MORNING NEWS: Hatching plans and flying the coop

In the news this morning, EG brings you details of four GVA directors who are flying the coop, and new leisure stock that has hit the market. Elsewhere, retail bosses have hatched a new plan to turn Oxford Street in to a mini-break destination, and Whitbread’s new “no frills” hotel gives some insight into life at Premier Inn after the sale of Costa Coffee. Five things you might have missed last week Four GVA directors quit Cromwell prepares Five Ways sale No room for extravagance at low-cost Premier Inn Patisserie Valerie may face action by investors Hedge funds snap up chunks of struggling Debenhams Oxford Street isn’t ailing. It’s a holiday destination Lakeside owner Intu Properties sees value of assets slide Ocado looks for warehouses to cater for online expansion Hundreds of tower blocks across UK at risk of collapse, say experts Shopping malls’ desperate decline comes to prime minister’s doorstep