Sainsbury's market strategy leaves its shelves well-stocked with profitLONDON BRIEFING: Supermarkets group J Sainsbury, Britain’s third-largest food retailer, will show its rivals how it’s done today…Wed Nov 14 2012 - 00:00
M&S chief may have his goose cooked if Christmas turns out to be a turkeyMarks & Spencer is in the throes of a shake-up of senior management as results disappointWed Nov 07 2012 - 00:00
Toxic Libor could be the new asbestosIS LIBOR the new asbestos? It’s certainly an increasingly toxic affair for the banking sector and the alarming asbestos parallel…Wed Oct 31 2012 - 00:00
Cap fits in Newcastle's Wonga dealHOW DOES Newcastle United manager Alan Pardew motivate his players? By urging them to give 100 per cent on the field? Or perhaps…Wed Oct 17 2012 - 01:00
Will merger of BAE and EADS take flight?LONDON BRIEFING: WHEN BAE Systems and EADS unveiled their proposed €35 billion merger exactly four weeks ago, it was clear that…Wed Oct 10 2012 - 01:00
One sports chain down, one to go for billionaire Mike AshleyLONDON BRIEFING: PETER COWGILL, chief executive of JD Sports Fashion, would be forgiven for feeling a little nervous right now…Wed Sept 26 2012 - 01:00
Ripple effect of Northern Rock run still palpableLONDON BRIEFING: SEPTEMBER is a month of grim anniversaries for the financial world – five years since the run on Northern Rock…Wed Sept 19 2012 - 01:00
Do you meet the Bank of England top job spec?LONDON BRIEFING: CITY OF London Kremlinologists have been sent into a frenzy of speculative deconstruction and interpretation…Wed Sept 12 2012 - 01:00
M&S's new concept store alone will not revive brandLONDON BRIEFING: CAN SHOP assistants armed with iPads revive the fortunes of Marks & Spencer? What about free in-store wifi…Wed Sept 05 2012 - 01:00
Branson out to derail FirstGroup's franchise bidLONDON BRIEFING: SIR RICHARD Branson is master of the PR stunt; who can forget the image of the entrepreneur wearing full make…Wed Aug 29 2012 - 01:00
Unexpected figures show austerity is not workingLONDON BRIEFING: AUSTERITY CLEARLY isn’t working but another, more savage, round of cuts may be on the way this autumn after…Wed Aug 22 2012 - 01:00
G4S may find it hard to secure new workLONDON BRIEFING: SOLDIERS ARE still patrolling Greenwich Park in southeast London, venue for the Olympic equestrian events, …Wed Aug 15 2012 - 01:00
Standard Chartered not up to standardLONDON BRIEFING: WHEN THE man who broke Barings Bank warns that the culture of the City of London has spun dangerously out of…Wed Aug 08 2012 - 01:00
No business lap of glory for Olympics as trade lagsLONDON BRIEFING: POSTERS ADVERTISING the musical version of the 1990 Hollywood blockbuster, Ghost, have been plastered around…Wed Aug 01 2012 - 01:00
Love of free banking does not excuse the scandalsAS THE fifth anniversary of the credit crunch approaches on August 9th – famously dubbed “the day the world changed” by disgraced…Wed Jul 25 2012 - 01:00
Dark day as Barclays scandal taints othersLONDON BRIEFING: A WEEK ago, most people outside the City of London (and a fair few within the Square Mile) had never heard …Wed Jul 04 2012 - 01:00
Bank will pay for error in more ways than oneLONDON BRIEFING: WHAT’S the appropriate level of compensation for a man forced to spend the weekend in jail because his bail…Wed Jun 27 2012 - 01:00
Walgreens steps into new regions with BootsLONDON BRIEFING: ONE OF them can trace its roots back to 1849, when agricultural worker John Boot moved to Nottingham to open…Wed Jun 20 2012 - 01:00
It pays, and pays, to be a member of the boardLONDON BRIEFING: AS WPP’s Sir Martin Sorrell prepares to meet his critics at Dublin’s Convention Centre today, yet more evidence…Wed Jun 13 2012 - 01:00
Extra day's holiday may be bad break for economyLONDON BRIEFING: The Olympics are expected to provide a boost to the economy in the third quarterWed Jun 06 2012 - 01:00
Osborne eats humble pie with pasty tax U-turnLONDON BRIEFING: WHEN BRITISH chancellor George Osborne announced his intention to address some of the loopholes and anomalies…Wed May 30 2012 - 01:00
Pay still a hot topic despite Tesco chief's gestureLONDON BRIEFING: THREE cheers for Phil Clarke, chief executive of Tesco, who has turned down a bonus of £372,000 because of …Wed May 23 2012 - 01:00
Bank of England governor under fireLONDON BRIEFING: SIR MERVYN King, who today delivers the Bank of England’s quarterly Inflation Report, still has more than a…Wed May 16 2012 - 01:00
Self-interest at heart of investor uprisingLONDON BRIEFING: MANY OF us feel deeply uncomfortable with the phrase “shareholder spring”Wed May 09 2012 - 01:00
