Stuart Machin also speculates about whether successive governments have been guilty of ‘snobbery’ towards retailThe chief executive of Marks & Spencer has called on the UK government to delay or ease planned tax...
Read MoreApproval for Marks & Spencer to rebuild flagship London store ends three-year planning battle over art deco buildingMarks & Spencer has been given the green light to demolish its flagship Oxford Street store, ending a...
Read MoreConcerns over increase in national insurance contributions and minimum wage on customers and suppliersMarks & Spencer has reported a better than expected jump in profits but warned that measures in last week’s budget...
Read MoreJudge rules levelling up secretary’s move to halt plan to raze and redevelop store is unlawfulBusiness live – latest updatesMarks & Spencer has claimed victory after Michael Gove’s decision to block a...
Read MorePrice of more than 30 different kinds of period underwear to be lowered at stores from next week John Lewis and Waitrose are cutting the price of their period underwear by a fifth, becoming the latest retailer to join the effort...
Read MoreWH Smith, Marks & Spencer and Argos among more than 200 firms that failed to pay workers legal minimum wageSome of the UK’s best known retailers including WH Smith, Marks & Spencer, Argos and LloydsPharmacy are at...
Read MoreSainsbury’s and others call for tax on internet sales, while Marks & Spencer says that would ‘punish’ go-ahead outletsA battle is shaping up between major retailers over whether the UK should introduce an...
Read MoreArchie Norman backs UK plans to scrap parts of protocol, saying lorries require ‘700 pages of documents partly written in Latin’The chairman of Marks & Spencer has backed government plans to override parts of the...
Read MoreExclusive: Workers in Portugal picking berries ending up on the shelves of Marks & Spencer, Waitrose and Tesco allege exploitative conditionsPhotographs by Francesco Brembati for the GuardianFarm workers in Portugal appear...
Read MoreWorkers on rapid delivery service see pay slashed as company’s profits skyrocketDrivers delivering groceries for Ocado are earning less than the minimum wage, the Observer can reveal.The drivers, who deliver orders for the...
Read MoreLocally beloved buildings, from 1930s classics to brutalist edifices, are facing developers’ wrecking ballsCampaigners are organising themselves to prevent the destruction of historic department store buildings around the...
Read MoreBusiness groups tell ministers to sort out bureaucratic mess caused by EU trade dealMinisters must restart trade negotiations with Brussels immediately to sort out the “baffling” array of post-Brexit rules and...
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