Occupation: Businessman Birth: March 17, 1949
I am absolutely a free marketeer and I believe the creation of wealth is a good thing and anyone who doesn't really needs to have their head examined….
There is a responsibility on all companies to look at the quantum of pay and the relationship between the top and the bottom..
There's no abhorrence about wearing M&S. We just haven't been delighting the girls..
We've got a bit of growth a bit earlier than expected..
It's P for Progress not R for Recovery..
We face a dilemma because although everybody is better off than they've ever been at any time in our history, we've also got the biggest gap between ….
I want to please every woman, every time..
I don't believe in retirement..
We live in a world where there are a hell of a lot of new inputs that need to be factored in to your business. It used to be just about your employee….
I think fashion is the best value way, the most affordable way in the 21st century, that men and women can express their personality....
I actually think the whole concept of retirement is a bit stupid, so yes, I do want to do something else. There is this strange thing that just becau….
Most employees want to be involved in a successful business and most employees are happy for people running successful businesses to be paid a reason….
Customers want good value, but they care more than ever how food and clothing products are made..
I believe in a uniform for work, but why, because we're men, do we have to be ghettoised into grey suits?.
As retail goes through a fundamental shift into the digital world, I believe Ocado's model and the high standards of customer service it provides wil….
If you wait for customers to tell you that you need to do something, you're too late. Good business leaders should be half a step ahead of what custo….
I've been an employee all my life. Would I wish, if I could rewind it, to have gone down a different route? Possibly, but I've had a great time. Anyw….
I am the largest market shareholder of clothing in the UK and I am not a destination shop for food. If the clothing market is affected - and it has b….
I think that business leaders today have to be more rounded than they used to be, they have to be completely multi-functional and fast-moving..
My four criteria: I don't want to work with people I don't like; I don't want to work in a business I either don't like or don't understand; I don't ….
When my mother died, my father was in a crisis, my sister was in a crisis, everyone was in a crisis. I went round the night my mother was lying in th….