press release Issued: 22nd May 2012 MARKS AND SPENCER GROUP PLC FULL YEAR RESULTS 2011/12 - 52 WEEKS ENDED 31 MARCH 2012 Marks & Spencer performed well in a challenging economic environment and made good progress in delivering our strategy Final results: • • • • • • • • • Group sales up 2.0% at £9.9bn Total UK sales +1.5%: Food +3.9%; General Merchandise -0.9% (Clothing +0.2%‚ Home -10.0%) Like-for-like UK sales +0.3%: Food +2.1%; General Merchandise -1.8% International sales +5.8% Multi-channel
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monarchy‚ in which the Monarch is the head of stateand the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom is the head of government. The UK political system is a multi-party system. Since the 1920s‚ the two largest political parties have been the Conservative Party and the Labour Party. Before the Labour Party rose in British politics‚ the Liberal Party was the other major political party along with the Conservatives. The current Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition government is the first coalition since
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/ library assignment: Mark Tansey Mark Tansey is an American painter. His parents were both art historians‚ so he started to learn about art at his early age. Those experiences had great influences on Tansey’s painting style. Most of his painting is monochromatic and describes daily or historical affairs. Although his painting involved many realistic objects‚ he is not realistic painter at all. There is always something behind what you have seen in his work. The first Mark Tansey’s artwork I have
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novel‚ The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon. Mark Haddon is an English author who was born on September 26th‚ 1962‚ and raised in Northampton‚ England. He attended Uppingham School and Merton College‚ majoring in English Literature. After college‚ he went on to aid and assist disabled people in Scotland. He had other jobs as well‚ such as a cartoonist‚ and made his own comic strip called Men-A User’s Guide. Mark then moved to Massachusetts with his wife‚ but didn’t stay
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Biography of Mark Twain Stages of its occurrence in the literature‚ Mark Twain (1835 - 1910) stated literally in the same paragraph: "I became a miner in the silver mines of Nevada‚ then a newspaper reporter‚ then a prospector in California‚ then a reporter in San Francisco‚ then a special correspondent in the Sandwich Islands‚ then traveling correspondent in Europe and the East‚ then the torch bearer of enlightenment on the lecturer’s stage - and finally I became a book scribbler and unshakable
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Mark Cuban and his unrelenting drive for success has always made him a pillar in the business world. Mark Cuban takes on the titles as one of the most influential people in sports business (Carlisle 2011) When it comes to business‚ Cuban is a walking brainstorming machine (kirsner 2005). His success just doesn’t come from just being the owner of the reigning NBA champs The Dallas Mavericks‚ it comes from other business ventures too. Mark Cuban is the owner of landmark Theatres‚ and magnolia pictures
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in Victorian Britain. During the reign of Queen Victoria from 1837-1901 Great Britain pioneered Democracy in the industrialised world. The growing middle class demanded their rights‚ leading the nation into a rapid growth in Democracy. Industrialisation and urbanization fuelled the growth employment‚ education and literacy which improved the public’s awareness of political and social ideas in succession of reforms which began to meet the shifts in economic roles within society. Britain felt pressure
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Political corruption is the use of legislated powers by government officials for illegitimate private gain. Misuse of government power for other purposes‚ such as repression of political opponents and general police brutality‚ is not considered political corruption. Neither are illegal acts by private persons or corporations not directly involved with the government. An illegal act by an officeholder constitutes political corruption only if the act is directly related to their official duties. Forms
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No one is born perfect‚ but yet everyone has the desire to be. In the story "The Birth-Mark" by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ the main character’s wife‚ Georgiana‚ sets out to be perfect. The narrator introduces Georgiana’s husband‚ Aylmer‚ as a brilliant man of science. After Aylmer and Georgiana got married‚ Aylmer quit his experiments for a while until he found his next project which was Georgiana’s birth-mark. One day‚ Aylmer questions Georgiana about the birthmark on her face and from that point on he
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Six Aspects of Political Skill According to CCL’s Jean Leslie‚ co-author of a research study on workplace politics and career derailment‚ here are six key skills to help develop your political savvy: Number 1: Think before you speak. Politically skilled managers have impulse control. They tend to choose their organizational battles wisely and size up situations before deciding how to present ideas to others. Managers who actually consider whether or not to voice a thought or a feeling‚ and who
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