Get your nappies faster: Amazon UK launches one-hour delivery in London
Amazon UK has launched a one-hour delivery service in London. Using the Prime Now service, Amazon Prime members will now be able to order an item from the website and… Read more »
Manchester gets two new independent bookshops
For a long time, Manchester’s Northern Quarter has been a haven for independent businesses. Tucked away behind the city’s busy, messy central square, Piccadilly Gardens, (which is flanked by a… Read more »
Foyles gets a new CEO
Foyles is to have a new CEO as Sam Husain, its current head, retires and is replaced by Paul Currie. Husain has been at the helm of the bookseller for… Read more »
A bookshop, a landmark, and a legacy: meet the architect who redesigned Foyles Charing Cross Road
If ever there was a bad time to decide to build a major new bookshop in the heart of London, it was 2011. Britain was in the teeth of a… Read more »
British bookshops to benefit from Chancellor’s rates discount, but more help is needed
Yesterday the Chancellor George Osborne delivered his Autumn Statement in which he announced some good news for small businesses, which includes bookshops. As the Guardian summed it up: “Small shopkeepers… Read more »