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Moss Bros blames austerity for poor figures

29.09.09

Moss Bros says companies cutting back on corporate entertaining are to blame for its widening losses ... more

Yes men to blame for the gravy train

01.06.09

How often have supposed shareholder revolts on directors' pay turned into a damp squib? Very. Much of the blame can be laid at the door of the institutional shareholders. ... more

Moss Bros is smartened up by a recession rush for suits

29.05.09

Menswear chain Moss Bros said suit sales were on the rise as workers dress to impress during the recession ... more

Still counting UK's cost of Icelandic meltdown

08.05.09

A hint of calm, but certainly not normality, is returning to the busted Nordic economy thanks to the International Monetary Fund's $10 billion bailout. But for many UK investors the story isn't over... more

The great High Street fire sale but will there actually be any takers?

05.02.09

With Ł1bn debts, retail empire Baugur is set to be broken up and, says its founder, end up in the ‘hands of British vultures’. It seems he couldn’t be more wrong...... more

Eddie’s words no transport of delight...

03.12.08

Stobart Group, famed for its Eddie Stobart green lorries with girls’ names, is clearly delighted to have bought Southend Airport for Ł21 million... more

Moss Bros heads for red after sales sag

01.12.08

Moss Bros admits sales have collapsed, and it will plunge deeply into the red this year - just days after rag trade billionaire Sir Philip Green turned a Ł1 million profit trading shares in the company... more

Green makes Ł1m as he offloads Moss Bros slice

28.11.08

Retail: Sir Philip Green's return to the stock market did not last long but he has departed Ł1 million richer... more

Legendary shares are frozen as broker fails

28.11.08

Investment: Fashion entrepreneur Shami Ahmed's company Legendary Investments appears to have been hit by a "mini-Lehman Brothers" crisis... more

Sir Philip has got the hump with Humphrys

21.11.08

Arcadia boss Sir Philip Green went on Today with John Humphrys and left the Radio 4 man sounding second best... more

As ailing firms face legal woes, cash buyers and private equity will pounce

18.11.08

Legal Analysis: Private purchases of stakes in beleaguered companies show this is a good to invest. But will Canary Wharf be worse affected by the recession than the City of London? ... more

Who's in and who's out

17.11.08

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Intrigue over O’Reilly’s plans Down Under

13.11.08

Tongues are wagging in Australia about the resignation of Brendan Hopkins from the board of Sir Anthony O’Reilly’s Independent & News Media, just days after he signed a three-year extension to his contract as chief executive of the Independent’s APN News & Media subsidiary Down Under... more

Green grabs slice of Moss Bros and eyes a takeover

12.11.08

Retail: Philip Green strode back into the public arena, snapping up a 28.5% stake in Moss Bros.... more

Young shoppers defy credit crunch and keep Sir Philip Green smiling

21.10.08

Topshop owner Sir Philip Green has defied the credit crunch and praised Kate Moss as a "fantastic ambassador"... more

I'm a diehard Leftie but my son is going to private school

14.10.08

If England, according to Oscar Wilde, is the native land of the hypocrite, then the contortions achieved by former Left-wing supporters of state education in order to justify sending their kids to private schools have to be some of that land's most curious rituals. When I was a child in London my parents schooled me privately to begin with, and then when the inherited dosh ran out sent me to a state school. It was at that point that my mother began to trumpet her great belief in comprehensives. Even aged 13, I couldn't help seeing hypocrisy in this. ... more