Two former BHS directors ordered to pay at least £18m over wrongful trading
Ruling comes eight years after the retailer collapsed into administration owing creditors, including its pension fund, more than £1bn
August 2021
Fifth of BHS stores empty five years after chain closed
Analysis of UK high streets suggests gaps left by department stores may be permanent
March 2021
Nils Pratley on finance
Kwasi Kwarteng must hold line on corporate and audit reforms
Nils Pratley
Interesting question is why it has taken so long for white paper to appear
December 2020
Don’t save the high street – change it completely, says retail guru Mary Portas
The pandemic has accelerated huge shifts in the way people shop. Now firms and government will have to wake up and innovate
November 2020
BHS buyer Dominic Chappell given six years for tax evasion
Ex-bankrupt who bought chain store from Philip Green for £1 guilty of £600,000 evasion
January 2020
Former BHS owner ordered to pay £9.5m to pension schemes
Dominic Chappell told court he was facing bankruptcy and unable to pay fine or shortfall
December 2019
Separate scandal-hit UK audit sector from accounting, says report
Review states ‘urgent reform’ needed to rebuild confidence in sector after corporate collapses
November 2019
Former BHS owner Dominic Chappell banned as director
Businessman disqualified for 10 years after collapse of retailer he bought for £1
June 2019
TV review
Philip Green & the Trouble With Topshop review – ignoring the real scandal
Today in Focus
What is the future for Sir Philip Green?
May 2019
Sir Philip Green asked for extra £50m to cover Arcadia's CVA offer
Pension regulator says Arcadia’s initial offer does not adequately protect members
April 2019
The big four auditors are failing – and the watchdog’s report won’t change that
Prem Sikka
The CMA’s inadequate remedy shows it is not fit for purpose, says accounting professor Prem Sikka
March 2019
Death of the high street: how it feels to lose your job when a big chain closes
Woolworths closed a decade ago, and since then shop after shop has shut its doors. What is it like to be there in a store’s dying days? Eleven workers tell all
February 2019
Seven-year jail terms unveiled for pension fund mismanagement
MPs and experts welcome new criminal offence to punish ‘wilful or reckless’ behaviour
November 2018
Moore Stephens and BDO merger could pile pressure on big four
Poldark producers buy rights to damning Sir Philip Green biography
October 2018
Dry eyes and an absent A-list as the new zeitgeist jettisons Philip Green
Marina Hyde
Sexual harassment and bullying allegations may signal the end of an era, says Guardian colunist Marina Hyde
September 2018
Audit sector faces inquiry as minister points to deficiencies
Big four dominance under review after Carillion and BHS failures, says business secretary
Ex-BHS owner Dominic Chappell loses appeal against conviction
Judge says evidence submitted by Chappell was ‘untrue’ and without credibility
Ex-BHS owner trying to rewrite history, court told
Dominic Chappell’s appeal against Pension Regulator’s prosecution should not ‘muddy the water’, lawyer says
