Former Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott was among a string of former Labour ministers set to be given a peerage in the Dissolution Honours list, the Standard learns... more
Comment: The official business of the board meeting of British Widgets plc has just ended. Talk, naturally, turns to the hottest subject in the City at the moment...... more
One of the features of the letter in protest at the Government’s proposed NI increase is the prevalence of retailers - as, City Spy hears, Next's Simon Wolfson was the orchestrator... more
Twenty-three business chiefs write in support of George Osborne’s plan to scrap the proposed rise in National Insurance, and it’s hailed as a sign the Tories have UK Plc on side... more
Ebullio Capital Management admits its commodity fund fell 96% in the first two months of 2010 - the Latin “ebullio” means to produce in abundance... 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
Next's chief executive Simon Wolfson told the City to upgrade its profit forecasts for the second time in just two months today, after what he called a “better than expected third quarter”
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Next faces a double challenge in 2009 as the cost of fashion is set to rise for the first time in seven years and the economy continues to falter... more
Fashion chain Next adds to the gloom on the High Street as it reports tumbling sales and warns the key Christmas shopping season may be no better... more
Analysis: As the capital gears up for London Fashion Week, the bosses of the biggest clothing chains are more likely to be found drowning their sorrows than cracking open the champagne... more
Retail: Simon Wolfson, chief executive of fashion chain Next, has warned that the High Street cannot look for any recovery in consumer spending until at least 2010... more
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