Laura Ashley Holdings PLC

From rags to riches ; We may have shopped at Laura Ashley a million times but had forgotten what a brilliant British empire it was until a fascinating new biography landed on our desks. LUCY PARFORD delves inside to relive some of the company's key fashion moments from the past 50 years
Gloucestershire Echo, The; 10/31/2009; 831 words; ...was demonstrated two months after Laura's death, when a planned public floatation of Laura Ashley Holdings plc was 34 times oversubscribed. The Laura Ashley story is illustrated with more than 200 photographs and drawings, many never previously...

Kwan Ng Named President of Laura Ashley.
Home Textiles Today; 10/5/2009; 585 words; ...who retired Sept. 30. Ng was formerly ceo of Laura Ashley Holdings PLC in London. During the five years he led the company there, he expanded Laura Ashley's home furnishings division and revamped the brand...

Week Ahead 12-16 October.
Investors Chronicle - magazine and web content; 10/2/2009; 959 words; ...Diageo, Eaga, Goodwin EGM: Ezra Holdings Economics: Unemployment and average...Leisure GroupA|0.6|12 Nov| |Ashley (Laura) HoldingsA|0.25|12 Nov...GroupA|1.6|03 Nov| |Melrose Plc|2.9|12 Nov| |Quayle Munro...

Directors draw in their horns.
Investors Chronicle - magazine and web content; 4/1/2009; 811 words; ...sectors, such as the real estate holding and development sector and real estate...Lillian Tan, chief executive of Laura Ashley, who bought GBP25,000 of stock...Directors' Dealing Investment Trust Plc. The trust invests in shares of...

Laura Ashley founder dies at age 82.(NEWS)(Obituary)
Guelph Mercury (Guelph, Ontario); 2/18/2009; 813 words; ...said Lord Hooson, a former chair of Laura Ashley PLC. Bernard and Laura were a tremendous team. He had the drive...Do you know what he's done now? Ashley retired as chair of Laura Ashley Holdings in 1993, but remained a board member...