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UK property
London leaseholders win rare victory in battle over service charges
...tribunal criticised a “complete lack of transparency with leaseholders regarding these commission payments” by the freehold owner and a management company, which are both subsidiaries of property tycoon John...
January 6, 2023
Emma Jacobs
‘Oh gosh, I have to become a coder’: how employers are preparing the next generation workforce
...“Specific skills required are very difficult to [find] . . . given the technology is so new,” says John Varkey, chief information officer of WM, the biggest waste manager in the US, which uses AI in customer...
January 20, 2024
FT Live
Due Diligence Live
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Tuesday, 8 OctoberLondon, UK
LexJohn Lewis Partnership PLC
John Lewis: mutual would not be knowingly overvalued Premium content
...Waitrose’s market share losses outpaced all but Tesco and Wm Morrison in the year to January. Sales per employee were one-third lower than Tesco and a fifth below Sainsbury’s....
March 20, 2023
Due Diligence
Is an M&A revival wishful thinking? Premium content
...Wm Morrisons chief executive David Potts is standing down after nine years at the helm of one of the UK’s largest supermarket chains....
September 28, 2023
News in-depthUK property
‘It’s just outrageous’: UK leaseholders face down landlords over insurance costs
...The tribunal ruled that the payments to WMS were unjustified, though it has granted the landlord permission to appeal....
February 17, 2023
Due Diligence
Keep your friends close and private equity tycoons closer Premium content
...Paul Hastings has hired Kirkland & Ellis’s John Budetti as a partner in New York and global chair of the investment funds and private capital practice....
April 26, 2023
FT Live
Future of Retail
Securing long-term business growth with technology innovation
Tuesday, 17 SeptemberLondon, UK
Disrupted Times
Black Friday kicks off crucial shopping period for retailers
...In the UK, retail analysts are more focused on how the grocery sector will fare over the holiday period and specifically on whether the Big Four supermarket chains — Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Asda and Wm Morrison...
November 25, 2022
JD Sports Fashion PLC
JD Sports sells Footasylum in cut-price deal
...The two companies were well known to each other: Footasylum’s backers, John Makin and David Wardle, were the original founders of JD Sports and its chief executive Barry Bown had previously held the same...
August 1, 2022
Matalan Retail Ltd
Matalan warns refinancing is key to survival
...Matalan is controlled by a single entity, the family of Monaco-based founder John Hargreaves, which may make any restructuring simpler....
June 23, 2022
Due Diligence
Top takeaways from Due Diligence Live Premium content
...Apple’s new deal in New Delhi will serve as a critical test, writes the FT’s John Reed....
October 13, 2022
UK retail industry
New UK retail lobby group ‘open to’ online sales levy
...The Retail Jobs Alliance, which was unveiled on Tuesday and says it is a temporary one-issue group, includes supermarket groups Tesco, J Sainsbury, Coop and Wm Morrison; DIY specialist Kingfisher; bookstore...
May 4, 2022
Aldi
Aldi commits to ‘lowest prices’ after strong Christmas trading
...Tesco chair John Allan said in September that food prices could rise roughly 5 per cent over the coming months as a result of higher commodity prices and supply chain disruption....
January 10, 2022
UK retail industry
Boots sale thrown off course by fewer buyers and market turmoil
...New York-based Sycamore Partners, which owns the office supplies company Staples and whose senior adviser John Lederer is on WBA’s board, had also expressed interest, another person close to the process...
March 1, 2022
Tesco PLC
Tesco looks to axe 1,000-plus roles in shift to cheaper daytime work
...But wages at many supermarkets have already risen above that level, with Wm Morrison, Aldi, Lidl and J Sainsbury all paying or committing to pay £10 per hour or more....
February 1, 2022
The Big Read
The reinvention of Goldman Sachs: what has David Solomon achieved?
...The company’s recent struggles to offload debt to back the £10bn takeover of grocer Wm Morrison will have been a painful reminder of a changed market....
August 17, 2022
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Wm Morrison Supermarkets PLC
CD&R wins over Morrisons pension trustees with property pledge
...Clayton, Dubilier and Rice has agreed to provide extra support to Wm Morrison’s pension funds if it takes over the UK supermarket group, after trustees warned that a debt-fuelled buyout would “materially...
September 14, 2021
Sainsburys Bank PLC
Sainsbury’s ends talks to sell banking unit
...Following the takeovers of rivals Asda and Wm Morrison this year, the UK’s second-largest supermarket chain has been the focus of speculation about a private-equity approach....
October 22, 2021
Wm Morrison Supermarkets PLC
Fortress ups stakes in Morrisons bidding war
...Listed groups, from the infrastructure company John Laing to the power supplier Aggreko, have been in the industry’s sights....
August 6, 2021
John Lee
Stock market investment needs more television promotion
...For example, has the board of the Wm Morrison’s supermarket chain drawn sufficient attention to the value of its properties or the strength of its business, in its proposed sale to private equity buyers?...
September 2, 2021
Due Diligence
Gloves off: shareholders vs private equity Premium content
...The latest example is Wm Morrison, the UK’s fourth-largest supermarket chain. It said on Saturday that private equity group Clayton, Dubilier & Rice had made an £8.7bn takeover bid, which it rejected....
June 22, 2021
Due Diligence
The mystery of Sutton Place Premium content
...Fast forward to more recent times and the manor was bought in the late 1950s by the American oil baron John Paul Getty, who sold it to the art collector Stanley J....
March 15, 2022
Marks & Spencer Group PLC
M&S makes venture capital investment in digital push
...True works with other retailers, including Primark, John Lewis and Wm Morrison in the UK and Walgreens Boots Alliance and TJX in the US....
September 19, 2021
Aldi
Aldi to expand store numbers in £1.3bn UK investment push
...Aldi said, however, that it had attracted more than 600,000 new shoppers to its stores over the past three months and that it was taking share from the “big four” of Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Asda and Wm Morrison...
September 27, 2021
The Week Ahead
Brussels plays host to some tricky international debate
...England governor Andrew Bailey speaks at a joint research conference with the Banca d’Italia on the macro-financial impacts of the net zero transition Wednesday France, the fossilised remains of ‘Big John...
October 17, 2021
Coronavirus economic impact
Major UK retailers to urge customers to wear masks after July 19
...J Sainsbury, Asda, Wm Morrison, Waitrose and Aldi have all adopted similar policies, as have many non-food retailers such as Marks and Spencer, John Lewis and Primark....
July 15, 2021

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