Customers’ own brand switch slows sales growth at Victorian Plumbing February 27, 2024 Customers switching to own brand products because of the cost-of-living crisis impacted sales at Victorian Plumbing during the first part of its financial year, according to new figures.
Without reform, the UK will sleepwalk into another cost of living crisis February 27, 2024 Decades of complacency got us into the cost of living crisis, and we'll face another one if we don't change our ways, writes Adam Hawksbee.
England Rugby World Cup winner Phil Vickery steps down from Raging Bull role February 26, 2024 England Rugby World Cup winner Phil Vickery has stepped down as a director of the Raging Bull clothing brand he founded.
Ofgem drops retail energy price cap to lowest level in two years in boost for households February 23, 2024 Despite welcoming the price cap drop, Ofgem's head has said there are still "big issues" to be tackled
Who is buying London’s mansions? 60 per cent go to wealthy buyers from four countries February 23, 2024 The super-prime market in London is booming. More mansions in the capital are being sold, for higher prices, to an increasingly international base. In 2023, sales of super-luxury new-build London apartments rose by 137 per cent to an average of £4,306 per square foot, according to Beauchamp Estates. Supply of luxury houses has also been boosted by an influx [...]
Lloyds, HSBC, Barclays and Natwest post record £44bn profits from global interest rate hikes February 22, 2024 The UK's biggest banks notched their highest combined annual profits ever last year as interest rate hikes around the world gave lenders gaping margins.
Recession ‘already over’ as economic activity picks up again but inflationary pressures grow February 22, 2024 Figures out last week confirmed that the UK slipped into a shallow recession in the second half of last year.
Gymshark: Profits continue to fall despite surge in sales February 22, 2024 Profits continued to fall at Gymshark during its latest financial year despite its sales surging past £550m, newly-filed documents have revealed.
Digital training programme for businesses launched in latest push for growth February 22, 2024 The latest UK government-funded programme to boost small business growth will give London entrepreneurs free access to digital training and tools until 2025.
We already know how to end rough sleeping, so why haven’t we? February 22, 2024 Instead of criminalising rough sleeping, the government should expand a policy that's proven to work: giving people homes, argues Lucy Kenningham