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British Home Stores. British Home Stores, commonly abbreviated to BHS and latterly legally styled BHS Ltd, was a British department store chain, primarily selling clothing and household items. In its later years, the company began to expand into furniture, electronics, entertainment, convenience groceries and fragrance and beauty products.
Gordon Brown set out the ' five economic tests ' that must be met before the UK would adopt the euro. The United Kingdom joined the European Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM), a prerequisite for adopting the euro, in October 1990. The UK spent over £6 billion trying to keep its currency, the pound sterling, within the narrow limits prescribed by ...
Apr 10, 2016 · The severing of the American connection did not check the growth of BHS. There were 27 stores by 1935, and 37 by 1936. By the mid-1930s it had become a matter of course for BHS to build its own stores, whether properties were held freehold or leasehold. Several of BHS’s London stores were leased from Second Covent Garden Property Co.
Jul 2, 2023 · The U.K. government determined that the euro did not meet five critical tests that would have been necessary to adopt its use. The United Kingdom left the European Union on Jan. 31, 2020.
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Aug 17, 2016 · :: 2014: BHS department stores start selling food with the aim for it to be about 10% cheaper on branded goods than the big four supermarkets which are already involved in a price war. :: 2014: BHS makes a cash loss of £21 million in the year to August 2014, compared with £19.3 million in the year earlier.
Feb 9, 2021 · When BHS finally met its demise in April 2016, it had amassed £1.3bn alongside £571m of pension deficit. Mr Green came under scrutiny for the scale of failure BHS had endured over his 15 years of control, taking £586m of dividends. Such a large amount of debt valued the company at £1 in 2015, which was bought by Retail Acquisitions with the ...
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Apr 26, 2016 · 1985 Starts to franchise the brand overseas. 1986 Merges with Habitat and Mothercare to form Storehouse plc. 2000 Sir Philip Green buys British Home Stores for £200m from the Storehouse Group and ...
