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• Karren Brady’s exit from Philip Green’s group is less than ballsy

  25-02-2019 21:57
  Resignation with no explanation other than a vapid tweet is not exactly speaking out
  
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• Karren Brady faces questions over Philip Green allegations

  25-02-2019 20:36
  Outgoing chair called on to tell ‘what went on under her watch’ at tycoon’s retail empireKarren Brady has quit as chair of Sir Philip Green’s retail empire and faced immediate questions over what she knew of alleged sexual and racial harassment by the disgraced business tycoon.Brady walked away after two years in the job and a fortnight after she vowed to remain in her post out of a “sense of duty” to look out for the firm’s staff, including her daughter
  
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• For the sake of his business, Philip Green should take a back seat | Nils Pratley

  25-02-2019 20:35
  The retail group boss will seek another big name to replace Karren Brady – but any chair worth hiring would tell him to step asideRoll up, roll up, who wants to be the acceptable face of Sir Philip Green’s holding company? At £125,000-a-year, the money is decent for a part-time chairmanship with no real powers, such as the ability to fire key personnel. It would help if, like the last two incumbents, you are well-known but, in current circumstances, the main qualification may b
  
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• Karren Brady: first lady of football has risen to top of business league

  25-02-2019 16:10
  Success at Birmingham City and West Ham followed by peerage and role at Philip Green empireKarren Brady has succeeded in arenas dominated by largely unreconstructed men. She is widely referred to as the “the first lady of football” for her quarter-of-a-century career running Birmingham City and then West Ham United. A supporter of David Cameron and George Osborne, the 49-year-old is one of just 206 women in the House of Lords (out of a total of 783 peers).She has also famously advise
  
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• JAB enters pet industry with bid for US veterinary clinics

  25-02-2019 15:58
  Coty backer buys majority stake Compassion-First Pet Hospitals that values group at $1.2bn
  
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• Karren Brady quits Philip Green’s holding company

  25-02-2019 10:41
  Conservative peer had been appointed to ‘beef up corporate oversight’
  
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• Karren Brady quits as chair of Philip Green’s retail group

  25-02-2019 10:33
  Businesswoman had refused to resign after allegations of inappropriate behaviour against tycoonKarren Brady has resigned as chair of Sir Philip Green’s retail empire, a fortnight after insisting she had a “sense of duty” towards the tycoon’s employees.Brady had refused to resign from Taveta Investments in the wake of accusations of inappropriate behaviour against Green. Green has denied any unlawful behaviour towards employees. Continue reading...
  
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• Primark first half sales to be up 4% on last year

  25-02-2019 09:48 via theretailbulletin.com
  Primark owner Associated British Foods has said that first half sales at the discount fashion chain are expected to be 4% ahead of the same period last year.
  
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• Laura Ashley confirms it has not received a takeover bid

  25-02-2019 09:48 via theretailbulletin.com
  Fashion and homewares retailer Laura Ashley has confirmed that it has not received any takeover offers following media speculation that businessman Michael Flacks is interested in taking the company private.
  
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• Brooks Brothers opens at ICON Outlet

  25-02-2019 09:48 via theretailbulletin.com
  Brooks Brothers has joined the line-up at ICON Outlet at London’s The O2.
  
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