By Bridie Pearson-jones For Mailonline Published: 09:16 BST, 16 September 2023 | Updated: 10:05 BST, 16 September 2023 Marks & Spencer is set to swap plastic bags for paper ones across all their UK stores. The upmarket retailer began to trial paper bags at ten of its shops in January, and will now roll it … Read more
Here’s top marks from me for M&S: Chic List columnist Joanne Hegarty hadn’t shopped in Marks & Spencer for years. But the first collection by new head of womenswear Maddy Evans has definitely persuaded her back. These are the pieces she loves By Joanne Hegarty For You Magazine Published: 07:48 BST, 16 September 2023 | Updated: 14:43 … Read more
Residents of a bankrupt borough issued a stark warning to families after Birmingham city council went bust insisting their lives will be ‘plunged into misery’. People living in Slough in Berks told how they have been left suffering after their council racked up debts of a staggering £760 million. Cash-strapped residents struggling during the cost-of-living … Read more
By Amy Kester for the Daily Mail Updated: 14:25 BST, 28 August 2023 When it comes to our wardrobes, as much as we might love a bargain, who wants to sacrifice style on the altar of thrift? Luckily, right now, many of our favourite stores on the High Street and online have found a way … Read more
Businesses need to be allowed to invest if Oxford Street is to maintain its status as Britain’s busiest high street, the UK boss of Ikea has said. Peter Jelkeby, head of the Swedish homeware giant in the UK and Ireland, called on the government to support businesses ‘in every way possible’, in the wake of … Read more
The UK is missing out on a spending boom from Middle Eastern tourists, who are heading to mainland Europe to make use of tax-free shopping schemes, new figures revealed. The statistics show that tourists from Arab countries are heading to Rome and Paris to splash their cash, snubbing London due to its hated tourist tax. … Read more
Crime rates on Oxford Street are surging as London‘s famous shopping district falls into disrepair, a Marks & Spencer executive has warned. Sacha Berendji, the chain’s operations director, said the area had once been ‘the jewel in London’s shopping crown’ but was now little more than ’empty shops, littered streets and fewer visitors’. He said shocking scenes of … Read more
An art deco mansion, which has played host to actors, pop stars and influencers, has gone on the market for £5.45 million. Owner Osman Kent, who owns St Ann’s Court, the Roundhouse, a Grade II listed 1930s architectural masterpiece, in Chertsey, Surrey, and its neighbouring 18th Coach House, which houses a recording studio, has dropped … Read more
It’s Colin the Caterpillar war part eight! Now Poundland introduces its own budget copycat of M&S cake with £4.50 ‘Chris’ – half the price of the £9 original By Stewart Carr Published: 12:56 BST, 28 July 2023 | Updated: 13:03 BST, 28 July 2023 Another high street retailer has joined the infamous cake wars of … Read more
On a recent weekend away with a couple of girlfriends, post morning coffee, I announced I was off to get dressed. My friend looked up, confused: ‘I thought you were dressed? Do you sleep in that?’ Some collect crockery or niche miniatures but my weakness is Victorian-esque nighties: ‘that’ was a new stealth add to … Read more