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It’s time for Thiam to make his mark on Pru

03.11.09

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Universities bail out their students as loans system fails to cope with surge

09.10.09

Up to 175,000 students are still waiting for their grants and loans a week after starting university amid chaos at the Student Loans Company... more

‘Posh’ Waitrose adds a bit of class to surging sales at John Lewis

17.09.09

Waitrose showed that it is fending off the challenge posed by the discount supermarkets and that it has thrived despite the recession... more

City Spy: Cobra boss and a tear-jerking tale

18.08.09

IT’S not often that City Spy is reduced to tears but Lord Bilimoria’s travails after putting his Cobra Beer business into a pre-pack administration (the brewer has been sold to Molson Coors, Bilimoria keeps 49.9% and most of the creditors who are owed Ł71 million are out of pocket), provoke great waves of sympathy ... more

Only economists are unable to spot a bit of regal rhetoric

30.07.09

Are you talking to me or chewing a brick?” That was almost certainly the first time I came across a rhetorical question in the flesh. Of course, my fine education had already taught me what such a literary device was in theory ... more

City Spy: Shine boss Murdoch cooks up clever plug on BBC

13.07.09

Elisabeth Murdoch, the boss of Shine TV and an intriguing wild card in the race to be the next ITV chief executive, is a savvy operator... more

Bargain supermarket Aldi may bring cheap petrol to Britain

03.07.09

The Austrian arm of discount supermarkets chain Aldi launched the company’s first petrol stations with astonishingly cheap fuel, triggering hopes that it may do the same in Britain ... more

Budget stores suffer as shoppers raise sights

24.06.09

The "Aldi Effect" could be ending as green shoots emerge in the economy... more

Paper clothes make news on Croydon catwalk

18.06.09

They are environmentally friendly, cheap and even come with a designer label. The latest innovation in the world of children's fashion is clothing made entirely from newspaper... more

Latest news: First ever loss at Ryanair

02.06.09

Ryanair posted its first-reported annual loss, after a €222.5 million write down in the value of its stake in rival Aer Lingus was compounded by higher fuel bills ... more

Aldi to open 1000 new stores across Europe

29.05.09

German retailing titan Aldi is poised to open 1000 new stores Europewide next year, with many planned for the UK ... more

I owe it to my grandfather not to join the rush to Aldi

15.01.09

Thanks to my grandad, a proud Thatcherite grocer from Amersham, I have always been something of an expert on price comparison. I'm also a food snob. I was taught always to buy the best you can afford. But how do you define that in a recession? ... more

Aldi trainee graduates get Ł40,000 plus Audi

14.01.09

A supermarket is offering graduates a starting salary of Ł40,000 plus a company car as job vacancies for university leavers fall by a fifth... more

Even Tesco feels the pinch as customers defect to Asda

02.12.08

Britain's biggest retailer Tesco admitted it was being hit by the recession as it revealed its worst sales figures in 16 years... more

Upbeat Sainsbury lifts profits to Ł272m

12.11.08

Retail: J Sainsbury delivered a confident set of results, claiming to be blooming despite the credit crunch and taking custom from rivals such as Waitrose and Marks & Spencer... more

Death of the pinstripe

10.11.08

Society bible Tatler claims the pinstripe has had its day, a victim of the City’s demise and Aldi’s Ł25 version. Here two writers join the sartorial debate... more

Has Tesco discounted the dangers of hubris?

03.11.08

Whenever recently I’ve talked to the bosses of the big British supermarkets, the conversation has turned to Aldi and Lidl. ... more

Tesco 'cuts target for sales growth'

29.10.08

Retail: Tesco said it is prepared for a major slowdown in the British economy amid reports that it is to cut its target for UK sales growth... more

Retail

08.10.08

These are the people who will steer London’s vital retail world through what looks like difficult trading ahead ... more

Credit crunch Britain - the winners and losers

03.10.08

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M&S sales slide 6 per cent as shoppers pull in belts

02.10.08

Marks & Spencer deepened the gloom on the high street today when it revealed a 6.1 per cent slide in sales... more

Waitrose feels the chill as customers go downmarket

26.09.08

Fears that Brits are heading for the discount stores were stoked as upmarket chain Waitrose posted its worst trading figures since the end of last winter... more