Struggling fashion chain New Look sees losses narrow after shake-up despite another fall in sales By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 23:08 BST, 11 February 2020 | Updated: 23:08 BST, 11 February 2020 Struggling fashion chain New Look has narrowed losses despite another fall in sales. It lost £1.2million in the first nine … Read more
Property tycoon Nick Candy seeks to up his stake in trendy London gym chain 1Rebel By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 BST, 16 December 2019 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 16 December 2019 Property tycoon Nick Candy has bumped up his stake in a trendy chain of London gyms. The 46-year-old already owned … Read more
Luxury cinema chain Everyman rakes in record profits as film fans flock to see hits like Knives Out, Vice and Green Book By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:02 BST, 15 January 2020 | Updated: 22:20 BST, 15 January 2020 Luxury cinema chain Everyman Media Group raked in record revenues and profits last … Read more
Now gyms could be turned into field hospitals: David Lloyd health club chain in talks with government to convert its largest centres into emergency medical facilities The chain is in talks with Government about converting ‘handful’ of its big gyms They will be emergency medical facilities to stop the NHS getting overwhelmed The clubs are … Read more
Now Wetherspoons refuses to pay breweries: Pub chain warned it faces legal action after claiming it does not have enough cash By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 GMT, 27 March 2020 | Updated: 01:23 GMT, 28 March 2020 Wetherspoon could face legal action unless it pays breweries. The pub chain has said … Read more
Chiquito set to become the first big coronavirus casualty in the restaurant sector with 1,500 jobs at risk By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 GMT, 26 March 2020 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 26 March 2020 Chiquito was on the brink of collapse last night – making it the first big coronavirus casualty … Read more
Jeremy Hunt leads calls for more tests for NHS workers – as rules forcing staff to isolate when they may not have coronavirus are blasted as ‘ridiculous’ Jeremy Hunt said more tests and tracing may be more important than social distancing Mr Hunt also warned that it ‘may be too late’ to avoid Britain becoming … Read more
Laura Ashley has announced the permanent closure of 70 stores, with 721 employees set to lose their jobs. It comes after the fashion and furnishings retailer announced its intention to hire administrators last week, blaming the impact of coronavirus for tipping it over the edge. A host of retailers, including John Lewis and Ikea, have … Read more
Restaurant chain Leon launches delivery site to survive the crisis By Harriet Dennys For Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 23:06 GMT, 21 March 2020 | Updated: 23:06 GMT, 21 March 2020 Restaurant chain Leon will this week launch an Ocado-style home delivery site as it reinvents itself to survive the coronavirus crisis. Following the Government’s … Read more
Fashion chain Laura Ashley files for administration after rescue talks are thwarted by Coronavirus outbreak By Rory Tingle For Mailonline Published: 10:47 GMT, 17 March 2020 | Updated: 10:48 GMT, 17 March 2020 Fashion chain Laura Ashley has said it has filed for administration after rescue talks were thwarted by the coronavirus outbreak. Exterior of … Read more