Morrisons to expand Amazon online delivery service across UK June 13, 2019 Supermarket Morrisons said today it will expand its online delivery partnership with Amazon to more cities across the UK. The Morrisons at Amazon service allows Amazon Prime customers to receive online same day grocery deliveries in Leeds, Manchester, Birmingham and parts of London and the home counties. Customers can order groceries online which are picked [...]
Lidl unveils £500m London expansion plan for 40 new stores June 12, 2019 Lidl has unveiled a £500m expansion plan to create 40 new stores in the capital, including its first central London store. The German discount supermarket said the openings would create 1,500 new jobs over the next five years. Read more: Big Four supermarkets stall amid fast rise of Lidl and Aldi A proposed Tottenham Court [...]
Asda leads way as supermarkets slash fuel prices June 5, 2019 Drivers will get a boost at the pumps as Asda led supermarkets to cut prices this week. The supermarket will tomorrow slash prices by 3p per litre of diesel at all its 322 petrol stations across the UK, and 1p for petrol. Read more: Oil prices hit four-month low It brings the price to 128.7p [...]
Retail Sales Hit by Biggest Slump on Record June 4, 2019 Retail sales have taken a dramatic tumble in May, as already challenging retail conditions are set against a background of Brexit uncertainty. In total, sales for May declined by 2.7 per cent, the biggest drop since the British Retail Consortium (BRC) started the monthly survey 24 years ago. Britain’s retailers are warning that the decline [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Sir Dragonet has come a long way since Tipperary win May 31, 2019 WITH no less than seven runners in Saturday afternoon’s Investec Derby (4.30pm), Aidan O’Brien has a very strong chance of securing a record equalling seventh win in the world’s most famous Flat race. O’Brien’s runners have been popular in the betting since the end of last summer and ante-post punters may have already invested in [...]
Sydney shares cheer Australia’s centre-right election triumph May 29, 2019 Australian share prices are on a roll after the shock election victory earlier this month of the ruling Liberal-Nation coalition. The centre-right government returned to power in Canberra despite consistent opinion poll leads for the opposition Labor Party. The ASX 200 index, comprising the shares of the 200 largest companies listed on the Australian Stock [...]
Big Four supermarkets stall amid fast rise of Aldi and Lidl May 29, 2019 The UK’s Big Four supermarkets all failed to post a rise in sales during the last quarter as they battled it out with the German discounters to keep their market share in an increasingly competitive landscape. While Tesco’s overall sales were flat in the 12 weeks to 19 May, its performance trumped the likes of [...]
Puzzled over Australia’s shock election result? Economics can help explain May 22, 2019 The surprise of the week was the re-election of the centre-right Coalition government in the Australian General Election. The Labor opposition had led every major opinion poll for the past two years. But Scott Morrison of the Coalition is still Prime Minister – and it is his Labor opponent who is resigning as leader. Economists, regardless [...]
City Moves for 22 May – Who’s switching jobs at Neuro-Insight, Cushman & Wakefield and Airship? May 21, 2019 Today's City Moves include Neuro-Insight, Cushman & Wakefield and Airship. Neuro-Insight Neuro-Insight, a neuromarketing and neuroanalytics company that uses unique brain-imaging technology to measure how the brain responds to communications, has promoted Shazia Ginai to the role of UK chief executive. She will replace the current UK chief executive, Heather Andrew as she steps down [...]
Horse Racing: Dragonet set to lead good crew from Ballydoyle in Investec Derby May 21, 2019 DESPITE a sharp drift in the betting a few days ago casting major doubt over the participation of Aidan O’Brien’s ante post Investec Derby favourite Sir Dragonet, the latest report from the trainer suggests otherwise. Speaking at the annual Breakfast with the Stars event at Epsom Downs Racecourse yesterday, the six-time Derby-winning trainer far from [...]