Grant Thornton fined £1.3m for ‘serious failings’ in Sports Direct audits Financial Reporting Council penalises auditor and former partner at firm over work in 2016 and 2018 The Guardian - UK · Jul 18, 2022
Regulator issues £2m fine to Grant Thornton over Sports Direct audits The Financial Reporting Council has issued penalties against the auditor and a former partner at the firm over audit failings in 2016 and 2018. Evening Standard · Jul 18, 2022
House of Fraser owner scraps ‘unproductive’ Friday home working Internal memo reportedly points to social media as evidence staff at Frasers Group are abusing scheme The Guardian - UK · Jul 14, 2022
Boohoo will charge customers £1.99 to return unwanted items The retailer joins brands like Zara, Sports Direct and Next The Independent UK · Jul 12, 2022
Sales surge at fashion brand I Saw It First worn by Love Island hopefuls and Molly-Mae Hague The company was founded by the brother of Boohoo co-founder Mahmud Kamani Manchester Evening News · Jul 5, 2022
New name for Missguided after fast fashion giant was rescued by Sports Direct owner The company will still trade under its original name Manchester Evening News · Jul 4, 2022
Inside Emmerdale newbie Karene Peter's life – from accidental fame to old retail job Emmerdale newcomer Karene Peter's character Naomi Anderson is set for a dramatic entrance on the ITV soap as Charles Anderson's long lost daughter in upcoming scenes Daily Mirror · Jun 30, 2022
Save £5 when you spend £25 at Sports Direct with your Daily Record with this great offer inside Monday and Tuesday's paper This summer, Sports Direct have a huge range of items at brilliant prices to kit out and entertain you and the family all season long, and we've teamed up to bring you a fantastic offer inside your Daily Record on Monday July 4 and Tuesday July 5, 2022. Daily Record · Jun 30, 2022
Save £5 when you spend £25 at Sports Direct with your Daily Mirror with this great offer inside Monday and Tuesday's paper This summer, Sports Direct have a huge range of items at brilliant prices to kit out and entertain you and the family all season long, and we've teamed up to bring you a fantastic offer inside your Daily Mirror on Monday July 4 and Tuesday July 5, 2022. Daily Mirror · Jun 30, 2022
Newcastle United evening headlines: Mike Ashley claim, Diaby advice, Austria dates confirmed Mike Ashley's ongoing legal wrangle, Moussa Diaby and the Magpies' pre-season schedule all feature in today's evening headlines Chronicle Live · Jun 29, 2022
Schoolgirl blasts Sport Direct over 'sexist' labels on football boots Summer Hoofe says its unfair that the sportswear giant marks all of its football boots for 'boys' - with none for girls. Daily Record · Jun 14, 2022
Girl, 9, slams Sports Direct for labelling footie boots for boys Summer Hoofe is campaigning for change Wales Online · Jun 13, 2022
Schoolgirl, 9, blasts 'sexist' Sports Direct over its labelling of football boots Summer Hoofe from Bolton says it's unfair that every time she shops for new boots they are marked as 'boys' and has launched her own campaign Daily Mirror · Jun 13, 2022
Liverpool FC fan, 9, slams 'sexist' Sports Direct labelling Summer plays for three teams and wants to see a change in the company's marketing approach Liverpool Echo · Jun 13, 2022
Manchester Evening News · Jun 13, 2022 Nine-year-old blasts 'sexist' Sports Direct over labelling of football boots Summer says the retailer and other sports shops need to start marketing products as unisex
Birmingham Post · Jun 12, 2022 Missguided: The fascinating rise and fall of the online fast fashion brand The company is now owned by Frasers Group whose brands include Sports Direct and House of Fraser
Daily Record · Jun 8, 2022 Rangers kit leaked by Mike Ashley megastore ahead of official launch as fans given first chance to buy new strip The strip isn't available to buy yet through official channels but has appeared on an online store linked to the Sports Director supremo.
Chronicle Live · Jun 1, 2022 Businesses and brands owned by Mike Ashley as Frasers Group buys Missguided The Sports Direct founder and former Newcastle United owner now owns Missguided, along with brands like Jack Wills, Flannels and Game
Evening Standard · Jun 1, 2022 Frasers rescues fast fashion retailer Missguided in £20 million deal Until yesterday Boohoo had been frontrunner to take on troubled brand
Wales Online · Jun 1, 2022 Sports Direct group buys Missguided out of administration Mike Ashley’s retail empire has snapped up troubled fast fashion brand Missguided in a rescue deal. The deal comes after Missguided collapsed into administration on Monday after suppliers accused the business of millions of pounds worth of outstandi
The Guardian - UK · Jun 1, 2022 Frasers Group buys Missguided out of administration for £20m Company controlled by Mike Ashley ‘delighted to secure a long-term future’ for online fashion retailer
The Guardian - UK · May 28, 2022 JD’s trainer king, Peter Cowgill, loses his crown – leaving big shoes to fill A string of missteps saw the chief executive leave the company he built into a global brand. But one rival may be celebrating …
Daily Mirror · May 25, 2022 Joe Marler: Rugby union must do more to make it easier for players to 'come out' EXCLUSIVE: “There is no way everyone in professional elite rugby is heterosexual. You can’t tell me that. The issue is, ‘why don’t they feel comfortable?’”
Wales Online · May 23, 2022 Ex Sports Direct worker explains why the shop 'never has cheap carrier bags' Rebecca has revealed the secrets she says she found out while working at the retail giant
Daily Mirror · May 20, 2022 Ex Sports Direct employee claims shop uses upselling trick to push more £2 bags Rebecca Mooney worked part-time in Sports Direct for one summer and has said there's a trick employees use to try and sell more £2 bags instead of the cheaper 5p ones