‘Trumpflation’: how the Iran war’s economic storm could affect Britons Yet another cost of living crisis looms with fuel, food, holiday, energy and home loan prices expected to rise The Guardian - UK · Mar 22
‘A serious disappointment’: Labour has to regain business sector’s confidence at conference After being promised last year they could ‘partner’ with party on policy, many executives are asking what happened The Guardian - UK · Sep 28, 2025
Lord Sugar tells London workers to 'get bums back into the office' Amazon, Boots and JP Morgan are just some of the major employers stepping up pressure to get staff back in the office Evening Standard · Jan 30, 2025
How do we end the WFH culture wars? I have the answer Those who work from home and their office-based colleagues need to understand each other better – and that starts with language. Here’s my new corporate glossary The Guardian - UK · Jan 26, 2025
Working from home is ‘not doing proper work’ says former Asda boss Lord Stuart Rose told the BBC that working from home was helping stoke the economy’s “general decline” The Independent UK · Jan 20, 2025
Former M&S boss says working from home is ‘not doing proper work’ WFH has harmed employee productivity, says Stuart Rose, who was also executive chair of Asda The Guardian - UK · Jan 20, 2025
In no great rush to get back to the office? UK home workers may not have a choice Supermarket chain Asda has joined the growing number of firms demanding staff return to the workplace. Does this signal the end for remote working or is it a new battle line? The Guardian - UK · Nov 9, 2024
Asda boss says £100m hit from Labour budget could affect wages and hiring Shares in UK retailers fall as investors digest Rachel Reeves’s changes to NICs and tax thresholds The Guardian - UK · Nov 8, 2024
Asda boss warns of £100m hit from ‘big burden’ Labour Budget Asda’s chairman said he would try not to pass extra costs on to consumers, but ‘you can’t deny it will probably be inflationary to some degree’. Evening Standard · Nov 8, 2024
Asda pays the price for big debt and turmoil in the boardroom With its shelves emptying and its billionaire owners in retreat, the struggling retailer has had to call in its veteran chair as chief executive The Guardian - UK · Sep 22, 2024
Stuart Rose gets hands-on at Asda. This can’t have been plan A Awkward interregnum in which former M&S boss is taking charge sums up chaotic progress since purchase from Walmart The Guardian - UK · Sep 18, 2024
Former M&S boss Stuart Rose to run struggling Asda as co-owner steps back Lord Rose is chair of supermarket and will take over day-to-day duties from Mohsin Issa The Guardian - UK · Sep 18, 2024
Asda owners under pressure as chain’s share of market hits ‘new nadir’ Sales fell 6.4% in the three months to 10 August as chain becomes the only one of the big four to see sales drop The Guardian - UK · Aug 21, 2024
Union calls for urgent action to protect jobs as Asda ‘fights for survival’ GMB accuses owner TDR Capital of mismanagement as sales at supermarket fall 6% The Guardian - UK · Aug 14, 2024
Evening Standard · May 24, 2024 OPINION - Marks and Spencer have turned it round completely — and this is how In January 2008, Jeremy Paxman wrote an angry letter to then Marks and Spencer boss Sir Stuart Rose about the state of his pants. They were letting him down. The Newsnight presenter said: “I’ve noticed that something very troubling has happened. There’s no other way to put this. The pants…
Evening Standard · Nov 8, 2023 M&S boss Stuart Machin may be on course to deliver £1bn profits — and earn himself a knighthood City Comment: City analysts missed the spark in the early Machin era
Daily Mirror · Jul 9, 2023 Asda bosses enjoy flash cars and private jets as drivers suffer at the pumps A neighbour in Blackburn – where the Asda owners live at mansions in a gated complex – told how they spotted Zuber Issa in a black Rolls Royce and Mohsin at the wheel of a top-of-the-range Land Rover
Insider UK · May 31, 2023 ‘No price hikes’ in supermarket as Asda buys petrol station operator for £2.2 billion Both sides of the deal claim it is not driven by the need to offload a large debt pile
Birmingham Post · May 31, 2023 What Asda's £2.3bn deal means for prices, jobs and the future of EG Group BusinessLive has taken a look at the deal in depth and what it could mean for each company and their customers
Manchester Evening News · May 30, 2023 Asda to buy group founded by billionaire Issa brothers for over £2bn Mohsin and Zuber Issa started out with a single petrol station forecourt in Bury, Greater Manchester more than 20 years ago
The Guardian - UK · May 30, 2023 Asda to buy petrol stations group EG UK as it aims to overtake Sainsbury’s Concerns raised over £770m of new loans and £450m in new funds from Issa brothers and TDR Capital
Birmingham Post · May 30, 2023 Billionaire Issa brothers confirm Asda to buy UK operations of EG Group for over £2bn The deal is expected to be completed in the fourth quarter of 2023
The Independent UK · Jan 17, 2023 Brexit is doomed, says Boris Johnson’s favourite paper ‘The project is probably now unsalvageable’, says former PM’s old employer
The Independent UK · Jan 17, 2023 UK suffering from ‘catastrophic’ impact of Brexit, says Asda boss ‘Trust me – I can smell it – we have suffered’, says Tory peer Stuart Rose
Evening Standard · Sep 28, 2022 A plea for clarity from former M&S boss Stuart Rose City Comment: A clear runway is needed to get the UK out of a stew