Primark exceeds expectations and plans expansion
Further Primark stores will continue to open, despite the retail giant seeing a dip in full-year profits. However although the stores profits are thought to have fallen 8 per cent,…
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Carphone Warehouse to close UK Best Buy Stores
Carphone Warehouse have announced that 11 of their Best Buy consumer electronics stores will be closing. This is less than two years after they opened. Stores will be axed…
Jongleurs plan to float on the stock market
The comedy brand, that helped launch Peter Kay and Michael McIntyre to fame, next plan is to float on the stock market in the next 18 months to finance its…
Fraudster mum of nine claimed £63,000
A GYPSY mother-of-nine has admitted claiming over £63,000 worth of fraudulent benefits as a single mum - while living with her partner in their caravan. Chavelle Price, 33, claimed…
High street retailer fined £1 Million for safety failings
Marks and Spencer plc and three of its contractors have been fined for putting members of the public, staff and construction workers at risk of exposure to asbestos-containing materials during…
From Virgin To Virtual: How Sir Richard Branson’s PA Survived And Thrived
After suffering a stroke in 2008 Penni Pike, Richard Branson’s Executive PA of 31 dynamic years, was told she would not walk or talk again. Today, however, she has…
Sell by dates could be a thing of the past – saving families hundreds a year
Clearer date labels will help shoppers save money and stop perfectly good food being thrown away, Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman said today as Defra published new guidance for food and…
In just 12 months students cost of living has gone up £42.56 per month
The monthly cost of being a student has risen by £42.56 in the last twelve months according to analysis* by Family Investments, a leading children’s saving provider. Students have seen…
Bogus financial adviser jailed for tax fraud
A bogus financial adviser who fraudulently manipulated his “clients’” pension funds to avoid paying tax of over ?1.9 million has been jailed at Hull Crown Court for three years. Colin…
Barclays cuts fixed rate mortgages by up to 0.41 percentage points
In its eighth rate reduction in a row Barclays yesterday made cuts of up to 0.41 percentage points to 60 per cent of its Woolwich fixed rate mortgage range. The…
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