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02.01.2024 - 11:00
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Sky News
Aldi and Lidl report ‘best ever’ Christmas sales
Discount supermarket chains Aldi and Lidl have said Christmas 2023 was their “best ever” in the UK.Aldi said sales were more than £1.5bn in the four weeks to 24 December. The company, which has 1,010 stores across the country, said the figure represented a rise of 8% year-on-year and was its “best ever” for the …
02.01.2024 - 10:55
Business
Sky News
UK manufacturing sector shrinks for 17th month in a row
The slump in the UK’s manufacturing industry continued last month with output, new orders and employment all falling, according to a closely-watched survey.Business optimism in the sector also slid to a 12-month low in December, amid client closures and high interest rates, S&P Global/CIPS UK found. The firms’ reported that their manufacturing purchasing managers index …
02.01.2024 - 10:07
Business
Evening Standard
Number of independent vape shops across UK jumps again
02.01.2024 - 09:57
Business
Business Live
South West business leaders recognised in New Year’s Honours List 2024
Glastonbury festival founder Michael Eavis and Wetherspoon’s founder and chairman Tim Martin are among the famous names recognised in the new year honours list, while the archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, leads those rewarded for their work on the coronation of King Charles III. The prominent South West business men were awarded knighthoods in the …
02.01.2024 - 08:50
Business
Sky News
First-time buyers fall to ‘lowest level in a decade’
The number of new first-time buyers with a mortgage fell last year to the UK’s lowest level in a decade, according to a new report.Yorkshire Building Society said around 290,000 first-time property owners entered the mortgage market in 2023 – a decline of more than a fifth on 2022’s total of 370,287. It comes after …
02.01.2024 - 08:00
Business
Euro News
Anti-tax avoidance campaign delivered, just not in court
02.01.2024 - 06:23
Business
Sky News
Sharp increase in new vape shops
More than 230 independent vape shops opened across the UK last year, new figures have revealed.It represents a sharp increase from the 61 new stores which opened in 2022, and a net fall of 23 in 2021, according to a survey of retail areas by the Local Data Company (LDC). The rise comes amid government …
02.01.2024 - 05:00
Business
Euro News
Here’s some of the best options for starting a UK pension
01.01.2024 - 13:11
Business
Sky News
BT chief Jansen approached about WPP chairmanship
Philip Jansen, the outgoing BT Group boss, has been approached about becoming the next chairman of WPP, the FTSE-100 marketing services giant.Sky News has learnt that Mr Jansen, who is to step down from the telecoms company in the spring, is one of a number of prospective candidates to have been sounded out in recent …
01.01.2024 - 09:57
Business
Business Live
The Discovery pub in Cardiff under new ownership
Pub chain Croeso Pubs has further expanded with the acquisition of the Discovery in the Lakeside area of Cardiff. The pub was formerly run by Knife and Fork Food which put its six pubs up for sale last year. The value of the deal has not been disclosed. The Discovery will undergo a £400,000 major …
01.01.2024 - 09:44
Business
Euro News
Google settles lawsuit over tracking people in ‘incognito mode’
01.01.2024 - 09:38
Business
Euro News
North Korea’s Kim orders military to ‘thoroughly annihilate’ US, South Korea if provoked
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