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Good Thursday morning, Illinois. This was not just a transfer of power, it was a profound change of attitude, David Axelrod said on CNN last night after President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris took their oaths of office, Bruce Springsteen crooned and a young poet slayed the day.
‘Life & soul and a consummate professional’: Mike Holmes retires after 33 years
Industry veterans pays tribute to ‘Lord Luxury’
Harding Director of International & Corporate Communications Mike Holmes has retired after 33 years in the industry.
Holmes began his career at
Selfridges, where he worked alongside fellow industry veterans
Caroline South,
He joined
Harding Brothers in 2010 and helped to establish the brand in its current role within the travel retail sector.
Many former colleagues have paid tribute to the man who became known as “Lord Luxury” and a mentor to the Harding Buying and Merchandising team.
Nigel Keal said: “I so fondly remember those days in the Eastleigh office where Mike was always the life and soul and the consummate professional.”
Friday, 18 December 2020 12:42
The Allders Buying team in 1988 consisted of (left-right), Geoff Davis, Martin Petchey, Trevor Moore, Nigel Keal and Mike Holmes.
Harding Retail, Director of International & Corporate Communications Mike Holmes is to retire after 33 years in the travel retail industry.
Holmes began his career working in Selfridges alongside highly respected DF&TR industry figure Caroline South.
He then joined Allders International on 8 April 1987 as the company’s first confectionery buyer, working alongside the likes of Nigel Keal, Martin Petchey, Peter Blatch, Glen Williams, Martin Scarfe, Davene Stirling and James Prescott.
Nigel Keal, President, European Travel Retail Confederation said: âI so fondly remember those days in the Eastleigh office where Mike was always the life and soul and the consummate professional.â
Defiance Common Pleas
James Prescott, 25, Hicksville, appeared for sentencing on two counts of receiving stolen property, each a fourth-degree felony; grand theft of a motor vehicle, a fourth-degree felony; grand theft, a fourth-degree felony; vandalism, a fourth-degree felony; and two counts of breaking and entering, each a fifth-degree felony. He was given a 59-month prison term, according to Prosecutor Morris Murrayâs office. He and a co-defendant stole a van parked at a Hicksville residence on Nov. 29, 2019, taking more than $7,500 worth of property from inside the vehicle, then vandalizing it and leaving it on State Line Road. Prescott also trespassed in the Hicksville Exempted Village Schoolsâ concession stand on Nov. 28, 2019, to commit a theft offense and received two stolen vehicles from others in November 2019.
Naperville panel to discuss CityGate West plans again Wednesday Discussions are slated to continue Wednesday on a $200 million mixed-use development proposed for northwest Naperville. Courtesy of CityGate West A $200 million art-inspired campus containing residential, retail, restaurant, office, hospitality and entertainment uses is the subject of a public hearing that continues Wednesday at the planning and zoning commission meeting. Courtesy of CityGate West
Posted12/14/2020 5:30 AM
A public hearing is scheduled to continue this week on a proposed $200 million art-inspired destination in Naperville, touted by developers as an economic engine that could serve as the city s northwest gateway.
Project leaders intend to address the potential timing and phasing of CityGate West as best we can during Wednesday s planning and zoning commission meeting in hopes of advancing development plans to the city council, spokesman James Prescott said.