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Morrisons cuts petrol prices in ongoing fuel war
News | 02 May 2013Morrisons looked set to spark another round of supermarket cuts today by announcing a reduction in its fuel prices for drivers From today Morrisons is cutting the price of its petrol by up to 2p a litre and diesel by 1p a litre This is the latest in a series...More > -
Tesco coffee chain to expand
News | 02 May 2013Tesco backed coffee chain Harris Hoole is to open 10 more sites across the southeast over the next four months The chain made headlines last year after it emerged that Tesco had made a non controlling investment in the company According to the M C Report Harris Hoole will add...More > -
Youth unemployment "through the roof"
News | 02 May 2013Youth unemployment has gone through the roof with a huge increase in the number of long term jobless since the coalition came to power Labour has said The party said the number of 18 to 24 year olds out of work for over a year had jumped from 25 800...More > -
Argos boosted by turnaround scheme
News | 01 May 2013Catalogue chain Argos returned to profits growth today after an encouraging year in which more than half its sales were generated online A digital push helped Argos deliver a 6 increase in underlying operating profits to 100 3 million in sharp contrast to the near 60 plunge the previous year...More > -
Natwest everywoman awards open for entry
News | 01 May 2013The UKs longest running programme for championing female enterprise the NatWest everywoman Awards is welcoming entries for 2013 These awards in their eleventh year differentiate themselves by recognising business success at every stage of maturity from embryonic start ups demonstrating promise to established enterprises that are making a significant contribution...More > -
Games volunteers invited back to Olympic Park
News | 01 May 2013Volunteers who worked at the London 2012 Games and their friends will be invited to a special event at the Olympic Park a year after the Games Ticket prices for the July 19th event in the north of the Olympic Park in Stratford east London have yet to be announced...More > -
ASOS on track for £1 billion sales
News | 01 May 2013ASOS reported a double digit hike in profits this week as the online fashion retailer said it remains optimistic about reaching a 1 billion sales target UK customers splashed out 30 million more on fashion in the six months to the end of February than they did the year before...More > -
Whitbread to create 12,000 jobs
News | 30 April 2013Whitbread is to create 12 000 new jobs as it steps up the expansion of its Premier Inn and Costa chains over the next five years The announcement from the leisure and hospitality group which also owns Beefeater and Brewers Fayre restaurants came as it reported an 11 rise in...More > -
Hospitality firms: VAT cut "would create jobs"
News | 30 April 2013Pizza Hut Wetherspoon Punch Taverns Prezzo Subway and TGI Fridays have all given their voices to calls for VAT to be cut by 5 in a new report Hundeds of thousands of new jobs could be created according to the survey by the Jacques Borel VAT Club which represents 43...More > -
Mary Portas slams Sir Terry Leahy’s defence of supermarkets
News | 30 April 2013TV presenter and retail tsar Mary Portas has criticised Sir Terry Leahys defence of supermarket dominance in retail as absolutely crap Sir Terry Leahy described the rise of supermarkets and the closure of small shops across the country as part of progress in an interview with Radio 4s Desert Island...More >
