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Markets InsightSharon Bell
European companies can close the valuation gap
...Finally, M&A is an obvious catalyst to help push up European valuations, especially for mid and small caps....
April 10, 2024
Gardens
Beauty and the balcony: horticulture is not just for house dwellers
...In New York, Ben Gordon of Metropolitan Garden Design has turned a tiny 4 sq m Brooklyn balcony into a scene that can be enjoyed from the living room, incorporating lighting for night time....
April 17, 2024
FT Live
Future of Retail
Securing long-term business growth with technology innovation
Tuesday, 17 SeptemberLondon, UK
HTSI
Can John and Jack Whitaker make Olympic showjumping history?
...If I’m in the lead he tries to beat me,” says John. “Even when we were kids, if I did well in a class, Michael would think to himself, ‘If he can do it, I can do it.’ And I’d think: ‘I can beat him.’”...
April 2, 2024
Gardens
Does lunar gardening really work or is it promising the moon?
...I said, hold a quarter of those potatoes back and I’m going to plant them in the right phase two weeks later....
February 16, 2024
News in-depthUK by-elections
‘It’s time to change’: Uxbridge seeks fresh start after Boris Johnson
...At the Pavilion shopping centre, Sharon insists Johnson “did a good job”....
July 8, 2023
News updates from April 8: Millions watch solar eclipse; Elon Musk predicts AI will overtake human intelligence in 2025
John Lewis appoints former Tesco chief as next chair
...Tesco veteran Jason Tarry will replace Dame Sharon White as chair of John Lewis and Waitrose....
April 8, 2024
FT Live
Inside Politics: who will win the UK general election?
Exclusively for FT subscribers
Wednesday, 8 MayDigital Conference
John Lewis Partnership PLC
Dame Sharon White describes ‘difficult week’ after decision to leave John Lewis and Waitrose
...Dame Sharon White told workers at John Lewis and Waitrose of a “difficult week” following her decision to step down as she acknowledged there was no ideal timing for her departure and that she intended to...
October 21, 2023
News in-depthJohn Lewis Partnership PLC
How John Lewis and M&S are faring in the battle for Middle England
...They are also both experiencing a degree of leadership upheaval, with Dame Sharon White stepping down as chair of John Lewis next year, or as soon as a replacement is found....
March 16, 2024
Watches & Jewellery
Coco goes pop: London show puts Chanel jewellery in the spotlight
...“It will have an impact, not on the people that know Chanel and want to buy it, but it will introduce other people to thinking, ‘I’m going to have a piece of this history’,” she says....
September 1, 2023
Gardens
New window on the secret life of orchids
...The bespoke 120 sq m Orchid House — which is set within the garden’s vast, cathedral-like Bicentenary Glasshouse — officially opened on July 12, and allows the garden to display its collection of more than...
July 18, 2023
ReviewFiction
Vengeance Is Mine by Marie NDiaye — law and disorder
...“It’s all thanks to him . . . that I’m a lawyer today,” she tells her parents years later. But she is also unnerved and repulsed....
December 1, 2023
Labour Party UK
Rachel Reeves pledges to borrow only to invest under Labour fiscal rules
...But Sharon Graham, general secretary of the Unite union, was scathing....
March 19, 2024
News in-depthJohn Lewis Partnership PLC
The challenges facing Tesco veteran Jason Tarry at John Lewis
...Waitrose is only slightly ahead of M&S in the grocery market, with a 3.6 per cent market share this month versus the latter’s 3.4 per cent, according to data provider NIQ....
April 12, 2024
Gardens
From pests to pathogens: how healthy is your horticulture?
...“I’m sure people still bring plants back from holiday. The really risky one is potatoes. You’ll hear of people bringing back potatoes to grow on their allotment,” says Elliot....
May 13, 2023
InterviewLunch with the FT
Actor Michael Douglas: ‘What roles haven’t I done?’
...“I’m not, but I’m proud to be a member of the tribe. My mother was Episcopalian and as I grew up, I wasn’t considered a Jew....
April 12, 2024
FT Live
Global Private Banking Awards 2024
Celebrating excellence in wealth management
Thursday, 7 NovemberThe Landmark London, London, UK
James Henderson
When yesterday’s company heroes move into recovery mode
...After nearly two decades of decline, M&S was. Covid probably helped management to accelerate its transformation plans. Less fortunate was Dame Sharon White at John Lewis....
December 1, 2023
News in-depthUnions
Unions rally behind Starmer to bolster Labour’s election chances
...“Unless I’m imagining it I saw Sharon Graham applauding quite loudly during [shadow chancellor] Rachel Reeves’s speech,” said one Labour official....
October 10, 2023
John Lewis Partnership PLC
John Lewis partnership model will ‘survive for decades to come’
...As chair, I’m chief trustee of the partnership, responsible for ensuring the partnership model not only survives, but thrives for another 75 years.”...
March 22, 2023
Shira Havron
The world must help bring my kidnapped family home from Gaza
...I’m well aware that we live in a region with complicated politics....
November 6, 2023
Claer Barrett
Are you an ex-John Lewis customer?
...Just as Dame Sharon White is breaking up with the John Lewis Partnership, many of its once-loyal customers have already left the brand....
October 6, 2023
Wilkinson Hardware Stores
PwC confirms Wilko to close remaining 300 stores
...Following Wilko’s collapse in August, PwC had already sold 51 sites out of the chain’s total of 408 to its rival B&M for £13mn, while announcing 52 closures....
September 11, 2023
Associated British Foods PLC
Primark owner warns of rise in shoplifting and abuse against staff
...“I’m not a sociologist but something needs to change and we need to get a grip on it,” he said....
September 12, 2023
Due Diligence
Highlights from the FT’s Banking Summit Premium content
...Apoorva Shah, a senior banker in BNP Paribas’s UK M&A team, has left the company....
November 29, 2023
News in-depthIsrael-Hamas war
Israel under pressure over hostages as families face Hamas ‘mind games’
...“I’m happy for the family....
October 18, 2023
AstraZeneca PLC
AstraZeneca beats estimates with strong cancer and diabetes drug sales
...Alexion’s Sharon Barr will replace him, becoming responsible for drugs in cardiovascular, renal, metabolism, respiratory and immunology....
July 28, 2023

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