Chuka Umunna
: Ed's Google Speech and What It Means for Responsible Capitalism
B.J. Epstein
: Down With the Matriarchy? What Matriarchy?
Dr Peter Bruggen
: Sir David Nicholson Resigns but if Many Bad Apples Remain, The NHS Might Be Rotten to the Core
Jack Butler
: Miliband Talks the Talk on Tax Avoidance - But Can Anyone Walk the Walk
Xenios Thrasyvoulou
: Is It Easier Than Ever to Start a Business?
We're wise to the fact that Pippa is being thrust in our faces, and we don't like it. We like it even less when she's thrust into our faces without the talent to justify it.
Our trust in Pippa Middleton as a hostess was shattered after her entertainment book flopped, but never fear - she's now revealed her expertise in sus...
Historically, the term luxury has always been a standard of quality, a mark of authenticity and shielded by a veil of exclusivity. But now the term is increasingly being owned by high street brands looking to squeeze a few more pennies via some nice packaging, leading to this dearth of 'luxury' options.
John Lewis and Waitrose staff are set for bonuses worth 15% of their salaries as the retail chain marks a return to profits growth. John Lewis Part...
Pippa Middleton is to become a columnist for Waitrose's monthly magazine, it has been announced. The Duchess of Cambridge's sister will pen a colum...
Tesco has been voted worst UK supermarket in an annual poll of 11,000 consumers. The high street behemoth was bottom of a Which? survey of nine maj...
Tesco has been voted the worst supermarket and Waitrose the best in an annual poll of 11,000 consumers by watchdog Which?. Waitrose received a cust...
The run-up period to Valentine's Day is key for the flower producers who make 40% of their annual revenue in February and March. Astoundingly, the production line is now so efficient that flowers picked in the early morning in Kenya, can be sold at Europe's flower auctions the same day.
The 'horsegate' story is set to run and run. It gives me no pleasure to say 'told you so' but I've argued for years that the industrialisation of agriculture, in order to get the cheapest food, results in ever lower quality standards.
Beef meatballs withdrawn by Waitrose as they may contain pork were made at a factory earmarked for closure in Scotland, the supermarket said. The "...
here are other, equally as significant reasons, why the UK's sole surviving entertainment chain has seen its fortunes collapse. These are what I believe those shortcomings are and here is what I think could have been done/should now be done to rectify them.
This was meant to be a blog about Waitrose's relationship with fossil fuel giant Shell (Waitrose had been considering plans to open up shops in Shell petrol stations across the country), calling on Waitrose to end their partnership with the mass polluter. But Waitrose must be mind-readers because on Wednesday they did just that.
Charlie Bigham is the name behind the home-made convenience food you may have seen in some supermarkets. Here, he tells us why he left behind a career...
Aldi, Co-Op, Lidl, Marks and Spencer, Morrisons, Sainsbury's, Tesco and Waitrose have agreed to make promotions on their food and drink fairer. But...
The business maxim to "Keep It Simple, Stupid" is not just common sense, it could also make your business money, according to a new index. The Glob...
At the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues held in May this year the 'special theme' was 'The Doctrine of Discovery', a legal and poli...
"Waitrose! Waitrose! There's a live frog in my salad." "Well, keep the noise down, madam, or everyone will want one." Ahem. Sorry about that. W...
Supermarket giant Tesco has stolen the march on its rivals in the battle for convenient shopping by trialling virtual fridges at Gatwick's north termi...
There are 400,000 people who recommend their favourite supermarket to 25 people every month in the UK, a small but powerful group we're calling 'Grocery Groupies'.
Picnickers will dine on tea-smoked Scottish salmon, a modern take on coronation Chicken and Sandringham strawberry crumble crunch in the Buckingham Pa...
A new dessert created for the next week's Jubilee Picnic in the gardens of Buckingham Palace has whipped up a culinary frenzy across the nation. J...
I've had a few problems with technology this week. Anybody who saw me shouting - very loudly, in the middle of Earl's Court Exhibition Centre - at a laptop which had committed the heinous crime of being temporarily unable to connect to the internet will know what I mean.
Tough economic conditions have triggered the "lipstick effect", with a rise in shoppers buying small beauty treats to cheer themselves up, retailers s...
These "airports of the road" are variously home to KFC, WH Smith, Thorntons, Fone Bitz, Waitrose, McDonald's, Armani (maybe) and on and on and on. Why? Who needs all of this on a car journey? Where is it going to end?
The UK's biggest supermarket Tesco has reported falling sales for the fourth quarter in a row despite its £500 million price-cutting campaign. In ...
