A primely-set Patrick Street retail unit, being vacated by long-established fashion chain French Connection, is up to let with a reverse premium incentive offered to a new occupant.

IF anyone could be forgiven for saying "FCUK IT," it has to be Stephen Marks. The founder of French Connection fashion chain has not only lost his wife to divorce but, as a result, he has also lost control of his company.

UK fashion retailer, French Connection, have posted a 28% rise in pre-tax profits to £38.7m (€57.42m) to the end January 2004 for 2003.