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Harvey Nichols Harvey Nichols is said to be planning to open up to ten boutique stores over the next decade, including a 32,000 sq ft store due to open at the Merchants Quarter development in Bristol in 2008. 21-Nov-2005 Harvey Nichols is planning to open five more boutique-style shops over the next five years, and is seeking suitable sites in cities such as Cardiff, Newcastle and Bristol. 18-Aug-2003 Harvey Nichols has started recruiting 500 staff for a new £25m store due to open in Manchester by the end of the summer. 09-May-2003 Harvey Nichols, the department store group, is to be taken private by its majority shareholder in a deal that values the company at £137m. 19-Sep-2002 Harvey Nichols is considering plans to open a chain of smaller 15,000 sq ft stores, following the success of an outlet in Birmingham. 14-Jun-2002 Harvey Nichols is to create more than 500 jobs when its new department store opens in Edinburgh this autumn. 12-Feb-2002 Harvey Nichols is to open its first boutique store at The Mailbox development in Birmingham at the end of 2001. 30-Oct-2000 Harvey Nichols is planning to open about 10 high street boutiques selling clothing, cosmetics and food, once its two new department stores have been opened in Edinburgh and Manchester. 21-Jun-2000 Harvey Nichols is looking to open department stores in Saudi Arabia, eastern Europe and South America, and the first will be in Riyadh in a licensing deal with the King Faisal Foundation. 23-Jun-1999 Harvey Nichols is in discussions that could lead to it opening a department store at The Shambles retail complex in Manchester. 17-May-1999 Harvey Nichols could soon face a change in ownership following a deal to restructure a 51% stake held by Dickson Concepts, the Hong Kong retail group. 09-Apr-1999 Harvey Nichols has confirmed that it will set up a department store at a new £50m retail development in St Andrew Square, Edinburgh. 12-Jan-1999 Harvey Nichols has signed a provisional deal with the owners of the St Andrews Square development in Edinburgh to build a department store. 10-Dec-1998 Harvey Nichols is planning to set up a fashion store in Manchester's Shambles West development. 02-Oct-1998 Harvey Nichols has confirmed plans to set up a second stand-alone restaurant in London's financial district early next year. 28-Jul-1998 Harvey Nichols is planning to open a flagship department store in the Middle East in conjunction with a franchise partner, and an announcement is expected by the autumn. 23-Jun-1998 Marks & Spencer is linking up with Harvey Nichols' Hong Kong-based owner to set up 20 Brooks Brothers franchise stores in south east Asia over the next two years. 07-Aug-1997 Harvey Nichols, the upmarket retailer with a new store in Leeds, is planning to add a further two stores, with possible locations including Newcastle, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Manchester. 13-Dec-1996 Harvey Nichols, the London department store, plans to open a store in Leeds in October and the first of several restaurants in London in September. 27-Jun-1996 Dickson Concepts of Hong Kong is to sell 49.9% of its stake in Harvey Nichols, the London store, in a placing next month. 19-Mar-1996 Harvey Nichols is planning a rooftop restaurant, bar and brasserie at Oxo Tower Wharf in London. 30-Dec-1995 The information above comes from the UK Activity Report Copyright UK Business Park 1995-2007