Marks and Spencer

Chairman of Marks and Spencer, Stuart Rose, addresses delegates on the second day of the Conservative party conference at the International Convention Centre in Birmingham, central England, on October 4, 2010. Britain is to scrap the long-held principle of child benefits for all families, its finance minister said Monday, as the government imposes the deepest cuts in decades. Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne said that the move -- which ends a universal system introduced in 1946 -- would affect higher-earning households, around 15 percent overall.

Outgoing Chairman of Marks and Spencer, Stuart Rose (R), listens as Indian businessman Rajan Bharti Mittal, speaks during a press conference following the publication of a report about UK-India Collaboration for a Prosperous Low Carbon Economy in London, on November 15, 2010. Senior business leaders from the UK and India published the new report on how business can work together to boost economic growth at the same time as cutting carbon emissions. The report from the UK-India Business Leaders Climate Group (BLCG) is chaired by Sir Stuart Rose and Mr Rajan Bharti Mittal.

BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 03: A Marks and Spencer shop is open for business at the Conservative Party Conference at the International Convention Centre on October 3, 2010 in Birmingham, England. Party members, MPs and Conservative cabinet Ministers are attending the Conservative Party's first annual conference since the formation of the new coalition government.

LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 28: Sir Stuart Rose, Chairman of Marks and Spencer (C), cuts a ribbon to officially open the newly completed shopping centre 'One New Change' on October 28, 2010 in London, England. The shopping centre, which is located adjacent to St Paul's Cathedral, contains two floors of shopping, numerous cafés and restaurants as well as office space for 3000 city workers.

Britain's Foreign Secretary William Hague (2nd R), stands with Indian businessman Rajan Bharti Mittal (R), outgiong Chairman of Marks and Spencer, Stuart Rose (L), and Energy and Climate Change Minister, Greg Barker, during a business meeting following the publication of a report about UK-India Collaboration for a Prosperous Low Carbon Economy at The Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London on November 15, 2010. Senior business leaders from the UK and India published the new report on how business can work together to boost economic growth at the same time as cutting carbon emissions. The report from the UK-India Business Leaders Climate Group (BLCG) is chaired by Sir Stuart Rose and Mr Rajan Bharti Mittal.

British Prime Minister, David Cameron, listens as Chairman of Marks and Spencer, Stuart Rose, addresses delegates on the second day of the Conservative party conference at the International Convention Centre in Birmingham, central England, on October 4, 2010. Britain is to scrap the long-held principle of child benefits for all families, its finance minister said Monday, as the government imposes the deepest cuts in decades. Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne said that the move -- which ends a universal system introduced in 1946 -- would affect higher-earning households, around 15 percent overall.

LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 28: (L-R) Emma Samms, Starlight Foundation, Andy Street, MD of John Lewis, Dame Judith Mayhew Jonas, Chairman of the New West End Company, Sir Philip Green, a West End shopper, London Mayor Boris Johnson, Lan Tu from American Express, Harold Tillman and Steve Rowe, Retail Director of Marks and Spencer walk across the diagonal crossing at Oxford Circus to promote the American Express Shop West End VIP Day on October 28, 2010 in London, England.

LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 28: (L-R) Emma Samms, Starlight Foundation, Andy Street, MD of John Lewis, Dame Judith Mayhew Jonas, Chairman of the New West End Company, Boris Johnson, a West End shopper, Sir Philip Green, Lan Tu from American Express, Harold Tillman and Steve Rowe, Retail Director of Marks and Spencer walk across the diagonal crossing at Oxford Circus to promote the American Express Shop West End VIP Day on October 28, 2010 in London, England.

BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 04: Marks and Spencer Chairman Sir Stuart Rose listens as Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne speaks at the Conservative Party Conference on October 4, 2010 in Birmingham, England. On the second day of the conference the Chancellor announced cuts to welfare payments.

LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 28: (L-R) Emma Samms, Starlight Foundation, Andy Street, MD of John Lewis, Dame Judith Mayhew Jonas, Chairman of the New West End Company, Sir Philip Green, a West End shopper, London Mayor Boris Johnson, Lan Tu from American Express, Harold Tillman and Steve Rowe, Retail Director of Marks and Spencer walk across the diagonal crossing at Oxford Circus to promote the American Express Shop West End VIP Day on October 28, 2010 in London, England.

BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 04: Prime Minister David Cameron and Marks and Spencer Chairman Sir Stuart Rose (L) listen as Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne speaks at the Conservative Party Conference on October 4, 2010 in Birmingham, England. On the second day of the conference the Chancellor announced cuts to welfare payments.

LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 28: (L-R) Emma Samms, Starlight Foundation, Andy Street, MD of John Lewis, Dame Judith Mayhew Jonas, Chairman of the New West End Company, Boris Johnson, a West End shopper, Sir Philip Green, Lan Tu from American Express, Harold Tillman and Steve Rowe, Retail Director of Marks and Spencer walk across the diagonal crossing at Oxford Circus to promote the American Express Shop West End VIP Day on October 28, 2010 in London, England.

LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 28: (L-R) Emma Samms, Starlight Foundation, Andy Street, MD of John Lewis, Dame Judith Mayhew Jonas, Chairman of the New West End Company, Boris Johnson, a West End shopper, Sir Philip Green, Lan Tu from American Express, Harold Tillman and Steve Rowe, Retail Director of Marks and Spencer walk across the diagonal crossing at Oxford Circus to promote the American Express Shop West End VIP Day on October 28, 2010 in London, England.

BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 04: Prime Minister David Cameron and Marks and Spencer Chairman Sir Stuart Rose (L) listen as Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne speaks at the Conservative Party Conference on October 4, 2010 in Birmingham, England. On the second day of the conference the Chancellor announced cuts to welfare payments.

LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 28: Sir Stuart Rose, Chairman of Marks and Spencer, officially opens the newly completed shopping centre 'One New Change' on October 28, 2010 in London, England. The shopping centre, which is located adjacent to St Paul's Cathedral, contains two floors of shopping, numerous cafés and restaurants as well as office space for 3000 city workers.

Laura Zielinski poses for photographers as she is unveiled as the new face and figure of Marks and Spencer's (M&S) new DD+ lingerie, in London on September 29, 2010.

Laura Zielinski poses for photographers as she is unveiled as the new face and figure of Marks and Spencer's (M&S) new DD+ lingerie, in London on September 29, 2010.