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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 > -
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 >
