Leading racing trainers banned for doping horses with cobalt chrloride January 20, 2016 Two top trainers have been banned from racing after their horses tested positive for doping. Australians Danny O’Brien and Mark Kavanagh – a former Melbourne Cup winner – have been banned for four and three years respectively by local authorities for exceeding the permitted use of cobalt chloride on their horses. The substance can be used [...]
CV format: These things matter the most and least – and you probably don’t even realise January 20, 2016 If you're trying to decide whether to talk up your viewing of a Sunday afternoon movie into "world cinema enthusiast" on your CV, don't bother. If you add travel to the personal interests part of your CV because you enjoy a city break abroad now and then, or fitness when you managed one post-Christmas jog and attempted a [...]
The tradition of Christmas shopping on the high street could be about to come to an end January 20, 2016 We’ve come to that time in the New Year when retailers and investors alike look back on the data accumulated by shops throughout the Christmas season. Next was the first retailer to release the data and it wasn’t great news – either for them or for other high street retailers, as we had disappointing updates from everyone from [...]
WH Smith ups profit guidance after strong Christmas sales – and yes, we’re still buying colouring-in books January 20, 2016 NULL
WH Smith’s share price climbs after stationer ups profit guidance after strong Christmas sales – and yes, we’re still buying colouring-in books January 20, 2016 WH Smith's share price rose this morning, after the stationer said it expects full-year profits to be ahead of expectations, after the group recorded solid growth – with adult colouring-in books once again receiving credit for driving sales. The figures Total sales for the 20 weeks to 16 January across the group rose four per cent, [...]
Every little helps Tesco take on German disruptors January 20, 2016 It seems the Big Four supermarkets are fighting back against German disruptors Aldi and Lidl, with big beast Tesco reporting better-than-expected figures for the Christmas period. Despite gloomy City forecasts, the news saw Tesco shares spike as optimism returned for the future of the embattled retailer with the turnaround being spurred by lower prices on some [...]
Britons’ thirst for prosecco gets sales fizzing at Virgin Wines January 19, 2016 Virgin Wines has posted its strongest Christmas on record after sales of prosecco bubbled over to replace champagne as the fizz of choice over Christmas and New Year. The online wine retailer said it sold 51,000 bottles of prosecco in December alone compared with 38,000 in 2014, which was five times the number of champagne [...]
Tiffany’s share price falls as it reports poor Christmas sales thanks to a strong dollar and weak tourist spending January 19, 2016 Jeweller Tiffany & Co saw its share price tank today, after reporting sales struggled over the Christmas period. Tiffany shares were trading down by around five per cent by late morning in New York. The figures Revenue in the two month holiday period over November and December fell six per cent to to $961m (£679m). On a constant exchange-rate basis, [...]
SCS shares soar as sofa chain hikes full-year profit expectations January 19, 2016 Sofa and floorings chain ScS’s share price has soared by almost 17 per cent after the company said it expects full-year profits to beat City forecasts. In an unscheduled update the retailer, which floated last year, said trading over the key Christmas and January sales period was strong within both its 97 ScS stores and 30 [...]
Pound plummets to lowest value against the US dollar since 2009 January 19, 2016 The pound has fallen to its lowest value against the US dollar since 2009. Sterling rose in the morning to a value $1.43257 before Bank of England chief Mark Carney said now was not the time to raise interest rates. Carney also signalled he was some way off from voting for a rate hike. The pound [...]