Marks & Spencer resumed trading in France today after a decade-long absence in the country.

Sir Stuart Rose ends a colourful six-year tenure with high street giant Marks & Spencer today as he steps down as chairman.

Sir Stuart Rose will step down as chairman of Marks & Spencer tomorrow, bringing his six-year tenure with the high street giant to a close.

Marks & Spencer is planning a return to Continental Europe and hopes to buy back the stores it controversially sold there nearly a decade ago, it was claimed today.

Former investment banker Robert Swannell will become chairman of retail giant Marks & Spencer in January, the company announced today.

Marks & Spencer was today braced for a fresh clash with investors over boardroom pay as a succession of blue-chip firms prepare for stormy annual meetings on the issue.

Inflation and unemployment figures and the annual meetings of British Airways and Marks & Spencer should make up for a quiet results schedule on the London market this week.

Marks & Spencer notched up its third quarter of sales growth in a row today as the retail giant’s recovery gained momentum.

Marks & Spencer today revealed outgoing boss Stuart Rose landed a bumper £2.8m (€3.4m) bonus for returning the group to annual profits growth.

MARKS and Spencer has seen a solid improvement in trading at its Irish stores since the last budget, an indication, it said, that consumers want more confidence about where they stand financially.

UK retailer Marks & Spencer confirmed a return to annual profits growth today after reporting a 4.6% hike to £632.5m (€740m).

Marks & Spencer's new boss Marc Bolland starts at the helm of the chain today amid great expectations over his plans for the high street giant.

MARKS & Spencer staff have been awarded an £80 million (€91.47m) bonus pot after bumper sales growth in the final quarter of the financial year.

Retailer Marks & Spencer said today it had shared out an £80m (€91.5m) bonus pool between staff as it revealed a better-than-expected 5.1% surge in fourth quarter sales.

Marks & Spencer bowed to pressure from investors today after chairman Stuart Rose agreed to a 25% pay cut for his final months with the high street giant.

The £15m (€17m) pay package for incoming Marks & Spencer boss Marc Bolland was today defended by the retailer’s current chief, Stuart Rose.

Marks & Spencer's new boss Marc Bolland will start in May on a near-£1m (1.14m) salary and a "golden hello" worth £3.9m (€4.46m) in shares, the retailer announced today.

British retailers have a “very tough” 12 months in store despite reporting robust Christmas sales figures, the head of the industry’s trade body has warned.

MARKS & Spencer has warned of tough times ahead in 2010 despite its first like-for-like sales growth in more than two years.

There was further stock market pain for retailers today after Marks & Spencer sent a chill through the sector with warnings over the trading outlook.

A more detailed picture of trading conditions in the UK over the Christmas period will emerge this week when high profile retailers including Marks & Spencer and Sainsbury’s post trading updates.

The end of lengthy searches for top bosses at blue chips ITV and Marks & Spencer provided the focus in an otherwise quiet session for the FTSE 100 Index today.

British retail giant Marks & Spencer named Morrisons boss Marc Bolland as its new chief executive today.

Marks & Spencer boss Stuart Rose drew encouragement from recent trading today after the chain posted an unexpected rise in half-year profits.

High street giant Marks & Spencer today warned of "tough going" in 2010, despite reporting its best trading performance for two years.

Retailer Marks & Spencer said today that consumers were feeling more confident as it posted a better-than-expected sales performance.

Trading on the London market steadied today as blue-chip retailers and financials moved higher.

Stuart Rose today survived a shareholder vote designed to split his controversial dual role at the helm of Marks & Spencer.

The FTSE 100 Index entered the second half of the year with a more than 2% rise today as positive world manufacturing data helped boost hopes of economic recovery.

Marks & Spencer boss Stuart Rose reported better-than-expected sales today after seeing an "improving trend" in the retailer's performance.

Marks & Spencer boss Stuart Rose and the group’s marketing chief today offered to forgo a third of their long-term bonus awards after pressure from shareholder groups.

BRITAIN’S new enterprise czar Alan Sugar has been voted Britain’s most inspirational business figure in a poll published yesterday.

Alan Sugar has been voted the UK’s most inspirational business figure in a new poll published today.

Marks & Spencer boss Stuart Rose saw his total pay package jump 28% last year despite a 40% fall in profits at the retail giant, it was disclosed today.

Marks & Spencer boss Sir Stuart Rose said today that glass ceilings had disappeared from the workplace and women "have never had it so good".

Marks and Spencer was celebrating its 125th birthday today by going back to its roots as a penny bazaar.

BRITISH retail giant Marks and Spencer (M&S) has reported a 40% drop in full-year profits for the 12 months to the end of March and announced the need for “a step-change” in the way it services its customers and operates its business.

MARKS and Spencer has bowed to pressure from bigger-busted customers to sell larger bras at the same price as smaller ones.

The London market soared more than 4% today as better than expected sales figures from retail giant Marks & Spencer helped lift spirits.

Marks & Spencer reported a slowdown in its sales decline today after a better-than-expected fall of 4.2% over the first three months of this year.

Marks & Spencer will report its latest sales figures today amid increasing anger over Stuart Rose’s dual role as chairman and chief executive.

A group of shareholders today renewed their call on British high street retailer Marks & Spencer to appoint an independent chairman.

The executive chairman of Marks & Spencer today admitted to errors in the firm’s opening of its first shore in mainland China.

The Marks & Spencer Simply Food store in Newtownards is facing closure with the loss of 37 jobs, it was announced today.