In the news this morning, more potential takeover activity on the high street as the billionaire owner of Edinburgh Woollen Mill tables a £6m offer for Bonmarché.
Keeping with the high street, the owner of Boots warned it may be forced to close stores and cut jobs after suffering the “most difficult quarter” since 2014.
And in residential news, London’s largest landlord has announced plans to invest £4bn in building 20,000 new homes in the North West as the housing market cools in the South East.
Elsewhere today:
EG Highlights: Spaces eyes up 125 Deansgate after WeWork is snubbed
Tulip tower wins approval after critics fail to nip it in the bud
Construction flags for second month
Fortnum & Mason to open first overseas store
