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...“The coming months may still be a struggle for retailers,” warned Ashley Webb, UK economist at Capital Economics....
...Ashley Webb, UK economist at Capital Economics, said that the BoE “will be increasingly concerned about the persistence of domestic inflationary pressures”....
...It was previously owned by sportswear tycoon Mike Ashley....
...King & Spalding hired Darren Gardner, Amanda Sonneborn and Dominic Hodson as partners in its corporate, finance and investments practice....
...Mike Ashley’s Sports Direct and footwear retailer Dune were believed to be among the bidders, although Dubai-based billionaire Philip Day withdrew his interest....
...Asos blamed a “significant deterioration” in trading in November just days after Sports Direct chief Mike Ashley said Christmas shopping had been so bad for shops it would “literally smash them to pieces...
...Mr Topp told MPs: “If you take out all of the expletives, [Mr Chappell] basically said: ‘Do not kick off about this [transfer], Darren . . . I can do what I want....
...Whatever your view of Mr Ashley, his openness seemed to wrongfoot the MPs at last week’s hearing....
...Darren Topp, chief executive of BHS, has told MPs that owner Dominic Chappell threatened to kill him for trying to stop a £1.5m transfer out of the store chain as it started to collapse....
...Over the weekend, one potential white knight appeared in the form of Mike Ashley, majority owner of Sports Direct, the sportswear discounter....
...Ashley Kumar’s Tariq turns rebel; Nathan Clarke’s Saleem escapes to art college; Darren Kuppan’s Maneer becomes a devout Muslim; Sajit (Michael Karim), the youngest, hides away in a parka coat....
...Mr Higginson, who was a main board director of rival Tesco for 15 years, has held executive positions at string of retail and consumer groups including Burton Group, Guinness Brewing and Laura Ashley....
...Joined forces with Darren Richards and Ben Grove in September 2013 to launch EstatesDirect.com, an online estate agency....
...The company also said that it would have to pay a £2m success fee to Darren Clarke, the golfer, for his victory at the Open Championship in July....
...Blacks said it had suspended Darren Spurling, the managing director of Sandcity, who is also a main board director of the group....
...Mr Gillis said he had met with Mike Ashley, its largest shareholder and founder of Sports Direct, “quite a few times....
...Defenders – Gary Neville, Rio Ferdinand, John Terry, Ashley Cole, Sol Campbell, Jamie Carragher, Wayne Bridge....
...On Wednesday night the England selectors - Michael Vaughan, the captain, and Duncan Fletcher, the coach - left out Ashley Giles, one of their most successful players....
...Darren Gough, written off by many once again this week, has been given the opportunity to prove that the obituaries of his 10-year international career were premature....
...The chief point of interest in the party from a playing point of view will be the inclusion or otherwise of Darren Gough....
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