Pretty poor management systems that would penalise a manager for a return/replacement arising from a sale in a different store/online.
I agree that it would be poor management, but sadly that doesn't make me believe any less that it's the case.
Pretty poor management systems that would penalise a manager for a return/replacement arising from a sale in a different store/online.
Pretty poor management systems that would penalise a manager for a return/replacement arising from a sale in a different store/online.
Perhaps the owners had made their money and wanted to retire and they were made a good offer by the vegansBut if the greasy spoon was doing so well, how come it was replaced by the Vegan place? Was it rent increases, or maybe was it not doing as well as it seemed?
The greasy spoon in my local town was always full and you would often have to wait for a free table. It has been taken over by a vegan company.
Re: Greasy spoons. The greasy spoon in my local town was always full and you would often have to wait for a free table. It has been taken over by a vegan company.
If it was thriving, it wouldn't have been taken over by a vegan company?
in the case of restaurants shouldn't that be cooking the booksYou could have the busiest restaurant in the world but it you aren't balancing the books then your going to go out of business.
There's a combined bookshop/cafe in St Just, near Land's End, called the Cook Book.in the case of restaurants shouldn't that be cooking the books
[I'll get my coat...]
Urban Student Life (USL) was suspended for a year from the Code for Non-Educational Establishments by the Codes Full Tribunal. The suspension applies to all accommodation USL provides across the UK, including in Canterbury, Chester, Leicester, Liverpool and Nottingham. Such a suspension is very rare, and this is only the third time the tribunal has met.
The tribunal upheld a complaint about USL’s development Asquith House in Leeds, where students lived in hotel accommodation for 11 weeks after the date they were due to move in. The company then failed to act quickly enough to provide compensation and, once the building was complete, provide any fire safety guidance. In total, USL breached five parts of the National Code.
The National Code is operated by the Accreditation Network UK, which promotes voluntary schemes designed for landlords, Unipol, a not-for profit student housing charity, and the National Union of Students (NUS).
Following the tribunal’s ruling, Leeds City Council sent the Fire Authority to inspect the building, and has decided it is still not fit for use. The tenants who were due to move in are now required to find alternative accommodation, which local students’ unions advice teams have been supporting students with.
Scandal-hit trucking firm Eddie Stobart Logistics has been forced to accept an emergency high-interest loan to avoid a collapse before Christmas that would put more than 6,500 jobs at risk.
The firm is taking a £55m loan from investment firm Dbay Advisors - with interest charged at an initial rate of 25pc. The deal will give Dbay a majority stake in the company, saddling existing shareholders with massive losses.
The cash injection came after Eddie Stobart’s banks refused to lend it more money, as it grapples with a multimillion-pound accounting black hole.
One insider said: “If the deal doesn’t happen extremely soon, it could be curtains."
Eddie Stobart has been racing to finalise its accounts...
I wonder how secure the future of Urban Student Life Limited is after the well publicised event, namely a major cladding fire, involving a building they own in Bolton, given that they had already had what is described as a rare suspension from the National Code of Providers for breaches of buildings regulations and malpractice?
https://www.nus.org.uk/en/news/pres...suspended-from-national-code-for-malpractice/
Eddie Stobart? https://www.telegraph.co.uk/busines...heaMmuVh7uLYqhxFEVUH6T1Su291pG3kQDR07Tg6MeE0o
<< given how tight margins are in the freight world, and how much more complicated/slow things may be if we leave the EU, this could be an interesting one to watch
Laura Ashley, in my opinion. The Edinburgh store is a bit of a mess. Harsh lighting, high ceilings, worn out fixtures and fittings and water coming into the room at the back. The last time I was in they had tables set out with random tacky trinkets set out, like you might see in a charity shop. Not the sort of environment conducive for spending a lot of money, really. I spy the Glasgow store sometimes when I walk past, and it looks to be fairly similar.
You can get a lot of the same tat from Next Home or even, gasp, retailers like Asda and Sainsbury's these days, but without the eye-watering markup.
Anybody I speak to about the place always says "buy X, but wait until Laura Ashley have a sale on". I remember picking around the BHS closing-down sale during their dying days and feeling a similar atmosphere. I was surprised at the cost of the tat they were selling, even with a 60% discount! Grubby shop, disinterested staff, questionable quality products and a horrible price tag!
New research reveals that bricks and mortar stores are losing out on over £18 billion in sales each year as consumers find products instore, before leaving and purchasing online.
With over half of Brits admitting to browsing a product instore before purchasing online, high-street stores have a fight on their hands to convert showrooming consumers into instore sales.
The findings from leading retail job board RetailChoice have revealed that while one third of us are showrooming once a month, one in ten of us are doing so once a week. With the average consumer having spent £467 through showrooming in the last year and over half stating they enjoy browsing products instore, even with no intention to buy, there’s lots to be gained by retailers who can encourage those potential buyers to make instore purchases.
That pretty much sums up both HoF and Debenhams in Worcester. I expect that both of them will close after Christmas.
the men's clothing section is awash with dowdy beige and brown clothing, usually cut in an unflattering, utilitarian manner.
Sounds ideal for me.
I might be an old git, but I wouldn't be seen dead in brown or beigeUnleash the Grey Pound!
I might be an old git, but I wouldn't be seen dead in brown or beige
I might be an old git, but I wouldn't be seen dead in brown or beige
It doesn't happen automatically then? I thought it was a bit like the menopause where we just gravitate to looking for and wearing beige clothing, maybe you just haven't got to that point yet?
I used to wear beige occasionally when I was younger, hard though I find it to admit it now!It doesn't happen automatically then? I thought it was a bit like the menopause where we just gravitate to looking for and wearing beige clothing, maybe you just haven't got to that point yet?
Without wanting to get too personal, black, dark grey or navy blue in trousers.I presume you do like the unflattering, utilitarian cut but prefer brighter colours.
Without wanting to get too personal, black, dark grey or navy blue in trousers.