Miss Woods, 27, who bought her two-bed flat in Salford, Greater Manchester, for £155,000 four years ago, is likely to face a bill of thousands of pounds to make the building safe. She and her partner lost the chance to sell and move to a family home in August and fear they may have to delay their wedding, planned for next year. … [Read more...] about New building materials watchdog will be launched in wake of ‘deeply disturbing’ evidence heard at Grenfell fire inquiry
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Requiem for the High Street: Retail industry faces 200,000 job cuts this year after 320 shops closed every week in 2020 – while Nike, Gap and Vans are latest flagship stores set to leave Oxford Street
Quiz, the Glasgow-based fashion group, put its physical stores division into administration in early June. Ninety-three head-office and warehouse redundancies have already been declared. The business wants to renegotiate rents for its 82 stores and the eventual size of the group will only be known, when this has been done. KPMG has been appointed to review the firm's options, which are likely to include store closures. There are 915 staff in the stores division. Quiz's online business continues unaffected, as are its 300+ concessions.Victoria's Secret, the UK arm of the U.S.-owned global retailer, went into administration early in June 2020 having made a loss now known (Aug 2020) to be £100m in the last financial year. The UK fashion trade has experienced a torrid three years and the coronavirus lockdown, which prevented 'non-essential' stores trading (though not online), has been the final hammer blow. Victoria's Secret has probably lost its original appeal: the aftermath of the … [Read more...] about Requiem for the High Street: Retail industry faces 200,000 job cuts this year after 320 shops closed every week in 2020 – while Nike, Gap and Vans are latest flagship stores set to leave Oxford Street
Luxury footwear pioneer Jimmy Choo announces he is launching £18,000 a year fashion academy in London where he will teach aspiring designers how to make money
The JCA | London Fashion Academy has curated a syllabus inspired by Professor Jimmy Choo's experiences in building his own luxury super-brand as well as the multi-faceted skill sets which fashion designers increasingly need in today's ultra-competitive multi-channel global landscape. … [Read more...] about Luxury footwear pioneer Jimmy Choo announces he is launching £18,000 a year fashion academy in London where he will teach aspiring designers how to make money
Rider, 41, who was crushed under a ‘naughty’ horse that ‘reared up’ during the Beaufort Fox Hunt sues its owner for £100,000 over her injuries
The Beaufort Hunt is one of the oldest and largest fox hunting packs in England and is based at the 52,000-acre Badminton Estate - home of the famous horse trials, and the place where the game of badminton was invented in 1863. … [Read more...] about Rider, 41, who was crushed under a ‘naughty’ horse that ‘reared up’ during the Beaufort Fox Hunt sues its owner for £100,000 over her injuries
Matalan clearance sale is now 80% off and prices start from just 50p
Google Shopping is a tool that lets users search for and compare prices for products across the web. Simply type in keywords, or a product number, to bring up search results. Price Spy logs the history of how much something costs from over 3,000 different retailers, including Argos, Amazon, eBay and the supermarkets. Once you select an individual product you can quickly compare which stores have the best price and which have it in stock. Idealo is another website that lets you compare prices between retailers. All shoppers need to do is search for the item they need and the website will rank them from the cheapest to the most expensive one. CamelCamelCamel only works on goods being sold on Amazon. To use it, type in the URL of the product you want to check the price of. … [Read more...] about Matalan clearance sale is now 80% off and prices start from just 50p
