MADE hires fresh Chief Customer Officer just months after it slashed 2022 expectations July 5, 2022 Lifestyle brand Made.com has appointed its first ever Chief Customer Officer Dan Elton as it tries to ride its ongoing difficulties. The role will involve leading MADE’s Marketing, Digital and Customer Experience teams, as well as accelerating MADE’s growth in mainland Europe. It comes after MADE slashed its 2022 expectations back in May, with both [...]
Quiz returns to profit for full year as the party season makes a comeback July 5, 2022 Quiz returned to annual profit this morning thanks to recovering party plans and end of lockdown measures. The British company posted underlying pre-tax profits of £788,000 for the year to March 31 following losses of £9.6m the previous year. It comes after the company reported strong online growth, with a 66 per cent increase in [...]
Superdry designer gets £96k payout in age discrimination claim July 5, 2022 Superdry designer Rachel Sunderland won nearly £100,000 in damages for her age discrimination claim against the high-street clothing brand after she was deemed too old to quit regardless of how she was treated. Sunderland, who is in her fifties and boasts more than 30 years’ design experience, argued that she was repeatedly overlooked for promotion [...]
Revenue climbs for Supreme despite slowdown of lighting vapes July 5, 2022 Vaping giant Supreme posts revenue growth of seven per cent to £130.8m in its full year results thanks to fresh acquisitions and customer momentum for 88vape.
Fresh poll puts Channel 4 at bottom of Tory voters’ wish list July 5, 2022 New polls show that Channel 4 privatisation has the least support out of ten Tory policies that the government want to deliver between now and the next election. According to polling from WPI Strategy, privatisation of the broadcaster as the least support from those who voted Conservative back in 2019.Just 16 per cent of voters [...]
Shares climb for 888 as it feels the afterglow of William Hill takeover July 4, 2022 Shares in 888 climbed this morning the firm’s re-admission into the London Stock Exchange main market for listed securities yesterday amid completion of its William Hill acquisition.
Apple’s retail arm feels sting of store closures as tech giant posts humble growth in UK accounts July 4, 2022 Total turnover for Apple’s Retail UK, Europe and UK team climbed a humble two per cent to £2.3bn in 2021, with total operating profit up 24 per cent to £730m. It comes as Apple Retail UK continued to see the impacts of the pandemic, with turnover at £972m compared to £1.1bn for 2020, as a [...]
Google’s new King’s Cross hub nears completion July 4, 2022 Google has placed the final steel beam on its newest development in King’s Cross at an event attended by Labour leader Keir Starmer and London Mayor Sadiq Khan, marking a major milestone as the project enters its final period of development ahead of opening in 202 4.
MPs call for government crack down on Chinese CCTV surveillance from Hikvision and Dahua July 4, 2022 MPs have called on the government to ban sale and operation of widely-used CCTV brands linked to human rights abuses in China.
Flying above 2019: Ryanair posts busiest month ever with nearly 16m passengers in June alone July 4, 2022 Ryanair had its busiest month ever in last month, flying 15.9 million passengers. Its load factor reached 95 per cent for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic, and topped previous records set in May this year. The budget airline said it operated over 88,500 flights in June, and expects to fly 15 [...]
