Simons Group M&S fl agship store CASE STUDY Photograph courtesy: Simons Group FSC ® Project Certifi cation WHEN, in 1894, Tom Spencer invested £300 in a business started by Michael Marks, little could the two entrepreneurs have dreamed how their Penny Bazaar partnership would develop. And if the two businessmen could see the latest M&S masterpiece which grew from that £300 ‘acorn’ – Cheshire Oaks, a 525,192 sq ft development of sheer loveliness, 148,000 sq ft of which is pure selling space – they would be justly proud. The Marks and Spencer brand means quality, value, service, innovation and trust – key principles that have endured throughout the company’s long and distinguished history; principles which have driven the Cheshire Oaks development, close to Ellesmere Port

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