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Banks under pressure as EU forces ING sale

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Topshop boss Green paints grim picture on recovery

22.10.09
Topshop owner Sir Philip Green today spoke of “one of the most challenging retail landscapes I have ever seen” and warned it will be a tough Christmas on the high street ... more

Come on Irene, get your bid price for Cadbury up to 900p

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The credibility of Kraft chief executive Irene Rosenfeld is at risk if the food giant doesn’t win Cadbury ... more

A silly question with only three billion answers

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You find a lot less poison in the Big Smoke

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The countryside, rather than the city, has now become the locus of our collective anxieties and fears... more

Celeb chefs hit the waves with cruise ship restaurants

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Many celebrity chefs now run restaurants on cruise ships. Kate Simon steers through some of the mouth-watering choices on offer... more

Green’s Topshop has Oriental ambitions

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Sir Philip Green has held detailed planning talks to open his Topshop fashion chain in China ... more

Succession game deals tough hand to M&S's key player

08.07.09
City veteran Sir David Michels is battling to keep investors happy as calls mount for the retailing giant to sort out its leadership problems... more

It’s all going on off-stage

16.06.09
While the West End groans with great performances and productions, site-specific theatre and promenade shows are booming, too.... more

Swine flu hits Sandhurst and Oxford Street Topshop

16.06.09
Sandhurst military academy and Topshop's flagship store in London have been hit by swine flu... more

Lionel Richie's £1m just to sing for Sir Philip Green

09.06.09
Lionel Richie will be counting his money "all night long" tonight after a healthy payday from Topshop tycoon Sir Philip Green.... more

Arcadia provides feast of ideas from Tom Stoppard

05.06.09
Tom Stoppard's Arcadia is that rare thing, a toothsome entertainment that also thrills us with a dozen strange thoughts before bedtime.... more

Tom Stoppard: My passion

01.06.09
As Arcadia is revived in the West End and his translation of The Cherry Orchard opens at the Old Vic, the playwright lets down his guard.... more

Green is planning to link Arcadia and Bhs

25.02.09
Retail: RAG trade tycoon Philip Green is to merge his two High Street businesses Bhs and the Arcadia group of companies led by Topshop... more

Hamleys Icelandic investor seeks protection as bank talks fail

04.02.09
Retail: Icelandic holding company Baugur, which has major retail interests in Britain including stakes in House of Fraser and Hamleys has applied for court protection after restructuring talks with its lenders failed... 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

Icestorm in Barnet hits a banking exec

12.11.08
ICELANDIC tremors among the power-hungry politicos at Barnet council, which, as readers of City Spy will recall, managed to blow a stonking £28 million of taxpayers’ money in Glitnir and Landsbanki.... more

Spend, spend, spend says Boris as Westfield opens

30.10.08
Boris Johnson has called on Londoners to spend, spend, spend to lift the capital's troubled economy out of recession... 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

Forget recession – metal boys are still in party mode

16.10.08
Shocking times for commodities prices, no doubt. But that didn’t stop the metal traders at the LME annual Grosvenor House dinner splashing out on strippers and champers... more

Retail

08.10.08
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Hermes’ new rent rules give boost to High Street

26.09.08
Pension fund manager Hermes has stopped demanding large quarterly rent payments in a much-needed boost to the ailing High Street... more

La Calisto has never been more urban

24.09.08
All animal magic and dazzling Deco cum Op Art, The Royal Opera’s new staging of Cavalli’s La Calisto is fabulous entertainment.... more

High Street’s dive in trading is the worst for 25 years

28.08.08
The High Street suffered its worst trading in a quarter of a century this month as wet weather and creaking household finances put off shoppers... more

More stores join rent revolt

25.07.08
Retailers are queuing up to join the campaign to demand the right to pay rent monthly rather than quarterly... more

The king of Rock'n'Roll

27.11.06
Rufus Sewell collected the Evening Standard Best Actor award for his role in Tom Stoppard's Rock'n'Roll. Success has been worth the wait, he says.... more

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