Good morning. In the news today, The Times reports on a bitter dispute between former employees of Astrazeneca over the collapse of a drugs manufacturing plant little more than two years after it was sold.
Also in The Times, retailers are missing last year’s heatwave as the number of customer visits to shops dropped again last month, with a drop of 2.9 per cent.
Persimmon faults are exposed on TV
Rain puts dampener on bar sales
North American cannabis companies look to UK for growth
Thomas Cook turns to China’s Fosun as part of £750m rescue deal
Retailers take alternative approach to leases
‘Jeansgate’ exposes Marks and Spencer’s deeper fashion flaw
Spotify for textbooks: Gauthier Van Malderen is revolutionising the traditional book shop
Sports Direct expected to post 20pc fall in profits
Can Britain’s flexible office boom survive an economic downturn?
