Carpetright expects tough trading for 18 months
Times Online (Free subscription) | 28/10/2008
Lord Harris of Peckham, the chairman and chief executive of Carpetright, said today that he expected the retail downturn to last for another 18 months.
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Carpetright warns critical months key for profits
Times Online (Free subscription) | 23/09/2008
Lord Harris of Peckham's Carpetright has reinforced the gloom in the home furnishings market with a cautious and downbeat trading statement.
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If you want to escape recession, you need to see it coming, first
Times Online (Free subscription) | 22/09/2008
Forget crystal balls - anyone listening to Lord Harris of Peckham at the start of last year should have known that the economy was heading towards a recession.
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Nutsgate: I’m Michael. Fancy a shag?
RecessMonkey (Free subscription) | 14/08/2008
Times are tight but spare a thought for Lord Harris of Peckham. The Tory donor who made his millions from carpets has seen his company Carpetright getting hammered by the credit crunch. Which is hard when you’ve got a wife and several academies to run. It’s also bad news for Michael Gove who received thousands from Lord [...]
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Sales at Carpetright to drop by 15%
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 06/08/2008
Business & money: Lord Harris of Peckham calls for government to reduce stamp and tax credits for first time buyers
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Retail industry troubles: Carpetright sees sales fall through the floor
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008
Lord Harris of Peckham expects 2008 to be among the toughest he has seen in his 50-year career
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Carpetright sales fall through floor
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008
Business & money: Lord Harris of Peckham expects 2008 to be among the toughest he has seen in his 50-year career
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Arsenal - The Future Ownership
Arsenal News News News (Free subscription) | 28/07/2008
The current Arsenal board consists of Peter Hill-Wood, Danny Fiszman, Lady Nina Bracewell-Smith, Richard Carr, Ken Friar, Lord Harris of Peckham and Sir Chips Keswick. A wide and varied group, but the all Danny Fiszman, are drawn from Arsenal’s two ruling families, the Hill-Woods and the Bracewell-Smiths. Lord Harris and Sir Chips Keswick are friends of [...]
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Carpetright boss Lord Harris warns bad old days are back
Times Online (Free subscription) | 02/07/2008
Lord Harris of Peckham, the founder and chairman of Carpetright, fears that the high street is facing one of its toughest years for half a century, in the bleakest warning yet about the fallout from the credit crunch.
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Carpetright founder Lord Harris warns trading is worst in 50 years
Times Online (Free subscription) | 01/07/2008
Lord Harris of Peckham, chairman and chief executive at Carpetright, today admitted that the current financial year will be one of the most difficult in his 50 years in the retail trade after reporting profits down 11.2 per cent.
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Bill Gates piles into Carpetright with 3% stake
Times Online (Free subscription) | 28/05/2008
Bill Gates, one of the world's richest men, has taken a stake in Carpetright, the laminate flooring and carpet specialist run by Lord Harris of Peckham.
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Carpet boss picks son as successor
Financial Time (Free subscription) | 05/02/2008
Lord Harris of Peckham, founder of Carpetright, plans to step down as chief executive in a year's time and install his son at the helm of the flooring retailer
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Carpetright abandons privatisation plans
vnunet (Free subscription) | 24/12/2007
AccountancyAge.com, Accountancy Age , Monday 24 December 2007 at 00:00:00 Retailer Carpetright falls victim to the credit crunch as it is forced to drop plans to privatise A consortium led by Lord Harris of Peckham, the founder, chairman and chief executive of retailer Carpetright, was forced to drop plans to take the company private, blaming 'external market... > Read the full article
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Lord Harris drops plans to buy Carpetright
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 22/12/2007
The credit crunch claimed another victim yesterday when Lord Harris of Peckham, the founder, chairman and chief executive of Carpetright, the retailer, dropped plans to take the company private blaming "external market conditions".
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Lord Harris scraps £800m Carpetright bid
Times Online (Free subscription) | 21/12/2007
Lord Harris of Peckham has scrapped a planned £800 million management buyout of his Carpetright empire, blaming the “accelerated deterioration” in the credit market.
