Esquire Coffee owner cheers sales rise as it plots store expansion April 15, 2024 Cooks Coffee, the owner of Esquire Coffee in the UK and Ireland, said sales continued to rise in the year to March.
Greggs off to better start after swinging to first ever loss in 2020 March 16, 2021 Greggs said that it had made a stronger-than-expected start to 2021 after seeing sales slip back last year as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. The impact of the pandemic meant the baked goods peddler swung to a £13m loss, a huge flip from the £108m profit it made the prior year. That beat the [...]
Central London to get ‘half a dozen’ new Greggs stores following rent bonfire March 16, 2021 Half a dozen new Greggs stores will open up in zones one and two in central London, including in the City of London, after falling rents in the capital made London spaces more attractive. Greggs reported its first annual loss today since listing on the stock exchange in 1984, after coronavirus restrictions forced store closures [...]
London is not a 24-hour city – and Khan needs to change that March 11, 2024 Sadiq Khan must pledge to do more to support our night time industries, making sure they thrive rather than survive.
Allianz loses appeal in Covid-19 business interruption case January 16, 2024 Allianz has lost an appeal in a major Covid-19 business interruption claim in a decision that looks set to close a chapter of major court battles linked to such disputes.
US lands on moon for first time in 52 years with spacecraft the size of a red phone box February 23, 2024 Intuitive Machines’s Nova-C Odysseus lander touched down on the Moon at 23.23pm UK time on Thursday.
Greggs expects £15m full-year loss as coronavirus restrictions bite January 6, 2021 Greggs will swing to a full-year loss of up to £15m due to the impact of coronavirus lockdowns on trading, the high street bakery chain announced this morning. The company, which has cut 820 jobs due to the crisis, said the drop in demand means it expects to report a loss before tax for 2020 [...]
Greggs to cut 820 jobs as Covid-19 impact bites November 13, 2020 Greggs will cut 820 shop staff jobs as it expects trading to remain below normal for the foreseeable future due to the Covid-19 pandemic, a company spokeswoman confirmed this evening. In September Greggs launched a consultation with union and employee representatives and was aiming to minimise job losses by negotiating reduced staff hours. The company [...]
Exclusive: The City’s best-known headhunter on decades in the midst of the action September 22, 2022 One of London’s biggest executive search companies, Anthony Gregg Partnership, is celebrating its 20th year in business this week. Time for City A.M. to sit down with chief executive Tony Gregg to look back on the last two decades as he opens up about what the anniversary means to him and to hear what the Square Mile insider [...]
Post Office spent £24m on legal disclosure advice as inquiry is held up by failures November 20, 2023 The Post Office has spent nearly £25m over the last year on external legal advice for disclosure, as the inquiry is held up with failures.