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Footwear retailer Shoe Zone warns another 100 stores will be axed if business rates are not overhauled Shoe Zone boss Anthony Smith said it may have to shut down 100 stores Shoe Zone shut down about 300 stores in the last ten years Business rates payments rose from 26% to 54% over the last decade … Read more
Meghan Markle is thought to have told the National Theatre that her role as a patron will be ‘business as usual’ despite now living in Canada. Artistic director Rufus Norris explained that although bosses were not told of the Duchess of Sussex’s plans to move, they are confident she will remain ‘engaged’ and are looking forward to … Read more
Chancellor faces fresh anger over ‘unsustainable’ business rates burden as 50 of Britain’s top shop chains call for shake-up By Tom Witherow For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 BST, 12 February 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 12 February 2020 More than 50 of Britain’s biggest shop chains are calling for a shake-up of business rates … Read more
A quarter of the UK’s high-growth companies have a female founder but just 9 per cent of the money invested into businesses in 2019 went to female-founded firms, according to a recent report. Moreover, this number has declined from 15 per cent in 2015 and 2016 – which the report, Female Entrepreneurs by data company Beauhurst, claims … Read more
Climate risks put at top of Davos agenda… as the global elite fly in on their private jets! By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 22:07 GMT, 15 January 2020 | Updated: 22:07 GMT, 15 January 2020 The World Economic Forum has urged business leaders to step into the void left by governments in … Read more
Mike Ashley urges Government to reform business rates system and ease turmoil on the High Street By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:37 GMT, 14 January 2020 | Updated: 22:37 GMT, 14 January 2020 Mike Ashley’s retail group has urged the Government to reform the business rates system Mike Ashley’s retail group has … Read more
JEFF PRESTRIDGE: Why the City’s regulator has no business to be smug By Jeff Prestridge for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:02 BST, 11 January 2020 | Updated: 11:24 BST, 12 January 2020 Those who sit in the splendid offices of the Financial Conduct Authority out in booming Stratford, East London, are probably feeling a … Read more
‘Great fish and chips!’ said Tina and Stewart from Bromsgrove. Anna, Andrea and Alan from Sunderland also loved the ‘beautiful’ fish and chips, but also had a ‘fab’ holiday. ‘First time to Egypt!’ It’s a novel kind of guestbook. The messages are written on beer mats underneath a glass-topped table in the Queen Vic Pub, … Read more
Aviva axes 1,800 jobs as it aims to cut costs ahead of the business being broken up By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 GMT, 6 June 2019 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 6 June 2019 Aviva’s boss has unveiled plans to axe 1,800 jobs and pave the way for a break-up of the … Read more
American Airlines’ new amenity kit for first and business class ‘unboxed’ (and the toiletries inside mean it’s good news for chapped lips and sore hands) The bespoke kits are by Los Angeles-based luxury leather accessory company This is Ground There’s ‘pH-optimal, silicone-free hand and face creams rich in essential fatty acids that boost repair’ American … Read more