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More fashion names announced in Queen’s New Year Honours

While big fashion names including Victoria Beckham, Anna Wintour and Anya Hindmarch lead this year’s Queen’s New Year’s Honours list, other fashion and retail names including All Walks co-founder Debra Bourne, i-D founder Terry Jones and Simon Ward, the former chief operating officer of the British Fashion Council were also awarded honours....

Design

Don McCarthy may exit HoF as early as July

Don McCarthy, chairman of House of Fraser who revealed earlier this week that he will be leaving his current role once HoF's sale to Sanpower Group is done, may be leaving the department store chain as soon as July. He is set to stay with the company until completion of the deal with Sanpower Group, which is predicted to be finalized within the...

Fashion

Aurum Holdings up for sale

Aurum Holdings, the group which owns jewellers, Mappin and Webb, Watches of Switzerland and Goldsmiths has been put up for sale. After a year of record trading – reaching sales of £326m up to January 2011 and a like for like rise of 16.6% - the sale will be handled by Cavendish Corporate Finance. The Aurum purchase will come with a £200million...