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Blacks Leisure unveils plan for £42.5m restructuring

03.11.09
Struggling outdoor goods retailer Blacks Leisure today set out the details of a long-awaited £42.5 million restructuring plan with its lender, Lloyds Banking Group, which could save nearly 4300 jobs ... more

Blacks fights for bank rescue as losses soar

29.10.09
Tents-to-fleeces retailer Blacks Leisure piled on the misery today, unveiling losses which more than doubled in the first half of the year ... more

Former Blacks chief poised to return with new capital

02.10.09
The former chairman and chief executive of Blacks Leisure is plotting a return to the troubled outdoor and camping chain with an injection of new capital ... more

Blacks axes 500 staff to avoid going bankrupt

30.09.09
More than 500 jobs are to be axed at Blacks Leisure as its closes 89 loss-making High Street shops in a desperate bid for survival ... more

Job threat as Blacks’ surf arm goes under

23.09.09
Almost 100 retail jobs were under threat today after Blacks Leisure put its surfing and boardwear arm Sandcity, which trades out of 11 stores branded O’Neill and Freespirit, into administration ... 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

Mike Ashley axes Sports Direct dividend to pay down £431m debts

16.07.09
Mike Ashley, the controversial tycoon who controls Sports Direct, gave the City another reason to view him with suspicion: he axed the dividend... more

Blacks continues pitch for recovery

15.07.09
The recovery of Blacks Leisure under former Esporta boss Neil Gillis continues. The company behind Millets and Boardwear said sales were down 1.8% — a “relative improvement” ... more

Blacks boosted by outdoor clothing and camping

29.05.09
Blacks Leisure's outdoor clothing and camping stores showed signs of a slight recovery today but the dire performance of its surfing and snowboarding chains dragged the retailer deeper into the red... more

Myerson's new legal battle over Principle

13.05.09
Brian Myerson looks set to open a new legal battlefront as well as disputing his ex-wife's £11 million divorce settlement ... more

Myerson reinstated as head of old firm

24.04.09
Activist investor Brian Myerson, who lost a court appeal earlier this month to reduce his wife's £11.2 million divorce settlement, has regained control of his poorly performing Principle Capital Management Trust investment firm... more

Whelan saves JJB as Blacks deal founders

25.03.09
The High Street leisure sector was poised for a massive shake-up as Blacks Leisure, which also trades as Millets, said a potential £16 million takeover bid had gone away... more

Blacks CEO abandons plans to sell and says the end of downturn is near

27.01.09
Retail: The head of outdoor goods retailer Blacks Leisure has abandoned plans to sell the business, believing the High Street downturn will let up in six months... more

Third alert by Blacks on dive in surf and snow gear sales

07.01.09
Retail: Poor Christmas sales of surfing and snowboarding gear has led outdoor clothing and equipment retailer Blacks Leisure to warn the third time in a year that its operating profits will miss market expectations... more

Recession chill sends DSG sales diving 7%

23.10.08
Retail: Britons are making do with their old TVs and laptops as the icy blasts of recession blow down the High Street... more

Summer washout leaves struggling Blacks so blue

03.10.08
Leisure: The rout on the High Street continued as shares in outdoor retailer Blacks Leisure crashed as it admitted that summer trading had turned out to be a washout... more

‘3 more years of market turmoil’

12.08.08
Activist shareholder Brian Myerson gave stark new warning on market turmoil which has battered stocks... more

Glam campers bring a ray of sunshine at Blacks

17.07.08
This summer's fashion for "glamping" - glamour camping - is putting some colour into sales at Blacks Leisure... more

Blacks pins hopes on Glastonbury campers

29.05.08
The new chief executive of Blacks Leisure unveils his plans to save the beleaguered retailer and pins early hopes on a surge in demand for camping gear ahead of Glastonbury... more

New blow for Blacks as top exec suspended

18.03.08
Blacks Leisure is suspending board director Darren Spurling amid "accounting discrepancies" ... more

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