Anne Ashworth

Profile: Full name: Anne Ashworth Area of interest: Property, finance and retail subjects, fashion Journals/Organisation: The Times Email: anne.ashworth@thetimes.co.uk Personal website: Website: http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/public/profile/Anne-Ashworth Blog: Representation: Networks: https://twitter.com/#!/AnneAshworth | http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/anne-ashworth/b/65a/6a7

Biography: About: "I am editor of Bricks & Mortar - The Times's property section which appears every Friday; I also write news and commentary for the rest of paper on the economy, housing and retail. At Bricks & Mortar, we also provide a daily online property update - Bricks Insider" - LinkedIn Education: Career: Daily Mail and The Mail on Sunday; The Times: November 1994 to the present as: personal finance editor, assistant editor (property) Current position/role: Assistant Editor and Property Editor of The Times also writes/written for: Other roles/Main role: Other interests: Disclosures: Viewpoints/Insight: Broadcast media: regularly appears on TV discussing property, financial and retail subjects Video: Controversy/Criticism: Awards/Honours: Headline property awards: Best Property Supplement, Property Editor of the Year and overall Property Journalist of the Year, 2008 (see: Times' Anne Ashworth scoops hat-trick at headline property awards, Press Gazette, 16th June 2008) Scoops: Other:

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The Times: Column name: Property Remit/Info: Property market analysis and related issues Section: Property (Bricks & Mortar) Role: Property editor Pen-name: Email: anne.ashworth@thetimes.co.uk Website: http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/public/profile/Anne-Ashworth Commissioning editor: Day published: Friday Regularity: Weekly Column format: Average length:

Articles: First-time buyers know that every little helps, but does Tesco? - The role of Tesco Bank could be crucial in the supermarket’s drive to cater for the nation’s every mortgage need - 28th April 2010 Payback time for bank bailouts - Consumption of White Lightning is probably low in what estate agents call the ‘prime central London’ neighbourhoods - 25th March 2010 The housing market still needs TLC from Darling - The Chancellor should remind the banks of their commitment to make better deals available to first-time buyers - 19th March 2010 The East End is becoming the new West End - A new 36-storey block in London will allow high-flyers to live and play where they work - 13th March 2010 Women are allowed to want a handbag for Christmas - Sales are booming — but don’t sneer. They are good investments - 11th December 2009 Not everyone is enjoying a house price bounce - In towns such as Bath, house prices have rebounded at a cartoonish pace. Let’s hope some Teflon town magic spreads - 11th December 2009 Pre-Budget Report: so little to sustain recovery - 9th December 2009 Mid-lifers’ deadly grip on the market - Banks will only lend to well-off homeowners. That’s bad news for first-time buyers – and for us all - 19th August 2009 Knock-down auction prices risk knocking back recovery - 4th April 2009 The property market is improving - but not to the levels of old - The housing sector remains fragile, dependent on the state of the economy and also on easier access to finance - 3rd April 2009 Housebuilders: the road to a Wigan semi - The blocks of empty, new-build apartments in city centres stand as evidence that the British tend to prefer a house - 14th March 2009 Home for the holidays but not safe from the storm - It is becoming evident that mortgage repayment difficulties are spreading through all levels of society - 12th December 2008 Better late than never - Proposals that would allow jobless homeowners with mortgages of less than £400,000 to defer their interest payments for up to two years should be welcomed - 5th December 2008 There goes the high street (and the neighbourhood) - You may have thought your local Woolworths was a bit naff, but the fallout from its failure will spread to nearby areas - 28th November 2008 Is it time for the return of Miras? - Miras propelled a generation into home ownership. It is now being promoted as the way to keep the current generation's struggling owners in their homes - 21st November 2008 Time to lift the threat of repossession - The Government must act to keep people in their homes - 14th November 2008 Now it's up to the banks to pass on the cut - Yesterday's surprising cut in the bank base rate could help the housing market only if the semi-nationalised banks do the decent thing and pass it on - 7th November 2008 Property auctions show lots of uncertainty - Many of those at the auction were eager to bid for the kind of property bargains likely to be available next year as the recession takes its toll - 31st October 2008 Gordon, Mervyn, Madonna and the housing market - The Government's recent candor is welcome. But now we need action on home loans - 24th October 2008 Has the Government done enough to aid a housing recovery? - A rate cut might be the only way to revitalise the property market - 17th October 2008 Still as safe as houses - The perceived threat to deposits from bank instability has spooked the nation more than property price falls - 10th October 2008 Is this the death of buy-to-let? - Over-commitment of the financial is expected to increase instances of failure to complete in the buy-to-let sector - 3rd October 2008 New jargon for the property crunch - A whole new vocabulary has sprung up to convey our housing woes - 26th September 2008 Why are banks suddenly so pious? - If only they'd shown their new-found prudence a little earlier - 19th September 2008 Planning blight or boon? - Why we are resolutely unmoved by the easing of planning restrictions - 12th September 2008 Finding a short cut to a house sale - The remedy for the downturn in the housing market lies in cheaper borrowing for the creditworthy - 9th September 2008 Housing market ills cannot be cured by a sticking plaster - 3rd September 2008 Is the Chancellor Alistair Darling dancing to Vince Cable's tune? - 29th August 2008 Savills recovery predictions for the housing market - Commentators are now engaged in a contest to get the recovery time right - here are Savills forecasts - 22nd August 2008 Opening bids: the betting man's view of property prices - It is no longer possible to be in a state of denial over the new lower valuation for your home - 15th August 2008 We need stamp duty reforms, not rumours - Government announcements are so vague they might even backfire - 8th August 2008 What America's Fannie and Freddie mortgage crisis can teach us - The ailing giants among US mortgage companies point the way to easing our own property woes - 18th July 2008 How the credit crunch will (eventually) fade - Prime property in London should be the first to benefit from any lightening of the gloom - 11th July 2008

