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...Mohsin said the pair “get on exceptionally well” in a BBC interview, adding: “We talk to each other probably two or three times a day. We’ve been very, very privileged....
...“Next, M&S and John Lewis — you wouldn’t want to be in that [middle] market and not be one of those brands, but can they all do well at the same time? asked Hyman....
...“I’m very grateful to Katie for her support in seeing M&S through this important period in the reshaping of the business....
...It all led to here, and I’m very, very content with here and now....
...The shop isn’t far from my office in Paris, so whenever I’m in the neighbourhood, and I’ve given them enough notice, I’ll pop by and find some treasures. LMG is a tiny antiques gallery....
...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...
...The consumer duty, which came into effect last July, has seen the FCA crack down on savings rates offered by banks as well as investment and pension platforms withholding interest payments on customers’...
...In a phone call on Tuesday, Starmer told Rantzen: “I’m personally in favour of changing the law. I think we need to make the time . . . Esther, I can give you that commitment right now.”...
...Gove intervened and rejected M&S’s multimillion plans to rebuild the store in central London in July, two years after planning was approved by Westminster City Council....
...“M&S’s decision to increase minimum pay levels in line with numerous other supermarkets reflects this reality,” Speke said....
...In addition to its eponymous stores, it also trades as Nocibé in France, as well as websites such as parfumdreams and Niche Beauty....
...“M&S has a history of overpromising and underdelivering.” The strong performance from Tesco and M&S comes a day after rival J Sainsbury disappointed investors with weak general merchandise sales....
...The birds contained lead concentrations well above the threshold for “acute toxicity”, she found....
...Laura Battle Well, I agree with the poetry thing. And I’m also a complete sucker for those sort of aspirational, outdoorsy books....
...It added that statutory profitability had been affected by “a number of non-cash items, including depreciation and amortisation, as well as exceptionals....
...“What’s happening now — it’s like the movie Network, where the main character says ‘I’m as mad as hell, and I’m not going to take this anymore’,” says Gene Ludwig, a former Comptroller of the Currency and...
...“I’m sure if somebody came along with a £1bn cheque book that would be a different conversation, but that’s not what I’ve been brought in to do,” he said....
...“Like many luxury fashion retailers, Matchesfashion has experienced a sharp decline in demand over the past year, as a result of well-publicised pressures on discretionary spend, stemming from the high inflation...
...It also owns chunks of rival Boohoo as well as electronics retailers AO and Currys....
...EU home affairs commissioner Ylva Johansson on Monday said that an evaluation had shown that “Frontex is doing well” and its rules should not be changed....
...Children are the most vulnerable to exposure and at risk of life-long reductions in IQ as well as behavioural problems....
...I’m also buying this week and I’m going for Leo Docherty. Who that, you may ask....
...Departing chair Dame Sharon White said the group would focus “unashamedly” on its retail offering by opening more Waitrose shops and refurbishing existing ones, as well as revitalising John Lewis’s products...
...“Everything I’m hearing is that they will kick-start private sector investment much more proactively than the Tories were able to do,” he added....
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