Frump well and truly dumped: M&S to celebrate 100 years at London fashion week Reputation for frumpiness is over as M&S wins over younger audience with shows at Silverstone, Ibiza and now LFW The Guardian - UK · Jul 9
'I'm 68 And I Just Shot My Age. Here's How I Did It' It's one of golf's most impressive achievements. One Golf Monthly reader tells us about his extra special round of 68 Golf Monthly · Dec 4, 2025
From outcast to on-track: How M&S found a culture to turn a crumbling business around M&S is enjoying four years of growth under the leadership of Archie Norman and Stuart Machin however there is still much more to do and they are not resting on their laurels. Fortune · Mar 27, 2025
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 · May 24, 2024
Marks & Spencer doubles payout for outgoing boss to £2.6m M&S to pay Steve Rowe £1.6m annual bonus atop £1m salary with 4,500 staff also gaining first bonus in five years The Guardian - UK · Jun 7, 2022
M&S boss Steve Rowe sees pay soar to £2.6m Bonuses for new executive team could run into the millions Evening Standard · Jun 7, 2022
Steve Rowe’s warts-and-all M&S farewell just enhances credibility for investors Outgoing CEO spelled out what still left undone, but retailer in better shape than in recent past The Guardian - UK · May 25, 2022
M&S quits Russia as CEO Steve Rowe bows out after six years MARKS & Spencer is quitting Russia after 17 years in reaction to the Ukraine war – a move that will cost it £31 million. Evening Standard · May 25, 2022
M&S pulls out of Russia and warns cost-of-living crunch will hit sales Retail chain also blames local council policies for decision to shut up shop on many high streets Insider UK · May 25, 2022
The (Saturday) boy done good: Steve Rowe bows out at M&S WHEN Steve Rowe became boss of Marks & Spencer in 2016 many in the City, and many former customers, thought it was finished. Evening Standard · May 25, 2022
FTSE 100 Live: M&S back in profit, SSE makes £25bn investment pledge Marks & Spencer posted a return to profit today as its departing boss Steve Rowe declared the retailer had the “opportunity for substantial future growth”. Evening Standard · May 25, 2022
M&S staff orders blind man to take his guide dog out of shop as he's 'humiliated' A senior executive at the charity Guide Dogs was illegally told by a security guard to leave a Marks & Spencer shop in west London along with his guide dog, Faldo Daily Mirror · May 23, 2022
Anger as man with guide dog told to leave Marks & Spencer shop Senior executive at Guide Dogs charity says he was ‘publicly humiliated’ by security guard The Guardian - UK · May 22, 2022
MP calls on M&S boss to restore reputation of East Kilbride's scandal-hit 'ghost store' Windows and doors had previously been blacked out as if M&S had deliberately made it appear as if the store was closed Daily Record · Apr 4, 2022
The Guardian - UK · Mar 10, 2022 UK sanctions confusion left Evraz investors not knowing where to stand Trading in steelmaker’s shares continued for an hour after Roman Abramovich sanctions were announced
Birmingham Post · Mar 10, 2022 M&S boss to step down after six years in top job Steve Rowe started at M&S aged 15 and worked his way up to the top role
The Guardian - UK · Mar 10, 2022 M&S boss Steve Rowe to step down after close to 40 years with retailer Rowe to be replaced by head of food business Stuart Machin, with Katie Bickerstaffe as co-chief executive
The Guardian - UK · Mar 10, 2022 US inflation rises to new 40-year high of 7.9%; Abramovich sanctioned by UK – as it happened ECB raises inflation forecasts, cuts growth outlook amid Ukraine conflict, as stock markets slide and Chelsea FC owner is sanctioned by Britain