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Jul- 2022 -13 July
Household budgets continue to tighten amid rising inflation
Data from Barclaycard has revealed that spending on essential items increased 4.4%, which has been largely driven by a surge…
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12 July
Matalan revenues up 29% in Q1
Matalan has revealed that its total revenue for the 13 weeks to FY23 currently sits at £286.5m, which shows a…
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11 July
53% of retail workers say jobs are more demanding, report finds
Over half (53%) of UK retail workers described their jobs as demanding, with the amount of work they are expected…
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8 July
Superdrug sees profits surge 5% to £45m
Superdrug has revealed its full-year profit before tax has increased 141.3% to £45.3m, compared with £18.8m the previous year for…
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6 July
Chapel Down H1 revenues meet expectations amid expansion plans
Chapel Down, an English wine maker based near Tenterden, Kent, has reported its H1 revenues met management expectations as it…
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5 July
Customer complaints costing UK retail more than £9bn
Customer complaints have reached an all-time high which has cost businesses more than £9.24bn a month in staff hours, according…
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5 July
Over one in five SMEs unable to access external finance, research finds
New research commissioned by Manx Financial Group has revealed that more than one in five (22%) small and medium sized…
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1 July
UK SMEs hit by hiring woes despite ‘record’ wage rise
SMEs across the UK are “facing more woes” as they struggle to fill vacancies despite a strong 14.3% increase in…
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Jun- 2022 -29 June
Shop price inflation hits highest level since 2008
Shop price annual inflation increased to 3.1% in June 2022, up from 2.8% in May, marking the highest rate of…
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27 June
Cost of living crisis could lead to ‘mild recession’, report warns
There is a rising risk of the UK economy falling into a “mild recession” due to the cost of living…
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