Article: Our tears and shock when 500 jobs axed; Ethel Austin boss speaks.(News)

Article: ETHEL AUSTIN ON THE EDGE; Staff left in tears at ...
Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England);  April 16, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... joint administrators. Ethel Austin has been the subject ... buyer can be found. "Ethel Austin has a good brand and ... s pregnant." Keith Cooper from West Derby, who ... enough sales." Staff in Ethel Austin's Liverpool city centre ...

Article: Ethel Austin crisis as store chain collapses; ...
Daily Post (Liverpool, England);  April 16, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... in 2005. She only bought Ethel Austin from Dutch ABN Amro within ... Fears over the future of Ethel Austin had emerged in recent weeks ... financial needs. At that time, Ethel Austin chief executive Simon Cooper had sought to calm nerves ...

Article: 'No hostile agenda' in pounds 20m Ethel Austin ...
Daily Post (Liverpool, England);  March 6, 2007 ;     685 words ... ... acquired pounds 20m of Ethel Austin's debt from Barclays ... down price. Mr Cooper said: "We've ... contract." Mr Cooper added that it was ... only debt traded by Ethel Austin this year" and ... to have purchased Ethel Austin's debt at the ... in the pound. Mr Cooper said: ...

Article: Ethel Austin revamp reverses downturn in ...
Daily Post (Liverpool, England);  February 22, 2006 ;     545 words ...CLOTHING retailer Ethel Austin says a store and boardroom ... chief executive, Simon Cooper, took over in November ... its shareholders. Mr Cooper said: "The refinancing ... to customers." Mr Cooper joined Ethel Austin from Powerhouse, where ...

Article: New man at helm of troubled Ethel Austin.(Business)
Daily Post (Liverpool, England);  November 17, 2005 ;     614 words ... ... McDONOUGH RETAIL group Ethel Austin has ruled out any shop ... other interests. Simon Cooper, the former managing ... Williams. In September Ethel Austin admitted it was talking ... The company believes Mr Cooper's extensive experience ...

Article: Ethel Austin sales on the up after refinancing ...
Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England);  February 17, 2006 ;     492 words ...NEW Ethel Austin boss Simon Cooper today revealed an upturn in like ... take the Knowsley group forward. Mr Cooper became chief executive last November ... another 70 of the 309 estate. Mr Cooper said: "The positive trading figures ...

Article: Ethel Austin chief's pledge.(News)
Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England);  April 8, 2008 ;     474 words ...ETHEL Austin boss Simon Cooper said it was "business as usual" at the Knows-ley-based discount ... refinancing talks with a consortium of investors. Chief executive Mr Cooper played down alarm, saying: "It is business as usual." He added ...