Into the battle to save the soul of football marches an unlikely possible hero. Paul Kemsley, best-known as a mate of Sir Philip Green, Sir Alan Sugar and Mike Ashley, has a plan. Don't rush to judge... more
Financial stocks were in demand today, helping the FTSE 100 index to kick off the new quarter in style. Barclays was top dog, jumping 10.25p to 287.75p, Royal Bank of Scotland climbed 1.2p to 42p and Lloyds Banking Group gained 1.2p to 59.3p... more
Economics analysis: Stronger than we dared hope for: That is the verdict of the British Retail Consortium as figures show encouraging high street sales... more
Next's profits upgrade, John Lewis's 16 per cent jump in Christmas sales and Experian Footfall's reports of nine per cent more shoppers out on New Year's Day all seem to bode well for British retailers' most important selling season... more
The boardroom row at Mitchells & Butlers took another twist, as the pubs group said it would ask four candidates proposed as independent directors to be interviewed by its headhunters and nominations committee... more
Analysis: Majestic Wine was popping the champagne corks as it posted first half sales up by £12.6m. But news from the rest of the off-licence industry is far more sober... more
Majestic Wine showed today that its strategy of being as different as possible from the supermarket giants some say are ruining the trade is working... more
Adam Posen is not the first American appointee to the Bank of England monetary policy committee — that was DeAnne Julius, between 1997 and 2001... more
How does the chief executive of Majestic Wine keep up the price of the booze he is selling when supermarkets are full of three-bottles-for-£10 offers?... more
Exclusive: After high-profile allegations this season, Charlton's manager is pleased the issue is now being addressed but says the authorities still have plenty of work to do
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