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Entertainer CEO and Mary Portas top retail names in new year honours
Entertainer CEO and former John Lewis director Andrew Murphy and retail expert Mary Portas are among the industry names recognised in the new year honours list.
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Primark places gagging orders on some landlords amid rental negotiations
Primark has reportedly agreed to pay a select group of landlords ahead of June’s quarterly rent day, but has asked some recipients to sign non-disclosure agreements (NDAs).
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Portas acts on 'gagging' clause concerns
Mary Portas has asked TV production company Optomen Television to review its contracts with local businesses in Margate after concern over restrictions on retailers.
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Green seeks gagging order over fresh BHS report
Arcadia tycoon Sir Philip Green is battling to prevent the publication of a report into the collapse of BHS amid claims it could damage his reputation.
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Retail disquiet over Portas TV show grows as 'gagging clause' imposed
Concern is mounting that plans to make a TV programme about Portas Pilot towns could undermine the efforts of retailers to revive troubled high streets.
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Mary Portas high street campaign fails, data shows
The towns revamped under Mary Portas’ ‘Save the High Street’ campaign have lost almost 1,000 shops in just five years, new data has revealed.
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Mary Portas hits back at criticism of the Portas Review in Westminster meeting
Mary Portas believes Government reviews should come with a “health warning” after she received “a bashing” for her work to try and save UK high streets.
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Mary Portas and TV company lobbied Government over Portas Pilots
Evidence has emerged to suggest the Government picked some of the Portas Pilots towns based on recommendations by Mary Portas and the company behind the TV show.
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Analysis: Portas Pilot Town - Mary Portas visits Liskeard
Mary Portas has defied critics on her crusade to revitalise the high street. John Ryan joins her in one of the Portas Pilot Towns.
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Mary Portas admits Portas Pilots cannot "truly succeed" without full Government support
Mary Portas, the retail expert and TV star, has admitted that the Portas Pilots could “never truly succeed” without full Government action on her 28 recommendations to save the high street.