| Date | Title | Description |
| 06.10.2026 | Padel Is Turning Empty Spaces Into Businesses, Here’s How | There aren’t many sports where an old Staples, a warehouse and a former tyre wholesaler can all become part of the business plan. Padel is proving to be one of them, with courts popping up inside buildings that were never designed for sport... |
| 30.09.2026 | Mike Ashley continues leisure push with Boom Battle Bar deal | A company backed by Mike Ashley has snapped up Boom Battle Bar for £11m, extending the retail tycoon’s push into leisure and hospitality.
Leisure operator We Do Play, which is backed by Ashley’s Frasers Group, has bought back the business i... |
| 25.09.2026 | World Cup brand deals score David Beckham £39m payout | David Beckham has taken a £38.9m payout from his personal business empire after World Cup brand deals drove record income for the former English football captain.
DRJB Holdings, the company which represents Beckham’s business activities, po... |
| 21.09.2026 | Frasers Group Tightens Grip: Michael Murray Chairs Hugo Boss | Frasers Group CEO Michael Murray now chairs the Hugo Boss supervisory board. This pivotal appointment signals a major power shift within the German fashion giant. Frasers, a dominant Hugo Boss shareholder, aggressively escalated its stake, ... |
| 17.09.2026 | Next boss Wolfson tells Healey: ‘You can’t spend your way out of a crisis’ | Lord Wolfson, Next’s chief executive, has urged Chancellor John Healey to cut spending at next month’s Budget, warning, “you can’t spend your way out of a funding crisis”.
The retail boss has urged the government to clamp down on spending, ... |
| 16.09.2026 | Gambling giant blames job cuts on Burnham high street crackdown | Ladbrokes owner Entain has hit out at Andy Burnham’s plans to shake up the high street as the gambling giant blamed the Prime Minister for its decision to cut 400 jobs.
The group, which also owns Coral, has announced that it will cut about ... |
| 16.09.2026 | Mike Ashley tightens grip on Hugo Boss as son-in-law made chair | Mike Ashley has tightened his grip on Hugo Boss after his son-in-law, the boss of Frasers Group, was made chairman of the German fashion house.
Frasers, which Ashley founded as Sports Direct, has been vying for control of Hugo Boss for mont... |
| 16.09.2026 | Hugo Boss назначил нового главу наблюдательного совета | Hugo Boss назначил нового главу наблюдательного совета
Немецкий производитель модной одежды и аксессуаров Hugo Boss сообщил о назначении новым главой наблюдательного совета Майкла Мюррея. Он также занимает пост генерального директора британ... |
| 14.09.2026 | Mike Ashley’s Frasers ousts Hugo Boss chairman | Frasers Group, the retail empire run by Mike Ashley, has overthrown the chairman of Hugo Boss as it seeks control of the German fashion house.
The UK fashion group, which owns Sports Direct, Jack Wills and Flannels, told investors on Monday... |
| 11.09.2026 | Wetherspoon boss: ‘Not up to Burnham’ to choose who is on the high street | Britain’s pubs have few more committed defenders than Sir Tim Martin. The Norwich-born businessman founded JD Wetherspoon in 1979 when he bought his first pub in Muswell Hill, initially named Martin’s Free House.
Since rebranding the pub to... |
| 09.09.2026 | Victoria Beckham’s fashion empire warns on ‘uncertain’ future | Victoria Beckham’s luxury fashion empire has warned on its future, cautioning that the group will have to seek emergency funding if its lenders demand their money back.
The former Spice Girl‘s up-market label returned a profit for the first... |
| 02.09.2026 | ‘Misleading’ Frasers ad banned amid feud with watchdog | The advertising watchdog has censured Frasers Group for running a “misleading” ad just days after its finance chief ramped up a bitter row with the regulator.
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned an online advert published b... |
| 01.09.2026 | Mike Ashley’s Frasers weighs move to oust Hugo Boss chief | Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group is weighing up a move to oust a boardroom chair at Hugo Boss as it laid out fresh plans to grow its stake in the German fashion house.
The retail group, which was founded by the British billionaire, told investor... |
| 28.08.2026 | October Budget could be a ‘tipping point,’ Asda boss warns Burnham | Andy Burnham’s first Budget in October could be a “tipping point” for British businesses and the economy, the chair of supermarket giant Asda has warned.
Allan Leighton, who is attempting to push through a turnaround of the grocer, said it ... |
| 27.08.2026 | Mike Ashley slams Burnham’s ‘populist’ plans to revive high street | Retail tycoon Mike Ashley has blasted Andy Burnham’s proposals to revive the British high street as “populist” and “too little too late”.
