Sandra Halliday

Fresh from news of a key new UK store opening, underwear-to-loungewear label Lounge has released its latest results and said sales rose 6% over the last year to reach £67.9 million.

There's still been no official announcement but the owners of Space NK are said to have hired bankers to help them sell the premium beauty business.

British sports and lifestyle brands giant Pentland Brands has announced major leadership moves with Joe Spies becoming President of its key Americas operation.

Landlord Howard de Walden continues to sign up interesting new names for its Marylebone Village estate with the company announcing a raft of fashion and lifestyle businesses that are joining the local line-up or upgrading.

Wholesale socks and underwear specialist Osan Ltd has a new deal as the sole UK distributor of socks for Authentic Brands Group 's global sportswear giant Reebok

Hugo Boss has announced a 5% rise in group sales for Q1, hitting €1.014 billion, which is an increase of 6% currency-adjusted. Both its Hugo and Boss brands, as well as all regions and all channels, contributed to the growth.

Network Rail isn't just about trains. As the owner and infrastructure manager of most of the railway network in Great Britain, it also has a huge

Charles Tyrwhitt's results last month showed the menswear brand doing well, and now we know that sister brand The White Company has been getting stronger too as the parent company of both has filed its annual accounts at Companies House.

Here we go again. It seems no kind of feel-good factor has yet worked its way into the minds of UK consumers with the latest BDO High Street Sales Tracker showing April retail sales in physical stores down for a fifth successive month.

Jonathan Ram has left Clarks after two years running the footwear business in the wake of its takeover by LionRock Capital.