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Sale of brands and property assets leave trustees hopeful they can avoid lower benefits available from Pension Protection Fund
Deal marks final stage in break-up of Sir Philip Green’s Arcadia
Online rivals benefit from high street woes as they snap up Topshop and Debenhams brands
Deal will save about 300 jobs and excludes the group’s 70 stores
Retailer’s acquisition of Burton, Dorothy Perkins and Wallis could complete break-up of Philip Green’s empire
Deals pursued by Boohoo and Asos will hit town centres; a rare earth project where cash is sparse
Fixing business rates is key to helping the industry survive
Groups set to swallow chains that struggled to compete with them online, putting more than 20,000 jobs at risk
Online fashion retailer said to have offered towards top end of £250m-£300m price range
Group of Asian investors will inject ‘tens of millions’ into Philip Day’s businesses
As millennials grew up, a much-loved brand fell apart
City Chic deal signals the start of the break-up of fashion empire that went into administration last month
Any deal would be part-financed by an investment partner
For three decades, much of retail has been led by numbers people who squashed creatives
Employees of failing companies should not transfer out of defined benefit funds but trust PPF umbrella
Pilloried retail tycoon has been less aggressive than private equity groups on high street
Wife of retailer Philip Green accelerates timetable as political pressure over deficit grows
Industry ‘lifeboat’ will now assess state of company’s retirement schemes
FT experts comment on new tiered restrictions for retailers, pubs and restaurants
Promise comes as MPs demand answers about pension payments
AstraZeneca agrees $350m rights deal, Horta-Osório transfers to Credit Suisse, 2021 market predictions
Philip Green’s group becomes highest-profile retail victim of pandemic, putting 13,000 jobs at risk
Pandemic is bringing about in months what might otherwise have taken years
The Frasers boss is toying with old foe Philip Green; Reckitt is ruthless in pursuit of spin-off Indivior
Biggest brands of Topshop, Burton and Wallis have fallen far from their heyday in the early 2000s
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