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Crossroads Primary School awarded litter campaign grant from Keep Scotland Beautiful By Alan Hendry Published: 17:00, 31 January 2021 Get the Courier and Groat sent to your inbox every week and swipe through an exact replica of the day's newspaper Crossroads is one of three primary schools in the Highlands to benefit from the anti-litter grant aid. A Caithness primary school is one of three in the Highlands selected to receive grant aid from the environmental charity Keep Scotland Beautiful to help them tackle litter. Crossroads primary, along with Scourie, in north-west Sutherland, and Al...

383 Views Debenhams’ co-CEO is leaving the business following the issuance of court orders to wind up its operations after the acquisition deal with online retailer Boohoo was struck this week. The co-chief executive, Steven Cook, will be exiting the Debenhams business following a four year stint with the department store chain that at the start of this week sold its brand name and online operations to Boohoo. Cook joined in 2017 from the Candian retailer Holt Renfrew and started out as managing director for fashion and home before he was promoted to co-chief executive in May last year –...

ANY hopes of saving Hampshire’s remaining Debenhams stores have been dashed by the decision to sell the famous name to online rival Boohoo.

A judge in the Insolvency and Companies Court said the Official Receiver now should assess the position.

The company highlighted that Debenhams has six million beauty shoppers and 1.4 million Beauty Club members. Boohoo said: “The group intends to rebuild and relaunch the Debenhams platform, helping further the group’s stated ambition to lead the fashion e-commerce market, and grow into new categories including beauty, sport and homeware.” Boohoo shareholders appeared to welcome the deal, with shares up 4% in early trading on Monday. However, Shore Capital retail analyst Greg Lawless warned that an online-only operation could hit Debenhams’ beauty sales. He said: “The big que...