Rihanna vs Topshop: Three things businesses need to know about using celebrity images and endorsements January 23, 2015 Rihanna's “We Found Love” was one of the biggest hit songs of the autumn of 2011. Some readers may remember the furore surrounding the video shoot when the farmer, whose land the video was shot on, took a dislike to Rihanna’s dancing style and dress sense. Yesterday, we saw the next instalment in another dispute [...]
Takeover accepted for UK company that designed Tower Bridge and the world’s tallest building August 22, 2014 Hyder Consulting, the UK company that helped design Tower Bridge and the world's tallest building, has agreed to a takeover bid from Dutch firm Acadis. The offer is for £288m, or 730p a share, and beats the unsuccessful offer of £268m put in by Japanese outfit Nippon Koei. Arcadis had initially offered £256m for the company [...]
London Fashion Week Spring 2015: What are the highlights? September 12, 2014 Julian Assange may have cancelled his London Fashion Week appearance, but we reckon there are still plenty of reasons to attend. The Wikileaks founder had been scheduled to model for Vivienne Westwood's son Ben Westwood at a show in the Ecuadorian embassy, but it's been postponed to next season's show in February. But [...]
Arcadia’s Philip Green sets up for a food fight November 14, 2013 SIR PHILIP Green is plotting to take on supermarkets and long-time rival Marks & Spencer by launching food outlets in up to 150 of his BHS stores. The retail tycoon said yesterday that he has drawn up plans for convenience food stores within BHS and will make a decision by the end of the year [...]
Philip Green plans stock market return after buying Mysale stake May 11, 2014 RETAIL tycoon Sir Philip Green has bought a 25 per cent stake in an Australian shopping website that is plotting a float on the London Stock Exchange within months. Mysale is Australia and Asia’s largest provider of online flash sales, where shoppers can buy clothing and homeware brands at a discount for a short period [...]
Karren Brady among 22 new peers as David Cameron fields accusations of cronyism August 8, 2014 West Ham vice-chairman Karren Brady is among 22 new peers announced by the government today. The former Apprentice TV show judge is one of 12 new Tory peers, along with former chief executive of Marks and Spencer Sir Stuart Rose. Three new Labour peers, six from the Liberal Democrats and a Democratic Unionist [...]
Sir Philip makes market return with Mysale IPO May 29, 2014 RETAIL tycoon Sir Philip Green is set to make a return to the stock market for the first time in 22 years after Australian flash sales site Mysale confirmed its intention to float yesterday, with a value of more than £300m. The Topshop owner has bought a 25 per cent stake in Mysale for £47m [...]
Two financial heads certainly better than one May 5, 2014 EVERYBODY loves a good double act; Beyonce and Jay Z, Ant and Dec, Batman and Robin and er, Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger. The latter had their moment in the spotlight this weekend with the annual Buffettpalooza, (read as: the Berkshire Hathaway shareholder meeting) for which almost 40,000 people packed into an auditorium in Omaha. [...]
Philip Green to take on big four with BHS food March 24, 2014 SIR PHILIP Green is taking on the supermarkets this week, as BHS launches its first food outlet. Arcadia, the group owned by the retail tycoon, confirmed over the weekend that BHS will be opening its first trial food space in its Staines store on Thursday, with Warrington to follow the next week. A spokesperson told [...]
Lord Grabiner is called in to lead Bank forex probe March 12, 2014 LORD Grabiner was hired yesterday to head the investigation into the foreign exchange scandal at the Bank of England. The heavyweight’s appointment is intended to indicate how seriously the Bank takes allegations that its staff knew about manipulation or even encouraged such behaviour. Grabiner will lead the probe, supported by law firm Travers Smith LLP which [...]