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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 > -
Crisp brand Tyrrells up for sale
News | 20 May 2013Crisp maker Tyrrells has reportedly being put up for sale for about 100 million by its private equity owners Langholm Capital has owned the Herefordshire based business for the last five years after buying it from potato farmer William Chase in a 40 million deal but now looks set to...More > -
Morrisons triggers Waitrose war after signing deal with Ocado
News | 17 May 2013Supermarket Morrisons will have an online grocry store at long last after unveiling a tie up with Ocado However the move has angered rival supermarket Waitrose which also has a deal with the delivery firm The launch at the end of this year will see the chain use Ocados recently...More > -
CAMRA: British beer soaring
News | 17 May 2013There has never been a better time to be a beer drinker in the UK according to the Campaign for Real Ale The group has launched the eighth edition of its Good Bottled Beer Guide featuring more than 1 800 bottle conditioned beers This is a rise from around 1...More > -
Rihanna to sue Topshop
News | 17 May 2013Rihanna is suing Topshop for selling t shirts bearing her image without her consent The superstar is claiming 5 million in damages after negotiations failed A source said Rihannas management asked Topshop a number of times to stop selling her image and were told We do what we want Under...More > -
Virgin Atlantic vows to return airline to profit
News | 17 May 2013Virgin Atlantics new boss has set a target of getting the airline back in profit within two years even as it reported more big losses today Chief executive Craig Kreeger said weak economic conditions and the Olympic Games in London which dented demand for business travel were factors in the...More > -
Marston’s confident in full year results
News | 16 May 2013Pub operator and brewing firm Marstons has increased its interim dividend to shareholders stating that it expects to make up for a rain hit first half of the year In the 26 weeks ended March 30th the firm posted an expected fall in pre taxprofits from 33 5 million in...More > -
Dixons’ profits come in at higher end of forecasts
News | 16 May 2013Dixons Retail Europes second biggest electrical goods retailer has said that its annual profits would be at the top end of market expectations as demand for tablet computers and the failure of competitors helped keep group performance strong The group which owns the Currys and PC World chains in the...More >