The billionaire Sports Direct and Frasers Group founder has written to the Prime Minister accusing him... |
| 21.08.2026 | Mark Kleinman: Frasers’ touchiness shows importance of Harvey Nicks swoop for Ashley | Mark Kleinman is Sky News’ City editor and the man who gets the Square Mile talking in his City AM column.
Touched a raw nerve? Michael Murray, the chief executive of Frasers Group, was forthright in comments to City AM last month when it w... |
| 21.08.2026 | The decline of Harvey Nichols is a tale of London’s decline too | The decline and fall of Harvey Nichols is not just another business story. It is a warning about the crisis engulfing London’s high streets, argues Alex Challoner
Last week, a London icon fell. Harvey Nichols, the Knightsbridge luxury store... |
| 20.08.2026 | Mike Ashley’s Frasers offers to pay personal shoppers in Harvey Nichols takeover | Frasers Group has offered to secure the pay of personal shoppers and stylists at Harvey Nichols after Mike Ashley’s retail empire bought the luxury department store.
The Sports Direct and Flannels owner will make “goodwill payments” to a nu... |
| 18.08.2026 | Mike Ashley’s Frasers ups stake in Hugo Boss after takeover bid | Frasers Group has pushed up its stake in Hugo Boss to nearly half of the company, though Mike Ashley’s group misses out on full control of the luxury fashion brand.
The Sports Direct owner has increased its portion of the German fashion hou... |
| 13.08.2026 | Mike Ashley’s Frasers snaps up Harvey Nichols | Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group has bought Harvey Nichols, plucking the struggling luxury department store from the jaws of insolvency.
The group, which also owns Sports Direct and Flannels, has acquired each of the chain’s stores, excluding th... |
| 10.08.2026 | Harvey Nichols will collapse without rescue deal, directors warn | Harvey Nichols will collapse into administration if a rescue buyer is not found, directors of the luxury department store chain have warned.
The retail empire will “cease trading” if it fails to agree a sale and no additional funding is fou... |
| 29.07.2026 | Mike Ashley’s Frasers circles Burberry in latest luxury swoop | Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group is eyeing up a holding in Burberry as its latest push into luxury fashion.
Frasers has revealed that it holds the rights to a 4.2 per cent stake in the British fashion house, which would make Ashley’s group one o... |
| 28.07.2026 | Next and Frasers go head to head for control of Harvey Nichols | Retail giants Next and Frasers are set to go head to head for control of ailing department store Harvey Nichols when the Hong Kong-owned firm takes bids from British suitors later on Tuesday.
The Knightsbridge-headquartered department store... |
| 21.07.2026 | Mike Ashley’s Frasers ups stake in Hugo Boss as takeover pressure mounts | Frasers Group has pushed its stake in Hugo Boss above the threshold forcing it to make an offer for the whole firm, piling pressure on the German fashion house to accept its £1.7bn bid.
The fashion group, which owns Sports Direct and Flanne... |
| 09.07.2026 | Hugo Boss urges investors to reject £1.7bn bid from Mike Ashley’s Frasers | Hugo Boss has urged its investors to reject the “inadequate” £1.7bn takeover tabled by Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group.
The retail giant behind Sports Direct and House of Fraser currently owns around 26 per cent of Hugo Boss but launched a move... |
| 23.06.2026 | Frasers bid for Hugo Boss ‘more compelling’ amid turnaround | The €2bn bid for Hugo Boss launched by Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group has become “more compelling” as the German fashion house’s near-term outlook softens, analysts have said.
The takeover offer, tabled by the FTSE 250 firm earlier this month,... |
| 16.06.2026 | Debenhams owner hails ‘successful transformation’ as loss narrows | Debenhams’ owner has hailed a “successful transformation” following its drastic turnaround, though the fast-fashion group still posted a £100m loss.
The AIM-listed group, which owns brands including Debenhams, Pretty Little Thing and Karen ... |
| 15.06.2026 | Mike Ashley’s Frasers makes £166m play for shoe firm Accent | Frasers Group has launched a £166m takeover bid of Australian shoe company Accent while calling for the removal of its chairman over “poor performance”.
The fashion conglomerate has offered to buy all of the shares in Accent it does not alr... |
| 15.06.2026 | Keeping up with the cash: SKIMS’ law firm hits record revenue | UK law firm Browne Jacobson has hit record revenue of nearly £150m, partly driven by high-stakes projects, including advising Kim Kardashian’s clothing brand SKIMS on its flagship Regent Street store.
