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Jul- 2018 -12 July
Hot weather springs profit warning at DFS
DFS has announced a profit warning, blaming poor sales performance on decreased high street footfall during the hot weather, disruption…
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10 July
Poundland founder prepares Poundworld bid after Chris Edwards pulls out
The founder of Poundland, Steve Smith, is preparing a bid for embattled rival Poundworld after Chris Edwards, the latter’s founder,…
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9 July
200,000 companies sued over business rates
Over 200,000 businesses were taken to a Magistrates court for failing to pay for businesses rates under the first year…
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6 July
UK Treasury rejects retailers’ business rates reform calls
The UK Treasury has today rejected calls from retailers who say business rates should be reformed to create a level…
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6 July
Retail sales fall for fifth consecutive month
Retail sales fell for the fifth month in a row in June, data from BDO’s High Street Sales Tracker has…
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5 July
England/Colombia World Cup win scores UK a £1.3bn economy boost
England’s penalty shootout victory against Colombia has given the UK economy a £1.33bn boost according to new figures. The figures…
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4 July
BRC calls for two-year freeze on business rates
The British Retail Consortium (BRC) has asked the government to consider freezing business rates for two years to ease the…
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4 July
Sainsbury’s Q1 sales growth stutters as groundwork laid for merger
Sainsbury’s has seen a slump in its total sales growth down to 0.8% from 1.3% in the last quarter of…
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Jun- 2018 -29 June
Boots shares plunge 10% following Amazon medicine service acquisition
Shares in the parent company of pharmacy chain Boots, Walgreens Boots Alliance, have plummeted by 10% this morning following news…
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28 June
London retail properties boost Crown Estate to £329m
The Crown Estate, the Queen’s main source of income, has announced a increase in return to the Treasury of £329.4m,…
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