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West Bromwich Albion relaunches online store
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- 04 May 2012 10:39
Premiership football club West Bromwich Albion, currently the workplace of new England boss Roy Hodgson, has announced it is to enhance its retail offer with the development of a new online store. 'The Baggies', as the club is known, has appointed e-commerce firm PureNet to design and build its new online ...read more
Store closures hurt Thorntons sales
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- 03 May 2012 10:52
Confectionery retailer Thorntons has seen total sales fall by nearly 3% after its store closure programme and weak consumer demand bit chunks out of its sales.In the third quarter to April 28th, the company saw total sales decrease by 2.7% to £62.4 million. Excluding store closures, sales were broadly flat.In ...read more
Aer Lingus sees surprise boost in Q1
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- 03 May 2012 10:52
Aer Lingus has seen revenues boosted in the traditionally weaker first quarter, leading the Irish airline to upgrade its 2012 profit forecasts.The company had warned of an expected fall in profits caused by fuel costs in February, but an 8.4% growth in yield per passenger and a 6.6% growth in ...read more
Millennium & Copthorne profits soar
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- 03 May 2012 10:51
UK-based hotel chain Millennium & Copthorne has seen pre-tax profits rise 24% in the first quarter to £25.9 million.The company said that its London Hotels were a leading contributor to this growth.Revenue per available room (RevPAR) in London grew by 7.0% to £82.96, driven by increases in all hotels with ...read more
CBI predicts economic uplift
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- 03 May 2012 10:51
The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has forecast a "pick up" in recovery for the UK in the remainder of 2012.The CBI had cut its growth forecast for 2012 to 0.6%, from 0.9% estimated in February, after official figures revealed the economy fell back into recession in the first three ...read more
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