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Britain's four golden hopes for World Athletics Championships

09.08.11
Squad for Daegu contains real prospects for glory as coach targets improvement on two years ago... more

The Cosmos game plan that may fall to earth

14.06.11
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

Corking: Majestic Wine in sales surge

13.06.11
Majestic Wine unveils ambitious expansion plans as it reports another jump in profits and sales... more

Heady times for Majestic as Old World wines fight back

19.05.11
I witnessed a revolution this week in the South of France, where the Old World is fighting back against the New World of wine... more

Team GB rocked by injuries for European Indoor Championships

21.02.11
String of top athletes will miss next month's event as injuries take their toll and key figures refuse to change their decision not to compete... more

Majestic Wine brings in taste of California for half price

06.01.11
Majestic Wine has a huge order of Californian Zinfandel arriving in its stores on January 14, which will be on sale at half price - just £5 ... more

It is The Be All and End All

03.12.10
The Be All and End All has the merit of being largely devoid of easy sentiment and not at all prurient... more

The cheering story of a retailer’s Majestic progress

16.11.10
Cheers to Steve Lewis, who is proving that it is possible to run a successful retailer through economic strife, supermarkets be damned... more

Majestic Wine tots up vintage profit

15.11.10
Majestic Wine is still reaping the rewards of its decision to cut its minimum order from 12 bottles to six, with half-year profits up by a fifth... more

Shares portfolio: Time to sell slowing Associated British Foods

12.11.10
The Standard's City team rates which stocks to buy and sell, with analysis on the top traders' deals and what to expect from the markets... more

Majestic Wine's move to six-bottle cases pays off

14.06.10
Majestic Wine has more than doubled its profits after cutting its minimum sale from 12 bottles to six... more

Majestic Wine gets big profits leap thanks to festive cheer

17.05.10
Majestic Wine says its profits for the year which ended in March will come in “at the upper end of analysts’ expectations"... more

Majestic names New Look's Phil Wrigley as chairman

26.01.10
Majestic Wine unveils Phil Wrigley as the next chairman of the board, taking over from Simon Burke... more

Majestic Wine drinks to best Christmas in five years

06.01.10
The corks pop at Majestic Wine as the company celebrates a successful Christmas after letting shoppers buy six bottles at a time instead of 12... more

'We've lost everything', say families who survived flats inferno

27.11.09
Families who had their homes destroyed by a massive blaze in south east London tell of their devastation... more

Vintage year at Majestic

16.11.09
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

Less is more for Majestic

01.09.09
Wine buffs will no longer need to strain their backs when they pop into their local Majestic Wine warehouse ... more

City Spy: Beats having to work for a living

17.06.09
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

Squeezing Majestic through the High Street bottleneck

16.06.09
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

Majestic down as drinkers head for the supermarkets

15.06.09
Profits have slumped at Majestic Wine as companies cut back on entertaining and stay-at-home tipplers head to supermarkets... more

Recession, what recession? The future is looking rosé

23.03.09
For two decades it was the unloved and much derided taste of the Seventies, but today the great rosé wine revival becomes official... more

Sales drop at Majestic as the City pulls plug on parties

08.01.09
Consumer: Conspicuous corporate consumption was definitely out this Christmas, according to Majestic Wines chief executive Steve Lewis... more

Majestic loses its fizz in slump

10.11.08
Champagne sales have gone flat at Majestic Wine as businesses cut back on entertaining and consumers tighten their belts... more

£17m profits corker as Majestic defies rivals

16.06.08
Wine warehouses chain fended off fierce competition from supermarkets to lift profits for the year to March... more

How's that! Mr Majestic takes final bow after a vintage run

05.03.08
Tim How has seen Majestic Wine Warehouses boom during his long stint in charge as Britons' enthusiasm for and appreciation of wine has blossomed ... more


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