to open a shop next to the 2010 Olympics site as part of its sponsorship deal. The shop, in Stratford, will sell Olympic merchandise and become the 26th home-grown sponsor. An estimated 10,000 licensed products which will be on sale. The John Lewis flagship store in Oxford Street will also [...]
John Lewis to open “Olympic” store February 1, 2010 DEPARTMENT store John Lewis is to open a shop next to the 2010 Games site as part of its sponsorship deal. The shop, in Stratford, will sell Olympic merchandise and become the 26th home-grown sponsor. An estimated 10,000 licensed products which will be on sale. The john Lewis Flagship store in Oxford Street will also [...]
Post workers to own 10pc of Royal Mail September 22, 2010 AT least 10 per cent of Royal Mail will be owned by employees when the postal service is eventually privatised, Vince Cable announced yesterday. Speaking at the Liberal Democrat conference in Liverpool, the business secretary said Royal Mail’s 155,000 workers would benefit from the “largest employee shares scheme of any privatisation for 25 years”. He [...]
Post workers to own 10pc of Royal Mail September 22, 2010 AT least 10 per cent of Royal Mail will be owned by employees when the postal service is eventually privatised, Vince Cable announced yesterday. Speaking at the Liberal Democrat conference in Liverpool, the business secretary said Royal Mail’s 155,000 workers would benefit from the “largest employee shares scheme of any privatisation for 25 years”. He [...]
Debenhams is bullish as tips profit up 20pc September 14, 2010 DEBENHAMS yesterday said that its pre-tax profit for the year would rise 20 per cent – thanks to rising online sales and the performance of its designer ranges. The company suggested profit would hit £150m as its discounting and store expansion helped to fuel figures £3m above analysts’ forecasts. However, sales at stores open at [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING September 9, 2010 FINANCIAL TIMES TRICHET CALLS FOR TOUGHER EURO RULES Eurozone members that break the region’s rules on public finances should be excluded temporarily from Europe’s political decision-making, the president of the European Central Bank has proposed. The controversial suggestion by Jean-Claude Trichet would be part of a “quantum leap” in the governance of Europe’s 11-year old [...]