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...Spencer Flower, Dorset’s Conservative council leader, has a simple edict when it comes to defending his blue fiefdom from a Liberal Democrat insurgency: don’t let Rishi Sunak’s disunited MPs anywhere near...
...The reaction from frustrated Leavers could be bigger than the civil disobedience sparked by Margaret Thatcher’s disastrous poll tax, said Joshua Spencer, 24....
...Marks and Spencer announced the latest in a string of management reshuffles in its clothing division on Monday, six months after the former Halfords boss arrived to turn round its long-suffering clothes...
...Marks and Spencer’s new chief executive Steve Rowe has stamped his authority on the UK retailer with an overhaul of the management structure, barely a month after he took the helm....
...Steve Rowe, Marks and Spencer’s new chief executive, has halved the number of directors involved in top-level decisions, barely a month after taking over at the high-street retailer....
...Under the direction of a charismatic all-female design team, lead by Belinda Earl, the style director, M&S has honed a unique talent for building hype around its seasonal launches....
...Marc Bolland announced on Wednesday that he is to step down as chief executive of Marks and Spencer after five and half years in the role....
...Belinda Earl remains as style director. There will also be a renewed focus on innovation....
...The Skirt That Saved Marks and Spencer finally arrived in store on Friday....
...Belinda Parmar, chief executive of Lady Geek, the consulting firm behind the list, says: “The UK is an empathy wasteland. Chief executives just don’t get it....
...“In the past you could just deliver goods and services and empathy was easy to ignore,” says Belinda Parmar, chief executive of Lady Geek, a consultancy....
...As style director of British retailer Marks and Spencer, Belinda Earl dresses the nation for all eventualities....
...About 14 miles away, in the group’s manufacturing division in Hinckley, the same fabric is being laser cut into the pieces for a dress in Marks and Spencer’s Best of British range....
...The first comes from Yorkshire Provender, an enterprising company situated in North Yorkshire and founded by two chefs, Belinda and Terry Williams....
...The decline in Marks and Spencer’s clothing sales accelerated in June, according to industry data....
...Marks and Spencer lost ground in London morning trading as the UK retailer reported an eighth consecutive quarter of falling clothing sales....
...Belinda Earl, style director, said it was about “rewarding only the best” suppliers and that manufacturers would have to “step up to the plate”....
...A women’s clothing range devised by Belinda Earle hit the mark for fashion writers....
...Mr Bolland, with John Dixon, head of non-food, and Belinda Earl, style director, hope to improve its style and quality, said people familiar with the situation....
...Give us your mojo What would Marc Bolland, chief executive of Marks and Spencer, give for a little of Primark’s momentum?...
...Marks and Spencer began life in 1884 in northern England when Michael Marks opened his first penny bazaar....
...Inflection collection Marks and Spencer is, to paraphrase US designer Mugatu, “not so hot right now”....
...Marks and Spencer chief executive Marc Bolland was dealt a further blow on Tuesday after Janie Schaffer, the so-called “Knicker Queen” brought in to revive M&S’s lingerie business, quit the high street bellwether...
...M&S’s clothing business, under the leadership of former head of food John Dixon, assisted by former Debenhams and Jaeger boss Belinda Earl, is working on an overhaul of its core women’s and men’s ranges,...
...At first glance, Marks and Spencer’s final quarter sales offer a glimmer of hope to Marc Bolland, its chief executive, who is under pressure from investors to turn round the performance of the high street...
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