Frances B Randol

Saving Atos: Jean-Pierre Mustier handed one of France’s messiest rescue missions

...“The only question is when Atos puts in place a plan B.” One person familiar with the talks over the company’s future said “Mustier . . . is not going to take the slightest risk”....

October 22, 2023

Kingfisher PLC

B&Q owner Kingfisher forecasts profits will fall this year

...The company said it would launch new ecommerce platforms in France and Poland, in the hope of replicating the success of its UK-based B&Q online marketplace....

March 25, 2024

FT Live

Innovative Lawyers Awards Asia-Pacific

Celebrating innovations from both law firms and in-house teams in the region

Travelista

Five Tuscan trips to book now

...Palazzo Passerini is a three-bedroom residence that can be booked on a B&B basis or bought out in exclusivity by a total of six guests....

February 11, 2024

Live news: News updates from November 22: Sam Altman to return as Open AI CEO, Far-right leader set to come first in Dutch elections

Kingfisher warns on profits amid weak demand in France

...The company, which owns B&Q in the UK and Castorama in France, expects pre-tax profit to be £30mn lower than previously forecast for 2023-24, at £560mn....

November 22, 2023

Kingfisher PLC

Kingfisher issues another profit warning after weak sales in France

...The owner of B&Q and Screwfix has sounded the alarm on profits for the second time in just over two months, blaming sluggish sales and warmer weather in France....

November 22, 2023

News updates from September 19: Oil rises above $95, FTX sues Bankman-Fried’s parents

B&Q owner Kingfisher warns on profits as sales fall

...Despite “good growth” in the UK, he said, “we faced . . . a weaker trading environment in Poland, while consumer confidence in France is at a 10-year low”....

September 19, 2023

FT Live

Innovative Lawyers Summit

Guiding business in a new global age

Kingfisher PLC

B&Q owner Kingfisher cuts profit forecast

...The retailer, which owns the DIY chain B&Q in the UK and Castorama in France, said on Tuesday that pre-tax profits for the year would be £590mn, below a previous target of £634mn....

September 19, 2023

Jonathan Moules

Just like a business, an allotment needs good partnerships

...Thankfully, B&Q sells a selection of both tenon saws and rulers....

March 8, 2024

HTSIThe HTSI Paris special

Can a cream make your skin happy?

...In this state, I find myself visiting the Bibliothèque Nationale de France for a presentation by a new skincare brand, Neuraé....

March 19, 2024

Venezuela

US reimposes oil sanctions on Venezuela after broken election promises

...Shell and Trinidad’s national gas company signed an agreement to export Venezuelan offshore gas via the Caribbean island, while Spain’s Repsol and France’s Maurel & Prom also inked deals, according to news...

April 17, 2024

Investments

Investors’ Chronicle: Central Asia Metals, Bioventix, Kingfisher

...However, sales in France fell by 6 per cent in constant currency terms, with the market weakening as the year progressed. Retail profits fell by 30 per cent in France and by 47 per cent in Poland....

March 29, 2024

Paris Olympics

Paris bets on giant tank to clean up Seine river in time for Olympics

...Rabadan defended both the parade and the Seine clean-up efforts: “There is no plan B, since pulling off plan A will be complicated enough.”...

November 10, 2023

Energy Source

Exxon’s exit marks reversal of fortune for Equatorial Guinea Premium

...Before the incident, Exxon pumped 45,000 barrels a day out of the country; afterwards it dropped to 15,000 b/d....

March 19, 2024

UK Budget 2024

An empty Budget for the City

...It might apply to FTSE 100 members including IAG, Glencore and B&M (incorporated in Spain, Switzerland and Luxembourg respectively) but is unlikely to apply to Danish-listed Orsted or Getlink of France,...

March 6, 2024

Netherlands

‘Super cartel’ member sentenced to life in Dutch prison

...The trial began in 2018 with evidence from a suspected drug trafficker, identified by authorities as Nabil B, who became a crown witness in exchange for a reduced sentence of 10 years....

February 27, 2024

FT Live

Innovative Lawyers Awards Europe

Celebrating innovations from both law firms and in-house teams in the region

News in-depthWar in Ukraine

Ukraine hurries to fill US funding gap

...These delays have meant that Kyiv has started looking at a “Plan B” and even a “Plan C”, Pidlasa said....

March 10, 2024

FT MagazineJancis Robinson

How to build a wine cellar: a guide to French wines that age well

...Jura and Savoie in the subalpine east of France are also great hunting grounds but have become too fashionable to be bargains....

February 10, 2024

HTSI

Seven brilliant books for young children

...My daughter wants to be the girl, Mabel – but Madame B steals the show for me....

December 19, 2023

The FT ViewThe editorial board

Britain’s migrant policy is in disarray

...It should work with France to set up proper processing centres across the Channel. Joint efforts are needed with France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany to stamp out trafficking networks....

November 15, 2023

Gillian Tett

Will politics or economics win out in 2024?

...If you look at the so-called Taylor rule — named after the legendary American economist John B Taylor — the answer is a definite “yes”....

January 25, 2024

HTSIThe Art of Sound: starring Burna Boy, Peter Blake, Michael Stipe, Samara Joy, Lankum and more

Why everyone wants to dance with Léo Walk

...Handtschoewercker had been breakdancing since the age of eight, part of a generation enjoying the huge hip-hop boom in France in the 2000s....

February 23, 2024

The Week Ahead

Taiwan goes to the polls

...China: December trade balance figures France: December CPI and harmonised index of consumer prices (HICP) inflation rate figures India: December CPI inflation rate figures Japan: November trade balance...

January 7, 2024

Gideon Rachman

The far right is moving into Europe’s mainstream

...“I feel like I’m trapped in a B movie,” he told me. Now, almost two decades later, Wilders has moved from being a bit player to the role of leading man....

November 27, 2023

Energy Source

How we think the Opec+ meeting will play out Premium

...Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister has subsequently led a delegation to China to discuss Gaza, on what the country claims is a tour of permanent members of the UN Security Council (US, China, France, UK and...

November 21, 2023

Letter

Letter: Action is needed to let Ukraine use Russia’s frozen assets

...Andrius KubiliusPrime Minister of Lithuania 1999-2000 and 2008-12; Member of the European Parliament, Co-chair of the Euronest Taavi RõivasPrime Minister of Estonia 2014-16 Nathalie LoiseauMinister of France...

November 3, 2023

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