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NEWS that Jenners, once renowned as “the Harrods of the North”, is to close in May, has left many of its customers bereft. Not that it comes as any great shock. In recent years, while run by House of Fraser, it has been painful to visit, with its warren of shabby corridors, groaning lifts that never seemed to arrive, and its stock on almost permanent reduction. In its prime, however, Jenners was the foremost department store in the capital, a byword for class and style. Its heyday lasted for well over 150 years, from its founding in 1838 by Charles Jenners and Charles Kennington. The pr...

BBC News image captionJenners department store in Edinburgh has been at the site since 1838 Every city and town had a Victorian department store that captured the middle class spirit of lady shoppers - but in Edinburgh, Jenner's was a refined cut above It is a big moment for the capital's city centre if its anchor store faces closure. That was announced by Frasers on the same day that two new online fashion giants expand into the UK's traditional retail brands But the building's owner isn't giving up. The battle between commercial landlord and tenant is brutal, but where old retailers depart ...

Financial News An Audience With Patrick Thomson: ‘The office isn’t dead. You can’t manage people with algorithms’ ‘As a leader, you have to be even more visible at a time of crisis. You are reminded you are managing human beings’ Patrick Thomson expects 'there will be more consolidation coming ' Danilo Agutoli for FN By Monday January 25, 2021 7:14 am Patrick Thomson achieved what most people tried and failed to do during the first national lockdown: he took up a new hobby. The boss of JPMorgan's European asset management business has arguably made a wise choi...

The last-minute deal between London and Brussels has left the UK's financial services sector in the dark, according to several investment....

Fears have been raised that ageism in the recruitment process could exacerbate an unemployment crisis for over-50s in the year ahead, with the…