The £16.6bn high street giant, which also owns Joules and FatFace, is among the parties in talks with advisers to the 145 year-old high street chain as it courts investors, Sky News learns.
The celebrity chef's main commercial operation has completed a consultation process which involves 25 of its 126 employees being made redundant, Sky News learns.
The slowdown should remove any lingering doubts that the Bank of England will agree an interest rate cut when it meets next week, the expected quarter-point trim taking the headline figure below 4% for the first time since January 2023.
The building society's anti-money laundering efforts have been "inadequate", says the Financial Conduct Authority. It failed to spot a customer receiving millions in fraudulent COVID furlough payments.
One of Britain's biggest high street banks is in talks to lend a significant chunk of the purchase price that DMGT has agreed to pay to end the Telegraph's ownership hiatus, Sky News learns.