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Sep- 2021 -8 September
Dunelm sees FY21 profits surge 44% to £157.8m
Dunelm has reported that pre-tax profits for the full-year ended 26 June 2021, grew by 44.6% to £157.8m from £109.1m,…
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3 September
Travis Perkins acquires new site for flagship branch
Travis Perkins has announced that it has acquired the former Motus Commercials site in the St Philips area of Bristol…
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2 September
Homebase welcomes gov Kickstart recruits to Nottingham store
Homebase has announced that it has kickstarted its creation of 300 jobs across Britain for young people with the first…
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Aug- 2021 -13 August
Homebase returns to Bradford with new store set to open
Homebase has announced its return to Bradford with a new store set to open at Enterprise 5 Retail Park later…
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10 August
Homebase extends Macmillan Cancer Support partnership grant
Homebase has announced that it has extended its partnership with Macmillan Cancer Support for another three years, with a new…
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5 August
ScS ‘encouraged’ by strong trading
ScS has been “encouraged” by a period of strong trading in FY21, despite stores being closed for 17 weeks of…
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Jul- 2021 -23 July
Homebase to create 300 jobs for young people
Homebase has revealed that it is creating 300 jobs for young people across the UK as the first home and…
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21 July
Wickes sales surpass pre-pandemic levels in H1
Wickes has revealed that sales have once again surpassed pre-pandemic levels following a strong half-year of trading, as the group…
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15 July
Halfords to hire 700 in recruitment drive
Halfords has set upon a recruitment drive that will see over 700 new staff members across a range of positions…
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15 July
Kingfisher raises guidance as sales rise 22%
Kingfisher has announced it is raising its guidance for its half-year results after reporting that like-for-like sales in Q2 were…
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