Jaguar Land Rover puts brakes on as car sales slump 30% since start of the year as lockdown bites JLR suffered slumps in both Europe and China, sources said It is also understood to have suffered a fall in demand for diesel cars JLR had been due to reopen its UK assembly plants later this … Read more
Booming electric bike sales over Christmas keep Halfords on track to meet its annual profit prediction By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 BST, 16 January 2020 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 16 January 2020 Booming sales of electric bikes in the run-up to Christmas have helped Halfords stick to its full-year profit guidance. … Read more
Games Workshop shares march higher after the Warhammer creator hands out £5m in staff bonuses (again) and sales surpass £250m Games Workshop shares jumped 5% on Friday after the firm updated the market It said it has handed out more than £5million in staff bonuses this year The firm said it expects its full-year sales … Read more
Police are browsing supermarket aisles in a bid to catch shoppers trying to buy ‘non-essential’ items during the Easter weekend as top cops warned they would set up road blocks to grill motorists on whether their trips were legitimate. Several police forces across the country threatened to ‘check the items in baskets and trolleys’ today … Read more
Sales of paddling pools and barbecues have skyrocketed in the lead up to the Easter weekend as Brits prepare for a sun-drenched lockdown in the back garden after police threatened to stomp out all non-essential travel. Forecasts for warm and sunny weather for much of the double Bank Holiday weekend has seen garden items such … Read more
Lockdown UK turns to drink and Disney: Booze sales soar as 23m sign up to the new streaming service By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 BST, 9 April 2020 | Updated: 22:02 BST, 9 April 2020 Life under lockdown has driven us to spend more nights in front of the telly with … Read more
Wagamama owner The Restaurant Group expects sales to drop by 50% this year – and furloughs 20,000 staff By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:55 BST, 8 April 2020 | Updated: 22:18 BST, 8 April 2020 Wagamama owner The Restaurant Group expects sales will drop by 50pc this year – and has furloughed … Read more
Tesco’s sales are up almost a third in a month because of coronavirus stockpiling but Britain’s biggest retailer will still grab a controversial tax break worth up to £700million, it was revealed today. The Government has been urged to rethink its taxpayer-funded 12-month business rates holiday for Britain’s largest supermarkets, who will together save an estimated £3billion … Read more
Tesco’s monthly sales are up 30 per cent because of ‘significant panic buying’ during the UK’s unprecedented coronavirus lockdown, it was revealed today. Britain’s biggest retailer also says its annual pre-tax profits hit £1.3billion in the year to February – down 19% mainly due to poor performance in European stores – but shareholders have still been promised … Read more
Sales of emergency contraception increase by 122% in a month as couples spend more time together at home during lockdown Sales of emergency contraception increased by 122% on an online pharmacy Dr Diana Gall says increase is because couples are spending more time together By Emer Scully For Mailonline Published: 16:32 BST, 7 April 2020 … Read more