I could have closed down bits of British Home Stores to make more money but it's not my style. I want to make my money as a retailer, not by putting ….

I don't like department stores. I had a chain of department stores back in 1994 which was Lewis's and Owen Owen, only for a short time, and I found d….

It's all about quality of life and finding a happy balance between work and friends and family..

People are always going to go shopping. A lot of our effort is just: 'How do we make the retail experience a great one?.

I think we'll say flat is the new growth in the short term..

You've got to love what you do to really make things happen..

Whenever I have faced a setback I have dusted myself down and got on with the rest of my life because I believed in myself..

I am brave, but I take a view. It is an educated view. I am careful. I am not reckless..

New West End Company ensures that there is a body that can put significant investment into the West End, targeted directly to the needs of the area a….

I'm in the retail business, not the circus business..

I think I pick more winners than losers..

You've got to be a believer in what you do..