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Lower prices push up petrol sales
News | 22 May 2013UK motorists bought 1 51 billion litres of petrol in April a big rise on the record low of 1 37 billion litres in March HM Revenue and Customs statistics highlighted by the AA showed Last months total was still down on the 1 68 billion litre figure of April...More > -
Supermarket customers "feel the most valued"
News | 22 May 2013Supermarkets are doing a better job of communicating with their customers in a meaningful way than other businesses with consumers rating them well above firms in other industry sectors according to the new Customer Intimacy Index produced by database marketing specialist GI Insight The study also said that clothing and...More > -
Microsoft reveals Xbox One
News | 22 May 2013Microsoft has unveiled its next generation video games console the Xbox One which is designed to be an all in one system for games live television films and music At an event at its US headquarters in Redmond Washington which was streamed around the world Don Mattrick president of the...More > -
Marks & Spencer sees lowest profits in four years
News | 21 May 2013Marks Spencers annual profits fell to their lowest level in four years today as food sales were offset by a slump in clothing sales Underlying pre tax profits for the year were 665 2 million a fall of 6 on a year earlier and well below City forecasts for 710...More > -
London tops tourism poll
News | 21 May 2013London accounted for more than half the visits overseas tourists made to the UK last year according to latest figures from VisitBritain with Edinburgh the second most visited destination Manchester third Birmingham fourth and Liverpool fifth Some UK destinations experienced particularly good times in 2012 with Bournemouth receiving 178 000...More > -
Inflation "will remain high"
News | 21 May 2013Stubbornly high inflation is likely to heap more pressure on households despite lower prices at the petrol pumps tempering further price rises Consumer Prices Index CPI inflation is expected to peak above 3 in the summer after sticking at 2 8 in March as rising gas and electricity bills continue...More > -
Hospitality apprenticeship rates continue to rise
News | 21 May 2013People 1st has announced that the number of people doing apprenticeships in hospitality and catering has more than doubled in the past four years and completion rates improved by almost 10 percent The latest figures show that more than 35 000 people started an apprenticeship in 2011 2012 compared to...More > -
Ryanair profits up but growth may be limited this year
News | 20 May 2013Ryanair saw annual profits receive a boost of 13 today but warned that the recession across much of Europe will hurt growth prospects this year The Dublin based low cost airline which operates on more than 1 600 routes carried 79 3 million passengers in the year to March 31...More > -
Online shopping boosted by fashion purchases
News | 20 May 2013A new survey carried out by a price comparison site has found that fashion purchases are leading the online revolution with nearly half of all of respondents 47 admitting that they now buy the majority of their fashion online Conducted from March 12 to April 22 2013 the PriceGrabber co...More > -
Shop vacancies up as high streets outperform shopping centres
News | 20 May 2013Shop vacancies have surged to a new high of 11 9 as retail failures including Comet and Jessops impacted shopping centres The percentage of empty UK shops in April worsened from 10 9 in January and was the highest rate since the British Retail Consortium Springboard survey began in 2011...More >
