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Matalan promotions helped draw in Christmas shoppers
Matalan has posted an increase in Christmas sales as it benefited from discounting and a surge in online spending. In the five weeks to..
Thursday 5 November 2026
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Matalan has posted an increase in Christmas sales as it benefited from discounting and a surge in online spending. In the five weeks to..
New Look has warned over profits and announced plans for a debt-for-equity swap as part of a painful restructuring aimed at putting the..
JD Sports has posted robust sales growth despite the well-publicised tough conditions on the high street. The sports apparel retailer’s..
Tandem Bank has unveiled plans to float on the stock exchange as the digital challenger embarks on a hiring spree and moves into new of..
Two-thirds of MPs believe that new requirements forcing companies to report gender, ethnicity and executive pay gaps do not go far enou..
Pub group Young’s has confirmed it will shell out more than £100,000 to cover the cost of settled status applications for its employees..
Retailers can no longer rely on Christmas trading to make up for revenue lost earlier in the year, a report suggests, as shopper number..
The total value of the UK’s housing stock reached a record £7.29 trillion in 2018, analysis has found. Despite a slowdown in the housin..
Hundreds are planning a legal challenge against a self-storage company they claim safety failures led to destruction their possessions
Former prime minister Sir John Major said revoking Article 50 is “only sensible course” but accepted this would be “politically uncomfortable”
Direct flights from Britain to Sharm el-Sheikh should resume with British security teams working on airport upgrades, Egyptian ambassador to UK has said
A Great British tax quiz from Which? has uncovered “worrying gaps” in consumers’ knowledge about tax perks and penalties
As many as 50,000 UK pensioners could be pushed below the poverty line if the free TV licence was to be scrapped for over-75s, Age UK…
Sterling was on the rise on Friday following growing speculation that Brexit will be delayed beyond the current March 29 exit date.
Debenhams shares collapsed on Friday following the removal of the retailer’s chairman and chief executive by Mike Ashley a day earlier.