Barclays and Aviva fail to quell investor revoltLONDON BRIEFING: ANOTHER WEEK, another shareholder showdown, and tomorrow it’s the turn of unhappy investors in insurance group…Wed May 02 2012 - 01:00
'Diamond Bob' faces shareholder musicLONDON BRIEFING : AS HOME to the popular Philharmonia Orchestra, the Royal Festival Hall on London’s South Bank is one of the…Wed Apr 25 2012 - 01:00
M&S takes stock of a basic retail blunderLONDON BRIEFING: THE MOST basic rule of retailing is to get the right product on the shelves at the right time, in the right…Wed Apr 18 2012 - 01:00
'Lifer' needs to breathe life back into Tesco fastCan it be everything to everyone, or should it focus on its gem, the British grocery business?Wed Apr 11 2012 - 01:00
Leap to vast cafe chain causes a bit of a stirLONDON BRIEFING: WHEN THE finance director of a FTSE 100 company quits his powerful central post to run one of the divisional…Wed Apr 04 2012 - 01:00
Game over for another high-street retail giant?LONDON BRIEFING: IF YOU’VE not spent that Game gift voucher you got for Christmas, it’s too late nowWed Mar 28 2012 - 01:00
Osborne set to unveil the leakiest budget yetIN THESE days of leaks, lobby briefings and pre-budget announcements, chancellors have sacrificed much of their capacity to surprise…Wed Mar 21 2012 - 00:00
NewBuy raises the same old questionsTHE RENAISSANCE housing development in Lewisham got a welcome shot of free publicity this week as David Cameron chose the southeast…Wed Mar 14 2012 - 00:00
Investment in store with Tesco's huge jobs boostLONDON BRIEFING: SOMETIMES you have to feel just a little bit sorry for TescoWed Mar 07 2012 - 00:00
Bank named but not too shamed over tax avoidanceAS THE CITY of London police moved in to clear the tents from St Paul’s Cathedral in the early hours of Tuesday, news was breaking…Wed Feb 29 2012 - 00:00
Budget day could be eased by latest resultsLONDON BRIEFING: WILL there be a surprise giveaway in next month’s budget? Chancellor George Osborne’s wriggle-room has certainly…Wed Feb 22 2012 - 00:00
Low expectations for the future of the high streetThe head of Sainsbury’s believes town centres have only themselves to blame for their demiseWed Feb 15 2012 - 00:00
Shareholders start to flex muscles in mining biggest 'mega-merger'LONDON BRIEFING: Things are not going smoothly in the Xstrata and glencore deal despite expensive adviceWed Feb 08 2012 - 00:00
Apple impressed by fruits of Dixons chief's laboursLONDON BRIEFING: WHEN JOHN Browett, chief executive of Dixons Retail, took a call from a headhunter wanting to talk about a …Wed Feb 01 2012 - 00:00
Cairn shareholder power scuppers Gammell's £2.5m 'thank you' bonusLONDON BRIEFING: Oil company’s decision to withdraw chairman’s payout could help curb boardroom excessWed Jan 25 2012 - 00:00
Debt casts doubt over future of some of Britain's best-known food brandsLONDON BRIEFING: Angel Delight and Paxo stuffing are among the foodstuffs seeking crumbs of comfortWed Jan 18 2012 - 00:00
Share prices show game may really be over for Game GroupLONDON BRIEFING : HOW LONG will it be before the headline writers can indulge themselves with a “Game Over” headline for Europe…Wed Jan 11 2012 - 00:00
Retail sector waking up to post-Christmas realityLONDON BRIEFING: Forget about Christmas past, the challenge now is to survive until Christmas 2012Wed Jan 04 2012 - 00:00
'Squeezed middle' the shape of things to comeLONDON BRIEFING: AS 2011 drew to a close, compilers at the Oxford English Dictionary unveiled their award for Word of the Year…Wed Dec 28 2011 - 00:00
Music's retail master is losing its voiceLONDON BRIEFING: IN A MOVE that’s been likened to severing a healthy limb to save a sick patient, HMV has hoisted the “for sale…Wed Dec 21 2011 - 00:00
Banker pursues holy grail: 'ethical capitalism'LONDON BRIEFING: KEN COSTA is the man with the toughest job in the city of LondonWed Nov 09 2011 - 00:00
Insurance sales script reworked as HomeServe call centres ring off for six weeksLONDON BRIEFING: THE SILENCE in the HomeServe call centres must be deafeningWed Nov 02 2011 - 00:00
Britain rivalled only by Estonia for fastest-rising cost of living increases in EULONDON BRIEFING: City gets a nasty shock as consumer price inflation hits a three-year highWed Oct 19 2011 - 01:00
Supermarkets tussling but no sign of warLONDON BRIEFING: Do consumers really benefit from price- cutting campaigns or are they all for show?Wed Oct 12 2011 - 01:00
Chancellor hopes 'credit easing' will weave some magic as Project Merlin fails to show wizardryThere is confusion over George Osborne’s new plan to unlock funds for small firmsWed Oct 05 2011 - 01:00
