Tesco call for the Office of Fair Trading to be dismantled after being hit with fine for colluding with suppliers and other retailers to fix cheese prices between 2002 and 2003... more
Few people wandering around the National Trust houses hosting Morris & Co's 150th anniversary exhibitions this spring and summer will be aware of the turbulent business history which lies behind the famed fabrics and wall coverings... more
City Spy has already reported one suggestion to fill the pension deficit — by using the profits of commercial arm BBC Worldwide, which makes more than £100 million a year. And staff like it
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The new chief executive of Wm Morrison pledges to expand into convenience stores and the online market as well as enhancing the supermarket’s reputation for selling fresh food... more
The Office of Fair Trading is forced into an embarrassing climbdown as it drops price-fixing allegations against dairy producers and supermarkets including Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Morrison’s... more
There is urgent whispering in the aisles of Marks & Spencer: Sir Stuart Rose, the smooth, pin-up boss (for lady shoppers of a certain age) is no more... more
Marks & Spencer shocked the City and the retail industry today when it appointed the boss of Britain’s fourth-biggest supermarket as its new chief executive... more
Lessons from across the pond are not always relevant but here’s one that might turn out to be a timely early warning. Severe food price falls in the United States are likely to have a major impact on supermarket earnings in the States and a similar flood of cheaper food here could be the signal to get out of the UK supermarket sector ... more
Another bid for drugmaker Goldshield? It must be Friday. Stakes in the poker game for Britain’s biggest quoted generic medicines group just seem to get higher and higher as former management bet against the improbably named Fuhrer family of Israel for the Goldshield prize... more
Could Morrisons get the last laugh on the middle-class urbanites like me who turned their noses up when the cut-price northern store first moved south? ... more
Morrisons today showed that its plan to eat into rivals’ territory in London and the south is bearing fruit as it unveiled another leap in sales ... more
The consumer watchdog today said fresh evidence has emerged in its investigation into Tesco and Morrisons over the alleged price fixing of milk, butter and cheese ... more
I know I'll get the push soon...As she presents her first series of Antiques Roadshow, the BBC golden girl says that even she lives in fear of ageist bosses.... more
Cartoon ghouls The Horrors and rapper Lady Sovereign provide the youthful oomph this weekend, while Bob Dylan's never-ending tour reaches Wembley.... more
We take a look at the biggest CDs released this week including the debut album from chart-topping Mika, and the latest offerings from Bloc Party and Lady Sovereign.... more
Sound check: German industrial metal band Rammstein literally play with fire in their live performances - and now they are about to unleash their singeing spectacle on London. Watch out for your eyebrows
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