Christopher Williams

2 weeks ago | buff.ly | Christopher Williams

Mike Ashley is seeking to tighten his grip on the beleaguered owner of Debenhams by offering a financial lifeline. The Frasers Group billionaire has written to Tim Morris, Boohoo’s non-executive chairman, to demand a meeting to discuss the possibility of becoming a lender to the company as well as its biggest shareholder.

2 weeks ago | telegraph.co.uk | Christopher Williams

There were further signs of the struggle facing Boohoo in recent days in data from MediaVision, a market research firm. It showed the company's share of online search demand had plummeted by 35pc in a year, the worst performance of any major online fashion retailer. Last week, The Telegraph revealed that customers are waiting up to four weeks for refunds, which Clive Black, an analyst at Shore Capital, said was "a sign of weakness".

3 weeks ago | msn.com | Christopher Williams

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3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Christopher Williams

The House of Lords is preparing to inflict an embarrassing defeat on Labour over its “deeply problematic” plans to let foreign powers become part-owners of British newspapers. Peers including a former chancellor, a former director of public prosecutions and the current chairman of the press regulator are in open revolt over proposals by Lisa Nandy, the Culture Secretary, to relax an outright ban on foreign state shareholdings to allow passive stakes of up to 15pc.

3 weeks ago | telegraph.co.uk | Christopher Williams

It has dozens of signatures from Conservative peers of all stripes, including former Cabinet ministers Lord Lamont, Lord Baker and Lord Lilley, as well as crossbenchers including Lord Macdonald, the former director of public prosecutions. The letter to Ms Nandy said her proposals to allow multiple foreign powers to own shares in a single newspaper were "deeply problematic".