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Jul- 2018 -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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4 July
Topps Tiles to continue ‘tight cost control’ after Q3 sales dip
Topps Tiles has posted a further decrease in sales for the 13 weeks ending 1 July 2018, and said it…
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4 July
Scribbler to stock interracial and LGBTQ greeting cards in UK first
Greetings card retailer Scribbler has become the first UK high street retailer to stock greeting cards featuring interracial and LGBTQ…
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4 July
Wilko appoints former Asda CFO as finance chief
Family business Wilko has appointed Alex Russo, a former Asda CFO as its new chief financial officer and executive board…
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3 July
Deloitte hits back at Poundworld founder over rescue bid row
Deloitte has hit back at accusations made by Poundworld founder Chris Edwards over the handling of the company’s administration. A…
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3 July
Personal information of job applicants leaked in Costa Coffee data breach
The parent company of Costa Coffee, Whitbread, has been the subject of a data breach which has seen personal information…
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3 July
FRC launches investigation into KPMG’s last Conviviality audit
The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has launched an investigation into the most recent audit by KPMG of the financial statements…
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3 July
ASOS appoints former ITV boss Adam Crozier as new chair
Online fashion retailer ASOS has announced that it has appointed Adam Crozier as its new chair and non-executive director. Crozier…
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2 July
Estate agents join high street casualties as insolvencies rise
Around 153 estate agents have gone insolvent in the last year, up from 148 the year before, according to a…
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2 July
Philip Green’s company fails to block BHS audit report
The parent company of Philip Green’s Arcadia retail empire, Taveta Investments, has failed to impose an injunction on the publication…
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