Card Factory shares plummet despite first interim dividend in five years and ‘resilient’ results Retail Shares in personalised gift and party supply business Card Factory have slumped despite the return of its interim dividend after a revenue boost. The company announced the recommencement of an interim dividend of 1.2p, “demonstrating commitment to delivering progressive returns to shareholders”. However, its share price fell by nearly 20 per cent in early trades. The [...]
Carmen is a poisoned chalice and Carlos Acosta drinks deeply Carmen is a heroine who embodies the mid-nineteenth century bourgeois male idea that, left to their primitive, natural state, untouched by either Church or society’s civilising conventions, women are sexually irrepressible, promiscuous, fickle and dishonourable. The only profession they’d be qualified for, her creator (the French novelist Prosper Mérimée) reckons, is rolling cigars in a [...]
Card Factory’s chairman sent warning by shareholders Retail Almost a quarter of shareholders in Card Factory voted to oust its chairman at the company's annual general meeting.
Clintons: Card giant axes stores and hundreds of staff as it slips back into the red June 13, 2024 Gift card giant Clintons has fallen back into the red after laying off hundreds of staff and closing more than 50 UK stores, as its owners grapple with its customers' changing shopping habits.
FTSE 100 today: London markets to scale to new highs on growing rate cut bets, riding global rally wave May 7, 2024 Asian markets surged in line with Wall Street's positive trend, while oil prices rose after Israel's strike in Gaza. Gold prices also climbed amid geopolitical uncertainties. Australia's central bank holds the cash rate at 4.35 per cent. Investors are now focused on the Bank of England (BoE) policy decision and UK GDP data for further market cues.
Card Factory: Shares rocket as investors cheer ‘solid’ performance April 30, 2024 Shares in personalised gift and party supply business Card Factory grew eight per cent in early trade, as the firm resumed its dividend payout and reported a rise in revenue.
Taiwan: UK chip industry ‘very exposed’ amid semiconductor giant’s political turmoil January 15, 2024 Taiwan produces over 90 per cent of the world's most advanced microchips, which are used to power critical digital infrastructures.
How Oris became the coolest watch brand in Switzerland December 13, 2023 In the last couple of years, it has increased its threat from double to triple as Oris has started experimenting with technologies never seen before in watchmaking
Alstom UK boss: Give clarity over Derby plant future or ‘it all goes’ December 6, 2023 Suppliers of Alstom's Derby plant are already facing liquidation, its UK chief has warned as a deadline for clarity over its future approaches.
Regatta: Questions asked after Chinese prisoner’s ID reportedly found in lining of coat at UK sale December 1, 2023 Regatta is in the spotlight as concerns are raised after a Chinese prisoner’s ID was reportedly found in a customer’s coat lining. The coat was purchased by a woman in Derbyshire as part of the British coat brand’s Black Friday sale, the Guardian reported today, but what she received wasn’t quite what she was expecting. [...]