The former boss of Mothercare is angling to step in and turnaround The Body Shop after it fell into administration earlier this year. The Body Shop, which had over a …
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Tata and unions in eleventh hour talks over early Port Talbot closure
Tata Steel faces a £500m hit over its decision to close Port Talbot steel works months earlier than planned, it has been revealed, as company bosses and trade union officials …
Change of guard for England as Test squad gets fresh look
England have called up two new players for their upcoming Tests against West Indies as they seek to put an embarrassing defeat against India earlier this year behind them. In …
US-UK chief executive pay gap widens as FTSE bosses sweat over attracting top talent
The pay gulf between blue-chip chief executives in the UK and US widened even further last year, new figures show, as debates rages in the City over London-listed firms’ ability …
Stansted owner mulls swoop for £1.3bn airports group
The UK’s largest airport group is weighing up adding Aberdeen, Glasgow and Southampton (AGS) Airports to its portfolio in a £1.3bn swoop, according to reports. Manchester Airports Group (MAG), the …
TDR Capital seeks £2.5bn-plus sale of training business BPP
British private equity giant TDR Capital is reportedly planning a £2.5bn-plus sale of professional training course business BPP. TDR, behind firms including Asda and David Lloyd, has hired bankers from …
Boots chief steps down after owner shelves sale plans again
The chief executive of Boots is stepping down after the high street pharmacy chain’s US parent company once again shelved plans to sell the business. Sebastian James, who has headed …
TrueLayer: Fintech unicorn boss says ‘scale is everything’ as he takes on Visa and Mastercard
The chief executive of fintech unicorn TrueLayer has suggested bottom-line profitability and a potential IPO are some ways off as he focuses on scaling up to challenge Visa and Mastercard’s …
What the rise of Politics Joe says about young people’s relationship with the news?
A 24-minute video from a select committee hearing on lobbying, Rishi Sunak’s debut address as Prime Minister, and a speech given on Ukraine by the Kenyan ambassador to the UN …
Build, baby, build: Want to solve the housing crisis? Forget town planners at your peril
The ongoing election season has brought attention to a major issue that all parties seem to agree on – the need to build more homes and help a generation get …