3 h. ago John Lewis boss ‘determined’ to bring back bonus after payout scrapped again

The retailer said it would not pay a staff bonus despite revealing that underlying profits tripled to £126 million from £42 million the previous year.

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7 h. ago Good Morning Britain's Ranvir Singh halts show for 'breaking' John Lewis news

Good Morning Britain's Ranvir Singh halted Thursday's show to share some 'breaking' John Lewis news

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7 h. ago Ranvir Singh halts Good Morning Britain for 'breaking news' about huge retailer

Good Morning Britain's Ranvir Singh has stopped the ITV breakfast show to make a big announcement about John Lewis

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8 h. ago UK Business News: John Lewis profits rise but no bonus for staff while housing market slows

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8 h. ago No bonus for 73,000 John Lewis staff for third year in a row

The group saw underlying profits triple to £126 million from £42 million a year ago

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8 h. ago John Lewis axes bonus for third year in a row despite profits surge

Boss says bonus decision had been “difficult” but it would be restored as soon as conditions allow

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8 h. ago John Lewis staff miss out on bonus for third year running despite profit leap

The group, which runs the department store chain and Waitrose, saw underlying profits triple to £126 million from £42 million a year ago.

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3 d. ago Sixty years after Bloody Sunday, civil rights leaders in Selma continue fight

Election of Trump and threats to democracy front of mind as activists remember peaceful marchers attacked by policeWhat would John Lewis do today?On a Sunday morning 60 years ago, activists rewrote the story of the civil rights movement in their own blood on the streets of Selma, Alabama. State troopers turned their truncheons on a peaceful march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge at the behest of Alabama’s stridently and infamously racist governor George Wallace, protecting Alabama segregation and white supremacy. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago This £29.99 M&S bubble skirt looks very similar to the £1,850 designer version

The noughties bubble skirt is back. But can you tell which of these looks totals £5,377, and which is under £100?

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5 d. ago John Lewis staff bonus at risk as Budget tax hikes hit High Street

The department store and Waitrose owner faces 'tens of millions' in extra overheads this year due to increases to National Insurance, business rates and the minimum wage.

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6 d. ago John Lewis and Currys staff to get pay rise ahead of April minimum wage increase

About 65,000 John Lewis shop workers will get a raise of at least 7.4% while Currys’ 15,000 retail staff will get a 6% increase.

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1 week ago City bonuses are back: supercars and Notting Hill flats on the shopping list for big spenders

Estate agents and supercar dealers seeing an upswing in enquiries from the winners in the bonus season

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1 week ago Fast cars and Notting Hill flats on the shopping list as big City bonuses return

Estate agents and supercar dealers seeing an upswing in enquiries from the winners in the bonus season

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1 week ago Bumper bonuses are back after the cap on City payouts is axed

Estate agents and supercar dealers seeing an upswing in enquiries from the winners in the bonus season

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2 w. ago Best electric heater deals in March 2025, from Dyson to John Lewis

We’re hot on the heels of the latest discounts at Amazon, Currys and more

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2 w. ago From shark masks to statement lamps: John Lewis reveals spring and summer's predicted best sellers

Pistachio is the 'Colour of the Season', the John Lewis sages have decreed, and many of its new homewares come in the pale mossy shade,

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2 w. ago ‘There’s a bit of a damp spirit’: London fashion week opens to hard truths

Running for just four days, and with its influencer coverage dwarfed by New York and Paris, LFW needs British soft power and its prized creatives to bring some buzzBeneath the glitter and sequins and extra-long false eyelashes, the bald truth at London fashion week is of an industry overshadowed by the luxury might of Europe and the US. Many designers have closed their doors, or cannot afford to splash out on a show. At just four days long, London fashion week has shrunk to half the duration of the Paris shows.Cash is in short supply, but ambition and creativity are not. At SS Daley, the Harry Styles-backed brand whose trench coats are now sold at John Lewis, the show opened with the sound of Big Ben, included “Stay Faithfull to Marianne” sweaters in tribute to the late British style icon, and closed with a general clamour for selfies with front row guest of honour, the Amandaland actor Lucy Punch. Actor Debi Mazar took the stage for jewellery brand Completedworks, playing a televis...

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3 w. ago Meta and Uber among firms ‘linked’ to alleged corporate migrant worker abuse

The Business & Human Rights Resource Centre found 665 cases of alleged abuse against migrant workers in publicly documented information.

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