In the news today and over the weekend, The Times reports that the pressure on Britain’s struggling department stores chains is intensifying, with Debenhams working with restructuring experts and John Lewis & Partners set to report weak interim results this week.
Also from The Times, Network Rail is reported to have removed thousands of railway arches from the circa £1.4bn sale of its property business, despite having said previously that the estate was being sold in one piece.
And from EG today, the Lehman Chronicles feature Richard Croft, chief executive of M7 Real Estate, who examines how the use of data can be fundamental in avoiding another financial crisis, and separately, British Land chief executive Chris Grigg explains why offering the same parental leave to fathers as mothers is the right thing to do.
Five things you might have missed last week
Grigg: ‘Shared parental leave can even out the playing field’
Croft: ‘I would have done a lot of things differently’
Struggling Debenhams seeks help
Warren Buffett sees hot property in London
Kensington Odeon’s big picture is back in spotlight
Network Rail pulls arches from sale
Inn crowd is quickly going to get bigger
Sir Rocco Forte toasts hotels payout
Landlords told to remove Grenfell-style cladding or face action
