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FT SeriesSummer Books 2020
Summer books of 2020: History
...The Emperor Jahangir: Power and Kingship in Mughal India Lisa Balabanlilar, I.B....
June 25, 2020
CYBG plc
CYBG to cut 330 jobs as part of Virgin Money merger
...The bank, the sixth-largest in the UK, took over Virgin Money’s UK operations in October 2018 and is moving its brands — including Clydesdale Bank, Yorkshire Bank and the app-based B — to the Virgin Money...
September 24, 2019
FT Live
Future of Retail
Securing long-term business growth with technology innovation
Tuesday, 17 SeptemberLondon, UK
Marks & Spencer Group PLC
M&S admits turnaround plan 18 months behind schedule
...Last month M&S was relegated to the mid-cap index and the market value of the 135-year-old company is now less than that of B&M, a discount retailer that was only started in 1978....
October 1, 2019
Iran
China defies US sanctions by tapping Iran oil supplies
...Additional reporting by Archie Zhang in Beijing and Michael Peel in Brussels...
June 26, 2019
News in-depthRetail & Consumer industry
Kingfisher shrugs off doubts about success of turnround
...But Ms Laury’s determination mirrors that of Archie Norman, the Marks and Spencer chairman who was once Kingfisher’s finance director and is now in the midst of his own five-year plan....
September 18, 2018
Babcock International Group PLC
Babcock wins 10-year £100m Canada firefighting aircraft deal
...Archie Bethel, chief executive, said he was “delighted” with the deal....
November 30, 2018
FT Live
Global Private Banking Awards 2024
Celebrating excellence in wealth management
Thursday, 7 NovemberThe Landmark London, London, UK
Retail & Consumer industry
Homebase puts 1,500 jobs at risk with plan to close 42 stores
...Wesfarmers bought Homebase in 2016, despite being advised not to by Archie Norman, a prominent figure in British retailing....
August 14, 2018
fastFTMatthew Vincent
Opening Quote: not so Super Thursday for M&S, Debs and John Lewis
...long-suffering retail correspondent and sarcastic news editors, as they brace themselves for yet more seasonal trading updates . . . this time from Marks and Spencer, Tesco, Debenhams, John Lewis Partnership, B&...
January 10, 2019
News in-depthThe Big Read
South China Sea: Fishing on the front line of Beijing’s ambitions
...Fishermen, as academic Gregory B Poling of the Center for Strategic and International Studies wrote in a research paper this month, “serve on the front lines of this contest” as they fight for their livelihoods...
January 24, 2019
Retail & Consumer industry
Marks and Spencer confirms expanded store closure programme
...Since turnround specialist Archie Norman was named M&S chairman last year, however, the pace of restructuring has increased....
May 22, 2018
LombardJonathan Eley
Simpler structures could mean less Relx-ing on the train
...Weekend dilettantes preferred market leader B&Q. Archie Norman, who knows a bit about UK retail, told Wesfarmers as much. They ignored him, and the old DIY maxim to “measure twice and cut once”....
February 15, 2018
News in-depthRetail & Consumer industry
Wesfarmers under scrutiny for Homebase debacle
...Homebase, however, runs a distant second in the UK to Kingfisher, which owns the B&Q and Screwfix chains and has a market share of almost 40 per cent....
February 16, 2018
Retail & Consumer industry
M&S investors pin hopes on turnround specialist Archie Norman
...“Archie has extensive experience as chair and a proven record in turnrounds and retail.”...
May 6, 2017
Retail & Consumer industry
Big high-street stores feel chill of consumer spending freeze
...Chains such as Poundland and B&M have thrived by tempting thrifty customers with inexpensive indulgences, while offering ways to save money on their regular shop....
January 11, 2018
Retail & Consumer industry
Investors Chronicle: Marks and Spencer, Punch Taverns, Global Ports Holding
...Second, City veteran Archie Norman will take over from Robert Swannell as the group’s new chairman....
May 12, 2017
FT Live
Transforming the Finance Function with AI
Strategies for delivering advanced analytics, automation and decision-making
Thursday, 25 AprilDigital Conference
Matthew Vincent
Opening quote: M&S, Kingfisher, Dixons Carphone
...Or so the hiring of Jill McDonald and new chairman Archie Norman would suggest. This morning, though, M&S let investors see the recent past....
May 24, 2017
FT AlphavilleMarkets
Opening Quote: M&S, Kingfisher, Dixons Carphone
...Or so the hiring of Jill McDonald and new chairman Archie Norman would suggest. This morning, though, M&S let investors see the recent past....
May 24, 2017
European companies
Homebase stores to be rebranded Bunnings
...The group said on Wednesday it had hired Matt Tyson, a former executive at UK rival Kingfisher, to work alongside retail guru Archie Norman as it attempts to turnround Homebase’s fortunes and silence critics...
June 22, 2016
ReviewLife & Arts
Archie Shepp Quartet, Ronnie Scott’s, London — review
...It’s been 46 years since US saxophonist, poet and playwright Archie Shepp appeared at Ronnie Scott’s as a firebrand member of the jazz new wave....
August 3, 2015
Retail & Consumer industry
Wesfarmers looks to expand abroad with Homebase bid
..., which owns Homebase’s biggest competitor B&Q....
January 14, 2016
News in-depthEuropean companies
Battle for Bwin reflects rising stakes in gaming consolidation
...“I have a plan B but I have not even thought about what would happen if we lose because I do not expect to,” he says....
August 28, 2015
ReviewLife & Arts
Van Morrison: Born to Sing: No Plan B
...Van Morrison Born to Sing: No Plan B (Blue Note)...
September 28, 2012
Tech blogClimate change
European technology funding April
...London-based Blur Group, which provides an online marketplace where companies can buy design and marketing services, raised $2m in angel financing from a high-profile group of businessmen, including Archie...
May 8, 2012
FT Magazine
Hemingway and son
...A year later, Hemingway would write in a letter to Archie and Ada MacLeish: “It was a terrible thing having Pauline die that suddenly....
January 13, 2012
ReviewLife & Arts
When minds take flight
...A Hundred Doors, by Michael Longley, Cape, RRP£10, 64 pages A Hundred Doors evinces a family life intertwined with nature....
July 1, 2011

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