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Selfridges Selfridges, the department store group, has accepted a £600m takeover bid from the Wittington Canada private holding company. 13-May-2003 Selfridges, the department store group with an estimated market value of more than £460m, has received an approach about a potential takeover offer. 10-Apr-2003 Selfridges has confirmed that negotiations are taking place to open department stores on specific sites in Bristol, Leeds and Newcastle, as part of a strategy to open a chain of eight stores across the country. 31-Mar-2003 Selfridges is in discussions to open a £35m store in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, which would create about 800 jobs. 24-Mar-2003 Selfridges has secured a 200,000 sq ft site to build a £90m department store in Glasgow by 2007. 01-Oct-2002 Selfridges is considering plans to launch an in-store TV channel in partnership with the Instrumental Media Group. 11-Mar-2002 Selfridges has submitted plans for a £250m development at its Oxford Street store in London, including a 12-storey building with additional retail space, 336-room hotel, swimming pool, restaurant and offices. 13-Dec-2001 Selfridges is looking at potential sites for department stores in Leeds, Glasgow, Newcastle and the south-west. 21-Sep-2001 Exel is to set up a national distribution centre for Selfridges in Solihull with the creation of 200 jobs, which will replace an existing warehouse in Paddington. 11-Apr-2001 Selfridges is to buy half of the Marks & Spencer store in Manchester city centre for £25m, and will spend £15m fitting out the shop. 30-Mar-2001 Selfridges is linking up with other leading retailers and landlords to regenerate the Oxford Street shopping area in London through a new group called the New West End Company. 25-Oct-2000 Selfridges is looking to speed up the process of finding new sites, and plans to open six stores outside London. 22-Sep-2000 Selfridges has announced plans for the £500m redevelopment of space behind its Oxford Street store in London, and has also confirmed plans to set up a 260,000 sq ft store at the Bull Ring in Birmingham. 17-Feb-2000 Selfridges has awarded a £5m contract to Cap Gemini to run its computer systems, which will involve the transfer of work from the Selfridges site near Leicester to the Aztec West data centre in Bristol. 29-Dec-1999 Selfridges is looking to open three more department stores, including a £30m outlet in Birmingham. 01-Oct-1999 Selfridges is in discussions with seven major hotel groups about possible options for the expansion of the retail and hotel space at its Oxford Street site in London. 31-Mar-1999 British Land has raised its stake in Selfridges to 6.3%, prompting speculation that it is interested in the department store's valuable Oxford Street site in London. 01-Oct-1998 British Land has bought a 3.1% stake in Selfridges, prompting speculation that it may be seeking to benefit from any future sale of the retailer's property assets. 13-Aug-1998 Sears has announced plans to demerge the Selfridges department store in London, with dealings in the new shares expected to start on July 20. 24-Jun-1998 Sears is planning to open four more Selfridges department stores in city centres such as Birmingham and Glasgow, but they are unlikely to open until 2000. 18-Sep-1996 Sears plans to open a Selfridges department store in Manchester by the end of 1998, its first outside London. 21-Feb-1996 Sears is planning to open at least one new Selfridges store in the north of England, and eventually plans to have a chain of department stores across the country. 14-Jan-1996 The information on this page comes from the UK Activity Report. Click here for further details Copyright UK Business Park 1995-2009