Retail Sector
- Superdry names founder Julian Dunkerton as permanent CEO until 2021
- Retail footfall slumps 10% over last seven years
- Notonthehighstreet sees operating profits double in full-year results
- Returns: Can you charge the customer?
- Khaadi Fashion rescued after pre-pack administration
- Brexit concerns lead to slump in retail spending in September
- Quiz revenues dip 5% amid ‘challenging’ UK retail environment
- How intelligent analytics is transforming retail
- HMV opens Europe’s largest entertainment store in Birmingham
- Vans opens new boutique concept store in Covent Garden
Accountancy Today
- Grant Thornton reduces UK partner numbers
- KMPG and MHA MacIntyre lead British Accountancy award nominations
- AAB appoints new head of innovations tax
- Will Corbyn’s four-day week break accountants’ productivity?
- Price Bailey announces four senior-level promotions
- Deloitte appointed as Links of London administrator
- Moore Global chairman to step down after 15 years
- Hays Travel agrees deal with KPMG to acquire 555 Thomas Cook stores
- KPMG announces 49 new partner appointments
- Mazars appoints Nigel Layon as new partner
Jewellery Focus
- My Store: Palenque Jewellery
- E-Commerce Handbook Case Study: Ruby & Oscar
- The Manufacturing Files: Jewellery Casting Scotland
- Embracing supply chain traceability
- The evolution of watches: A brief history
- Links of London enters administration placing 350 jobs at risk
- Ingle & Rhode crowdfunds as demand for ethical Jewellery booms
- Chrono24 attracts €43m investment to help fuel growth
- Diamond market slows ahead of Christmas period, Rapaport reveals
- Facets PR goes into liquidation owing £190,000
Hotel Owner
- Three top tips for successful hotel training programs
- Hotel Indigo Dundee named one of Scotland’s top Hotels
- Operating models – what’s the best way to run a hotel?
- Why technology is killing the heart of the hotel industry
- UK hotel investment volumes reach £3.22bn in Q3 2019
- The Ritz London owners consider £800m sale
- UKHospitality and Tourism Alliance publish Brexit no-deal guidance
- Derelict Carlisle Central Plaza Hotel cordoned off over collapse fears
- Amaris Hospitality invests over £21m to ‘transform’ five landmark hotels
- Lincoln Plaza London works with Shiva Foundation to mark Anti-Slavery Day
Funeral Service Times
- Restaurateur Oliver Peyton launches funeral business Exit Here
- Police investigate fraud allegations at Fife funeral directors
- R & P Everson wins ‘Funeral Planner of the Year Award’
- Independent Funeral Directors A.B. Walker opens in Woodley
- ‘My way’ tops funeral song playlist
- Wirral funeral home lays claim to UK’s first professional cat mourner
- SAIF praises new industry report on funerals
- Funeral administrator shaves hair in support of bereavement charity
- Black Country funeral director in Parliamentary business review
- JH Way Funeral Services opens new Teignmouth branch
Pet Gazette
- University of Surrey’s vet degree receives RCVS approval
- Fireworks season sparks vet calls for pet safety
- Company of Animals received Queens Award for Enterprise
- ‘Pet owners aren’t feeding their pets correctly’, suggests research
- Owning a dog linked to a longer life, study suggests
- RCVS and VCI sign ‘historic’ mutual recognition agreement
- One in 10 dogs suffer from mental health issues, study finds
- Collared Creatures launches new Ombre Dip Dyed dog leads
- Trespaws launches new Titan Dog Ball Launcher
- RCVS welcomes 30 new fellows at fourth annual ‘Fellowship Day’
Catering Today
- KFC announces UberEats trial from 50 London locations
- Elior UK appoints new venue director for Scottish Rugby Hospitality
- Wasabi appoints Henry Brits as new CEO
- Pret A Manger turnover hits £710m in 2018
- UKHospitality warns blanket calorie cap would be ‘impractical’
- Seven Park Place to relaunch in November following ‘extensive’ refurb
- Richard McLellan’s Wilder restaurant and bar to open in Shoreditch
- Wilderness Bar + Kitchen renamed Wolf At The Door
- Fears over Pizza Express restaurants as debt talks emerge
- New health focused lifestyle restaurant Atis opens in Old Street
Estate Agency Now
- Sadiq Khan approved over 800 new homes in Barnet
- Buyers still value traditional property features most, study finds
- CMA warns lettings agents over DSS claims
- Manchester rent controls could ‘choke off supply’ of homes, says RLA
- Urban Village and Key Land Capital announce joint development venture
- Infamous Glasgow landlord fined after violating council ban
- Connells reveals success of Sunte Park development
- Purplebricks director makes move to ‘next-gen’ lettings agency
- Government figures show drop in new build homes
- Transactions and prices drop in London’s prime postcodes
