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...One of the main architects of Marks and Spencer’s turnaround has credited its efforts to break the “vicious circle” of sticking with ageing customers for helping to revive the UK high street stalwart’s fortunes...
...Blue bloods were not just born wealthy but got rich through takings, as in the case of Alan Rufus, a warrior kinsman of William the Conqueror who was rewarded with landholdings that may have yielded as much...
...A Very Private School: A Memoir by Charles Spencer William Collins £25, 304 pages Henry Mance is the FT’s chief features writer Join our online book group on Facebook at FT Books Café and subscribe to...
...Senior MP William Wragg has quit the Conservative parliamentary party after admitting he provided phone numbers of colleagues to a man he was in contact with on Grindr, the gay dating app....
The founders of Roman and Williams and RW Guild take the festivities outside at their Montauk home
...William Woods, a retail analyst at AllianceBernstein, said that “food inflation remains supportive and the food first strategy is working”, but the performance of the other divisions that include Argos and...
...Following a brief first marriage, she wedded William McCormick Blair Jr, the former US ambassador to Denmark, in 1961....
...You know, we might overestimate, as some here do, that de facto, the victory by William Lai will cause Xi Jinping to decide he’s gonna invade Taiwan. I think that’s not the correct reading....
...Additional reporting by Andy Lin and William Langley in Hong Kong...
...His witness William Pitt (then prime minister) became too emotional to sign the register....
...It’s a total trip risk,” said Labour councillor Maya Evans, pointing at several uneven paving stones and small potholes that have become symptomatic of the decaying fabric of Britain’s towns....
...David Evans, Labour’s general secretary, told councillors in a recent message seen by the Financial Times that they should not attend demonstrations in support of Palestine or “risk putting yourself in a...
...business . . . has also seen a decline,” said Michael Lu, president of gift box producer Brothersbox, which employs 240 people at a factory in Dongguan and supplies brands including Nestlé and Marks and Spencer...
...“Import volumes rose to their highest in 18 months, supporting our view that the reopening recovery remains on track,” said Evans-Pritchard....
...All of this adds up to additional costs for the sector, says Rees-Evans....
...Wilton and Evans are superb....
...Silver Lake first invested in Endeavor in 2012 when it was called William Morris Endeavor, a standalone talent agency run by Emanuel....
...Additional reporting by William Sandlund in Hong Kong...
...I have Bob Dylan, Lucinda Williams, Bruce Springsteen, Robert Plant and St Vincent. One I don’t have is Willie Nelson’s – I just went to see him at the Hollywood Bowl....
...He has tested the waters by staging exhibitions in spaces such as the Carrington House, an abandoned beach cottage where Tennessee Williams summered and where Truman Capote worked on what would become Breakfast...
...A Very Private School: A Memoir by Charles Spencer (William Collins/ Simon & Schuster)Unflinching personal account of a boarding school childhood exposes the shocking flaws, cruelties and life-long legacies...
...British Land has appointed William Rucker as chair designate. He was most recently chair of Lazard in the UK....
...Farming minister Mark Spencer told reporters at the NFU’s annual conference that the shortages had been caused by “a frost in Morocco and Spain in November and December, which damaged a lot of the salads...
...February 17 to March 7; further information and tickets here ‘The Dictionary of Lost Words’, Playhouse (Arts Centre Melbourne) An adaptation of Pip Williams’ acclaimed bestselling novel set around the...
...Marks and Spencer was once the doyen of British retail. Its brand was synonymous with affordable quality....
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