By Stephen Foster on February 8, 2012
They’re not the only reason of course but, as a new survey points out that it’s even grimmer on the British High Street up north, it’s interesting to note that the latest three chains to collapse and leave more empty High Street locations – Barratts Priceless (shoes), La Senza (bras and knickers) and Peacocks (discount [...]
Posted in Clients, Finance, News | Tagged airport monopoly, arcadia, barratt priceless, la senza, landlords, nottingham, out of town superstores, peacocks, private equity dealers, property companies, shop vacancy report, Sir Philip Green, tesco extra, the internet, uk high street, wh smith
By Stephen Foster on March 25, 2011
Well Andy Hornby, a former protege of Allan Leighton at Asda along with Sainsbury’s Justin King and others, probably deserves a break after being crucified in the banking crash of 2008 (he ran HBOS which collapsed owing twenty-odd billion) and then doing a sterling job at Alliance Boots which drove revenues up to nearly £9bn [...]
Posted in Clients, Finance, News | Tagged Allan Leighton, alliance boots, Andy Hornby, Asda, hbos, Jesse Boot, Justin King, kkr, nottingham, Peter Cummings, Sainsburys, Stefano Pessina
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