All Life & Style (Ethel Austin) articles
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AnalysisLaw firms pass verdict on significance of Woolworths redundancy ruling
Law firms have backed the European Court of Justice ruling that former Woolworths staff are not entitled to collective redundancy.
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NewsEx-Woolworths and Ethel Austin staff win £5m compensation
Ex-Woolworths and Ethel Austin staff are set to share over £5m after winning a legal case against the Employment Appeal Tribunal.
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NewsEthel Austin rescued by clothing entrepreneur
Ethel Austin has been bought out of administration by Liric, a firm controlled by clothing entrepreneur Mike Basso.
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AnalysisEthel Austin timeline: Charting the company's history
A look at the history of 48-store retailer Ethel Austin which has collapsed into administration for the fourth time today.
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NewsEthel Austin collapses into administration
Ethel Austin has collapsed into administration for the fourth time.
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NewsAdministrators tell Life & Style directors to return 'incorrectly used' monies
The joint administrators of defunct fashion and homewares chain Life & Style have requested that the retailer’s previous directors return money they “incorrectly used” or face the threat of court action.
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NewsFormer Ethel Austin staff miss out on redundancy pay
An employment tribunal has ruled that 1,200 Ethel Austin staff will not receive redundancy pay.
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AnalysisSue Townsend
Passionate about retail, the former Blackwell commercial director has taken on the challenge of resurrecting the three times failed fashion retailer Ethel Austin. Nicola Harrison reports.
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NewsLife & Style bought out of administration
Fashion and homewares chain Life & Style has been bought out of administration by Sue Townsend, former director of academic bookseller Blackwell.
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NewsUsdaw to raise concerns about Life & Style with Government
Shopworkers union Usdaw is writing to the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills to detail concerns over the running of fashion and homewares chain Life & Style and its predecessor company Ethel Austin.
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NewsFate of Life & Style lies in hands of administrators
The administrators of bust homewares and fashion retailer Life & Style, born out of the ashes of Ethel Austin, will decide on Monday whether to sell it as a going concern or liquidate it, it is understood.
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News300 jobs axed as Life & Style closes 22 stores
Bust homeware and fashion retailer Life & Style, which was born out of the ashes of Ethel Austin, is closing 22 of it 150 stores and making 274 people redundant as administrators RSM Tenon continue talks with potential buyers.
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NewsLife & Style sinks into administration
Fashion and homewares retailer Life & Style has fallen into administration, and private equity firm SKG Capital is circling it.
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NewsLife & Style on brink of administration
Life & Style, the fashion and homewares business born out of the administration of womenswear chain Ethel Austin, is on the brink of collapse after just over a year in existence.
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AnalysisQuality takes upper hand in value battle
Customers are redefining value and ‘returning to quality’. So what does the future hold for discount retailers?
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NewsEthel Austin reborn as Life & Style
Elaine McPherson, the former owner of Ethel Austin, has secured an injection of funds to launch fashion and homewares chain Life & Style, born from the ashes of the value chain which she rescued from administration for a second time in March.
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NewsElaine McPherson buys Ethel Austin for second time
Ethel Austin, the value chain, has been sold back to Elaine McPherson for a second time for an undisclosed amount.
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NewsEthel Austin closes a further 81 stores after failing to secure buyer
MCR, the administrators of Ethel Austin, will close a further 81 stores after failing to secure a buyer for the value chain.
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NewsEthel Austin and Au Naturale to shut 114 stores and make 1,048 redundancies
The administrators of value clothing chain Ethel Austin and sister homewares retailer Au Naturale have confirmed the closure of 114 stores and 1,048 redundancies.
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NewsEndless considers bid for Ethel Austin
Turnaround specialist Endless is reported to considering a bid for collapsed value retail chain Ethel Austin.