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...It’s been hovering around the 1.1mn-1.15mn mark for most of the past decade: in that light, a drop to 1.07mn this June doesn’t seem so bad. It could be temporary....
...In London, official data marks rent as unaffordable for everyone but those on higher incomes....
...The challenge for government is to reassure potential investors that the UK has a consistent and coherent battery strategy — in other words, that refusing to advance funds to Britishvolt does not mark a...
...That both sides have nonetheless found themselves so rigidly opposed is a mark of the right royal mess Royal Mail is in. cat.rutterpooley@ft.com@catrutterpooley...
...However, Emirates’ dire prediction of “airmageddon” when the caps were first announced in July looks wide of the mark....
...The retail mark-up had edged higher in recent weeks, the CMA said....
...It’s almost like there’s a shelf with a whole load of jars, with a skull and crossbones marks on, do not touch....
...Since the start of 2018 Ocado has raised £143mn from one placing, £183mn via a cash injection from customer Kroger, £563mn from selling half of its old retail business to Marks and Spencer, and £657mn from...
...There are 48 Marks and Spencer stores in Russia, for example, which M&S cannot close. They are operated by a Turkish franchisee....
...He has refreshed his management team recently: it is not clear that earlier reshuffles hit the mark....
...watchdogs, UK prime ministerial frontrunner Liz Truss’s plan to form a one-size-fits-all financial regulator appears to have forgotten the lessons from the financial crisis, argues the FT’s Cat Rutter Pooley...
...But the broader question is whether Gove’s less accommodating approach — including a pause on planning reforms — marks the breakdown of a relationship between government and the industry that has handed...
...Boss Mark Zuckerberg warned users were spending more time on rivals such as TikTok, putting pressure on Meta’s ad business. Lex’s take: reality bites the social media group’s metaverse vision....
...Elliott may have been off the mark with elements of its campaigns at GSK, SSE and Taylor Wimpey....
...This deal marks the second big power purchase agreement ReNew has signed this year with a US tech giant, on the back of its September deal with Amazon for 210 megawatts....
...The deal would cap a years-long tussle with activist Elliott, which began agitating for change after investing in 2015, and mark the first $10bn-plus buyout of the year following a slump for public tech...
...For the nine months to December, Marks reported 55 per cent year-on-year growth in sales....
...CEO Mark Coombs said “persistent global inflation expectations, new COVID-19 variants and weaker growth in China” had made for “challenging” conditions but the global macro environment was expected to be...
...Ocado Retail, the joint venture between Ocado and Marks and Spencer, reported falling revenues in its latest quarter as labour shortages held back sales growth....
...The group’s third-generation heir Lee Jae-yong is seeking to make his mark, four months after being released from prison....
...Boots stands along with John Lewis and Marks and Spencer as a brand beloved by British consumers, but at which they aren’t actually willing to shop....
...Miner Anglo American has named a new boss to replace Mark Cutifani....
...HSBC’s chair Mark Tucker and chief executive Noel Quinn have both undergone quarantine in the city....
...“It is quite nice to be making some money again,” says Marks and Spencer chair Archie Norman. Spare a moment then for Boohoo and Asos....
...The good news is that “the economics of price increases are almost impossible to get wrong”, according to Mark Billige, a pricing specialist and chief executive of consultancy Simon-Kucher & Partners....
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