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...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....
...Finally, M&A is an obvious catalyst to help push up European valuations, especially for mid and small caps....
...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.’”...
...I said, hold a quarter of those potatoes back and I’m going to plant them in the right phase two weeks later....
...Tesco veteran Jason Tarry will replace Dame Sharon White as chair of 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...
...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....
...“I don’t think I’m even going to bother voting,” she said, adding she had liked former prime minister Boris Johnson, whose fall from grace has dominated the political narrative over the past year....
...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...
...He wants to stay anonymous, so I’m going to call him Hamlet because he asks: “To crystallise or not to crystallise?” Crystallising is the process of accessing the funds in your pension....
...“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....
...Nicholas Saglimbene, an investment management recruiter with headhunter Selby Jennings, said that is driving up pay for alternatives specialists....
...But Sharon Graham, general secretary of the Unite union, was scathing....
...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....
...“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....
...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....
...The least surprising of the set is Selby and Ainsty. Yes, the result is a massive defeat for the Conservatives and a major coup for Labour....
...“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....
...“Unless I’m imagining it I saw Sharon Graham applauding quite loudly during [shadow chancellor] Rachel Reeves’s speech,” said one Labour official....
...“I’m not fully convinced by Labour, I’m not sure they’d know what to do if they get in,” he added....
...But I’m afraid I’m going to do it again: what we have here is a lot of people who have been able to get on the housing ladder because of low rates and in some cases because of Help to Buy....
...As chair, I’m chief trustee of the partnership, responsible for ensuring the partnership model not only survives, but thrives for another 75 years.”...
...I’m well aware that we live in a region with complicated politics....
...Just as Dame Sharon White is breaking up with the John Lewis Partnership, many of its once-loyal customers have already left the brand....
...“I’m not prepared to step back, delay or water down vital green policies like Ulez,” he said....
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