Hints and tips:
...I’m glad I’m making it now, and not 20 years ago.” Back then, the ballet world wasn’t exactly rolling out the red carpet for Marston....
...Tim Steiner, Ocado’s chief executive and co-founder, insisted the relationship with M&S was strong, but added: “We believe that we have a very solid case to get full payment, we know that M&S may not entirely...
...As such, potential indigestion / objections from existing partners (including M&S) doesn’t seem that important to us....
...I’m half-expecting him to break into Constance’s snobby catchphrases (“à la poubelle” for anything that isn’t just so — such as saying expresso instead of espresso) or Colton’s slang-heavy chat, but no....
...May 15; further information here June Art ‘Henry Steiner: Graphic Communicator’, M+ M+ calls Henry Steiner “the father of graphic design in Hong Kong”; this exhibition is a celebration of his works and...
...“But it’s not something I’m out pursuing,” he added....
...We also were tempted by a 4sq m Swiss flag, and fantasised about decorating the chalet we do not own with antique skis and sledges. Open Saturday, 7am–5pm, May to October....
...In bad weather, you can hunker down in the Steiner Stuba, a cosy sitting room with historic pine panelling and red plush seating, named after the Swiss photographer Albert Steiner, who documented life in...
...Love Me Tender by Constance Debré, translated by Holly James, Tuskar Rock Press £12.99, 176 pages...
...On the subject of fancy timepieces, I’m right behind the brown watch trend. Once an anomaly in new collections, chocolates, tans and beiges have proliferated this year....
...It’s also, I’m told, do-able (though I have my doubts) in an hour lunch break. A short ride out from the city centre takes you towards the big hospital at Triemli....
...£1.08: Or to put it another way, the average basket value of £118 Ocado reported for 2022 had an all-in cost of almost £141 (in addition to an as-yet undefined loss worn by retail joint-venture partner M&...
...M&S has previously said it is in talks over the outcome. Shares in Ocado fell by more than 6 per cent in early London trading. M&S stock was little changed....
...“I’m not prepared to go to PizzaExpress and spend £100 on a meal, when I can go to M&S and buy a pizza deal for £12 with two sides and a nice bottle of wine,” says Catherine Shuttleworth, who runs digital...
...analyst Simon Bowler said Ocado was facing “a perfect storm of [post-pandemic] customer normalisation, wallet pressure and direct cost headwinds” and that the latest warning represented a £20mn impact for M&...
...eponymous hero of EM Forster’s Maurice (written in 1913-14 but not published until 1971) seeks to explain his condition to an uncomprehending physician, he has no words to describe himself other than “I’m...
...I’m in charge now....
...A spate of M&A deals looms — in which the more sanguine and cash-rich operators such as Apple could clean up in a fire sale, acquiring, say, ESPN sports rights at bargain prices....
...However, M&S chief executive Stuart Machin and finance director Eoin Tonge are both non-executives on the Ocado Retail board....
...M&S shares were up 4 per cent. Ocado Retail is due to report half-year results on Thursday....
...For most of the last century, in among the Rossis, Fondas, Vascottos and Degrassis, you’d see a sprinkle of Cosloviches, a Poropat, perhaps a Hirsch or a Steiner....
...Revenues at Ocado Retail, the joint venture it runs with M&S, rose 5 per cent to £2.3bn in the 12 months, while group revenues climbed 7 per cent to £2.5bn....
...“I think we’re half way between if I’m honest and I think the cost pressures we are seeing on household incomes might slow that reversion down further”....
...The survey, which asks respondents whether they identify with statements such as “time flies when I’m working”, and “my job inspires me”, measures a person’s physical, emotional and cognitive relationship...
...Rounding the corner to Holy Trinity church down by the river, I’m struck by the distance from Henley Street — the route taken by the funeral procession in Hamnet — and just how far it would feel if you were...
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