London City Airport chief Robert Sinclair “increasingly confident” Brexit deal will be done April 10, 2018 London City Airport chief executive Robert Sinclair is “increasingly confident” a deal with the EU will be done by 2019, as the airport launched a joint campaign with the Department for International Trade (DIT) to encourage British businesses to sell overseas. Sinclair told City A.M. that while his predecessor, Declan Collier, was “right to raise [...]
Nespresso is teaming up with John Lewis to open two new boutiques November 30, 2016 Nespresso is partnering with John Lewis to open two new coffee boutiques. The luxury brand has been expanding in the UK, because, as Nespresso's UK and Ireland managing director Francisco Nogueira says, the UK consumer "is moving from one that is passionate about tea to one that is passionate about coffee – and especially quality coffee". The [...]
Black Friday: These are the top selling items at John Lewis right now November 25, 2016 John Lewis opened its stores at 8am this morning and has been selling items at Black Friday prices since midnight – here are the products people are loving: Sonos Play 1 is the biggest seller in tech The Legos Simpsons house is the best-selling item by value Marc Jacobs perfume has had the most units [...]
Vanguard founder and ‘father of indexing’ John Bogle dies aged 89 January 17, 2019 Vanguard Group founder and the “father of indexing” John Bogle has died at the age of 89, the company confirmed today. A pioneer of low-cost investing, Bogle formed Vanguard – which he described as the “Vanguard Experiment” – in 1975 and launched its first index mutual fund a year later, despite backlash from the rest [...]
John Lewis opens flagship store in Leeds October 20, 2016 John Lewis has opened a flagship store in Leeds that it says will focus on providing customers with experiences, rather than just goods. The £37m store at the Victoria Gate Development in Leeds has created 550 jobs for the area. Read more: John Lewis warns on job losses due to its commitment to staff pay [...]
Deliveroo riders defeated in High Court battle over collective bargaining rights December 5, 2018 A union acting for a group of Deliveroo riders was defeated today in a High Court fight over whether the delivery firm’s drivers were entitled to collective bargaining rights. In a key decision on the future of the gig economy the court ruled that Deliveroo riders are self-employed and therefore would not be allowed to collectively [...]
John Lewis stands firm, resisting growing calls to stop newspaper advertising November 23, 2016 John Lewis is standing firm and refusing to pull newspaper advertising despite increasing pressure to do so. The retailer has emerged as the main target of the Stop Funding Hate campaign – which is calling for brands to pull adverts from the Sun, Daily Mail and Daily Express. Read more: John Lewis resists "Stop Funding [...]
Tesco boss Dave Lewis tells court of ‘shock’ at discovery of accounts misstatement October 11, 2018 Tesco chief executive Dave Lewis told Southwark Crown Court today of his “genuine shock” at being presented with an internal memo detailing a £250m misstatement in the supermarket giant’s accounts. Lewis, a witness at the fraud trial of Tesco’s ex-managing director Chris Bush and ex-UK food commercial director John Scouler, said he was presented with [...]
John Lewis resists “Stop Funding Hate” calls to pull newspaper advertising November 14, 2016 John Lewis is resisting calls to pull advertising from newspapers over their editorial coverage. The retailer issued a statement as campaign group Stop Funding Hate steps up efforts to encourage companies not to advertise in the Daily Mail, Sun and Daily Express. Read more: Lego is "not planning any future promotional activity" in the Daily Mail [...]
John Lewis retail boss appointed chief exec at Moneysupermarket.com October 27, 2016 Price comparison website Moneysupermarket.com has appointed John Lewis' retail boss as its new chief executive. Current chief exec Peter Plumb announced that he would be leaving the firm in August and the company said today that John Lewis' retail director Mark Lewis will take over on or before 4 May 2017. Lewis joined John Lewis in [...]