The Times: Column name: Chain Reaction Remit/Info: style and fashion coverage & opinion Section: life & style Role: expert Pen-name: Email: anne.ashworth@thetimes.co.uk Personal website: Website: Timesonline / Chain Reaction Commissioning editor: Day published: Friday Regularity: Weekly Column format: Average length:

Articles: Foodie sell-offs do not mean a sell-out - Ethical consumers should not despair if their favourite brands are taken over by the big boys - 8th April 2009 Now grown-ups must rescue the high street - Britain is a nation of chain-store keepers. We have the expertise to save our favourites from the Monopoly players - 5th February 2009 Miss Sixty - You'll need a fat wallet for its skintight look - 30th May 2008 Why Boden is now in a field of its own - There's a new and hip look to the catalogue favourites - 23rd May 2008 CC caters for wannabe Jane Seymours - 15th May 2008 H&M - The Swedish store is now calmer - 2nd May 2008 Comptoir des Cotonniers - The chain sells French chic and is expanding in the UK. It's a bit pricey but you want to study every item in the shop - 17th April 2008 Kate Kuba - The small-ish shoe chain is playing a part in the larger Sopranos-like drama of the footwear sector - 11th April 2008 Massimo Dutti's credit-crunch chic - 28th March 2008 Designer and everyday: House of Fraser's winning formula - 7th March 2008 Tradition’s still great when bang up to date - Our correspondent identifies a shift away from the tidy and towards the trendy at John Lewis’s flagship store in Oxford Street - 1st February 2008 Tradition’s still great when bang up to date: A shift away from the tidy and towards the trendy at John Lewis’s flagship store in Oxford Street - 1st February 2008 Chain reaction: Saving the planet, one skirt at a time: Our expert admires Adili’s ethical allure - 25th January 2008 Noa Noa puts the flounce in your step - 18th January 2008

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