Neil Craven

A vinyl revival among music fans, bucking the trend for digital, is playing out a brighter future for HMV, just a few years since it was written off for dead.

Deane Proctor, founder and managing director of Proctor & Associates, is fighting a battle against the group, which has been expanding in Britain.

The business sells its clothing through its own shops as well as department stores including Harrods and House of Fraser.

Morrisons owner Clayton Dubilier & Rice is using headhunter Egon Zehnder to find candidates for a number of senior roles at the supermarket.

Ken Murphy said stringent rules mean the supermarket is offering fewer apprenticeships than before the levy was introduced.

The Bestway group is not a household name. But those in the industry are taking this tilt at one of Britain's most famous businesses very seriously.

Potts insists he's there for the duration. But the quickening pace of the search for his replacement is an open secret.

When Doug Putman rescued the chain, the odds were stacked against him. It was bankrupt and sales of its DVDs and CDs, were in freefall.

It must be hard times indeed when boss James Bailey has to cut prices to tempt shoppers through the door.

The former JP Morgan banker has 1,000 shops under his control on either side of the Atlantic Ocean with plans for hundreds more.