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…
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…
Government to suspend general budget support to Malawi
Malawi will no longer receive general budget support from the UK Government, Andrew Mitchell announced today. The International Development Secretary took the decision after the Government of Malawi repeatedly failed…
Sports Direct moves into fashion, buying USC and Cruise
The sports retail giant has brought an 80% stake in two high street clothing shops, owned by retail tycoon Sir Tom Hunter. Paying £7million to take control, Sir Tom will…
Temporary migrants will no longer be able apply for settlement
The government is implementing reforms to the immigration system which will reduce immigration to sustainable levels. Today's announcement is the next step in this process. Launching a public consultation on…
£2 million VAT fraud brothers jailed
Two brothers, who stole more than £1.6m through tax fraud and by stealing from their employees to finance their luxury lifestyles, have been jailed at Croydon Crown Court today for…
Only one in six of us plan for the future
Standard Life has found that people in the UK live for the moment rather than the long term, with more than one in six (17%) failing to plan their finances…
All Saints comes back from the brink
The retail giant, All Saints, may have found it saviours in a lucky escape from closing down many of it's stores. A last minute deal was pulled off rescuing 2,000…
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