M&S boss blasts Gove’s ‘utterly pathetic’ Oxford Street refusal

By Tom Lowe2023-07-21T10:43:00

Retailer to review its position at flagship store after nearly a century on London’s busiest shopping street

The boss of Marks & Spencer has called Michael Gove’s decision to block the retailer’s plans to rebuild its flagship London store “utterly pathetic”.

Stuart Machin said that M&S was now “left with no choice but to review its future position on Oxford Street on the whim of one man”.

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