The firm said it raked in £148.8m in re... |
| 11.06.2026 | Hugo Boss shares soar as Mike Ashley’s Frasers circles | Hugo Boss shares have jumped following a €2bn takeover approach from Frasers, sending its share price above the offer tabled by Mike Ashley’s group.
The German luxury brand said it is reviewing the “unsolicited” takeover attempt, which woul... |
| 11.06.2026 | As it happened: Starmer dealt defence blow as investors react | This was the City AM liveblog on Thursday 11 June.
John Healey resigned as defence secretary over a lack of funding for the armed forces, heaping pressure on Sir Keir Starmer.
Industry officials reacted with regret and paid tribute to Heale... |
| 10.06.2026 | Mike Ashley’s Frasers makes £1.7bn takeover offer for Hugo Boss | Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group has moved to tighten its grip on German fashion giant Hugo Boss, tabling a takeover offer in a deal that values the brand at nearly €2bn.
The retail empire, which spans Sports Direct and Flannels, already sits as... |
| 10.05.2026 | Mike Ashley: I was behind Peter Cowgill’s JD Sports downfall | Billionaire businessman Mike Ashley has admitted he masterminded the infamous car park footage leak that brought down his arch rival, JD Sports’ boss Peter Cowgill.
Cowgill, who was executive chairman of JD Sports, quit the sportswear retai... |
| 24.11.2025 | Frasers Group Selects Navan to Elevate Global Travel and Expense Management | Navan (NASDAQ: NAVN), the all-in-one travel, payments, and expense management platform, today announced it has been selected by Frasers Group, the retailer behind Sports Direct, FLANNELS, and FRASERS, as the company’s global partner for tra... |
| 14.10.2025 | Versace: UK sales slashed again as profit almost wiped out | Sales at the UK arm of fashion house Versace have been slashed by a fifth for a second consecutive year as the downturn in luxury spending continues.
The division has reported a turnover of £15.2m for the 12 months to 31 March, 2025, new ac... |
| 03.10.2025 | Frasers Group chairman urges Unite to avoid ‘reckless’ strike | The chairman of retail giant Frasers Group has urged Unite the Union to avoid “reckless and irresponsible” strike action as retail firms across the UK feel the crunch of rising cost pressures.
Sir Jonathan Thompson, who took the role of Cha... |
| 10.09.2025 | Profit slashed at Mike Ashley-backed Hugo Boss | Profit at the UK arm of Hugo Boss, which counts Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group as a major shareholder, has been slashed for a second consecutive year.
The London-headquartered division of the German group has posted a pre-tax profit of £9m for... |
| 26.08.2025 | UK online retailer Debenhams sees interim profit growth amid turnaround | British online fashion retailer Debenhams Group on Tuesday said it expects first-half core earnings to exceed year-ago levels amid a turnaround strategy to reverse costs pressures and revive demand, sending shares as much as 9 per cent high... |
| 17.07.2025 | Mike Ashley’s investments double to £1bn thanks to Hugo Boss shares | The total value of the stakes Mike Ashley’s empire holds in the likes of Hugo Boss, AO World and Boohoo have doubled to £1bn in just over a year, it has been revealed.
According to the group’s latest financial results, which have been filed... |
| 21.11.2024 | Boohoo co-founder replaced amid battle with Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group | - |
| 25.10.2024 | Boohoo hits back at Frasers after bid to install Mike Ashley as chief | - |
| 03.06.2024 | Frasers Group raises stake in Hugo Boss to £ 305 million | Image Courtesy: https://www.theindustry.fashion
Frasers Group has once again enlarged its ownership in Hugo Boss, currently holding an equivalent of £ 305 million worth of shares in the German fashion brand. The British retail conglomerate ... |
| 29.04.2024 | Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group launches fresh £80m share buyback scheme | - |
| 25.04.2022 | Frasers Group launches £70m share buyback ahead of new CEO | Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group has launched a £70m share buyback scheme today, after the fashion retailer splashed the cash on a recent buying spree. |
| 04.05.2021 | Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group launches £60m buying spree despite recent Covid setbacks | Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group has announced plans to spend £60m between now and and July despite warning less than a month ago that it would suffer a £200m hit from the Covid-19 pandemic. |
| - | Frasers Group secures around £1 billion in funding | Image Courtesy: fuentitech.com
UK’s Frasers Group has just secured the largest retail deal of the year – so far!
The Mike Ashley-owned retail Group has announced that it has got around £1 billion in funding as a part of the largest funding ... |
