Good morning. In the news today, The Times reports that the owners of Butlins holiday camps and Warner Leisure Hotels enjoyed a £60m dividend last year, taking the total to almost £600m over the past 15 years.
Also in The Times, a British Retail Consortium survey shows that more high street shops are vacant than at any time in the past four years.
Grouse shooting estates hoping for more glorious 2019 season
Publicans call on mediator to raise the bar in UK tenancy rows
Intu faces tough task to emerge in better shape for investors
UK’s 15 biggest mortgage lenders hit by price war
Cheap hoodies in shabby stores: House of Fraser after a year of Ashley
High street closures will mean the death of small-town Britain
Boots: the inside story of a high street giant in crisis
Sports Direct’s move upmarket ‘will take us four years’
Michael Murray, head of elevation at Sports Direct, tells how brands will get lift-off
Food for thought for everybody looking to start a new business