Fortnum & Mason has axed the sale of its ‘torture in a tin’ foie gras after decades of pressure from stars including Sir Roger Moore, Joanna Lumley and Ricky Gervais. The luxury department store based in Piccadilly, London, will stop purchasing the controversial food product as part of a decision made last year. Jars of … Read more
Fortnum & Mason reports its first post-tax loss in a decade after stores were forced to close By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 GMT, 24 January 2021 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 24 January 2021 Fortnum & Mason has reported its first post-tax loss in a decade after stores were forced to close. … Read more
Fortnum & Mason boss hits out over tourist tax that could cost businesses at least £2bn By Adam Luck For The Mail On Sunday Published: 22:16 GMT, 26 December 2020 | Updated: 22:57 GMT, 26 December 2020 Threat: Fortnum’s chief Ewan Venters says the move shows the Government’s ‘lack of nous Government plans for a … Read more
Fortnum & Mason’s boss blasts Government’s ‘crazy plan’ to cancel duty free shopping By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 GMT, 27 November 2020 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 27 November 2020 Duty free plea: Fortnum’s boss Ewan Venters Fortnum & Mason’s boss has urged the Government to drop its ‘crazy plan’ to cancel duty-free … Read more
The Fortnum & Mason CEO today gloomily predicted a third of British retail brands will disappear by March after an 80% plunge in footfall due to lockdown and shoppers avoiding the West End. Ewan Venters said the Government’s new strict tier system, which bans people meeting anyone outside their household indoors, would restrict the number … Read more
‘A whole generation will suffer’: Fortnum & Mason boss lashes out at fresh lockdown measures By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:53 BST, 15 October 2020 | Updated: 21:53 BST, 15 October 2020 The boss of Fortnum & Mason said the Government’s decision to extend harsher lockdown measures will cause ‘a whole generation … Read more
The future of shopping: Masked staff man the doors at Fortnum and Mason as world-famous department store reopens its food halls The company reopened its London headquarters’ ground floor on Thursday It opened from 11am to 7pm and in-store bars and restaurants were shut Fortnum plans to open the first floor on May 28 its … Read more