Marks & Spencer (MKS) Takes Legal Action Against Government Over Marble Arch Row

The Marks & Spencer Group Plc Marble Arch store on Oxford Street.

Marks & Spencer Group Plc has launched a legal challenge against the UK government’s decision to reject a plan for a new store in Marble Arch, central London where the retailer has had a presence for nearly a century.

The clothing and food retailer lost government backing last month for a proposal to demolish its flagship art deco store and rebuild a modern replacement. At the time M&S said the decision was flawed and it could reconsider its future on London’s Oxford Street.