Queen Elizabeth II: A front-row view to almost a century of history September 8, 2022 Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II has passed away after a lifetime that has seen everything from World War II to the Covid-19 pandemic. City A.M. look back at the extraordinary events she lived through as Queen of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth. 1952: Elizabeth becomes Queen following the death of her father, George VI, [...]
Former M&S CFO Helen Weir named new chair of National Express September 8, 2022 Former M&S CFO Helen Weir has been named the new Independent Non-Executive Director and Chair Designate of National Express.
Sunday Sitdown: ‘There is a demand to return to the office’, says boss of City favourite T.M. Lewin August 21, 2022 British menswear brand T.M. Lewin – for decades a favourite among City workers – is back. Two months after the heritage brand struck a last-minute rescue deal with shirtmaker Limited, the company has managed a re-launch after the pandemic nearly killed off the Square mile favourite. Established over 120 years ago, T.M. Lewin is steeped in [...]
Campaign to save iconic M&S Oxford Street building gets backing from authors and architects August 15, 2022 Efforts to save the iconic Marks & Spencer building on Oxford Street were reignited this week, with a number of high profile authors and architects getting behind a crowdfunding scheme to stop the demolition. Author of Notes from a Small Island Bill Bryson and award-winning architect Steve Hopkins slammed plans for the site’s demolition, backing [...]
Morrisons, Tesco and Sainsbury’s suspend sales of disposable barbecues amid heatwave August 12, 2022 Morrisons, Tesco and Sainsbury’s are among a slew of household names to halt sales of disposable barbecues owing to warm weather concerns. There have been warnings about potential fires due to high temperatures this summer, as large swathes of the country have been categorised as drought status. Morrisons said in a statement on Friday: “In [...]
Heritage campaigners and M&S roll up sleeves for public inquiry over Oxford St flagship store July 27, 2022 Heritage campaigners have started crowdfunding to battle Marks and Spencer’s plans to demolish its 1929 flagship Oxford St store this autumn. M&S hopes to demolish the Marble Arch building, which it says has “asbestos throughout,” to create a new 10-storey building, with office space and a gym. A two-week public inquiry in October will assess [...]
Primark owner poaches Marks & Spencer director for top finance job July 21, 2022 Primark owner Associated British Foods has nabbed Marks & Spencer’s CFO Eoin Tonge for its top finance job. Associated British Foods said that its current finance director John Bason will step down from the board, with Tonge stepping into his shoes no later than February 2023. Tonge also holds the position of chief strategy officer [...]
Marks & Spencer snaps up logistics firm Gist for £145m to take control of food supply chain July 21, 2022 Marks and Spencer has acquired the logistics provider to its food arm for £145m, with the supermarket “taking control of our food supply chain for the first time in our history.” The premium supermarket said on Thursday the acquisition from Storeshield, owned by The BOC Group, would aid its multi-year plan to modernise its food [...]
Ocado Retail boss to step down as online grocer begins hunt for new CEO July 19, 2022 Ocado Retail has said its CEO Melanie Smith will step down next month, after three years at the helm of the business. Former deputy CEO of the company, Lawrence Hene, will take over on an interim basis while a hunt for a permanent replacement takes place. The supermarket has struggled with waning average basket spending [...]
Marks & Spencer pushes further into tech as high street giant extends 15-year old pact with Flooid July 18, 2022 UK high street retailer Marks & Spencer confirmed this morning it has extended its agreement with Flooid for the provision of store point-of-sale and unified commerce platform basket services for up to another five years. Flooid, formerly PCMS Group, agreed with Marks & Spencer in 2007 to supply software to run point-of-sale and self-checkouts across [...]