A busy week on the high street as retailers report September 13, 2009 It’s time to hit the high street this week, with a whole host of retailers updating the market. In keeping with that theme, the Office of National Statistics will tomorrow release the Retail Prices Index data for August, which is expected to show that prices fell 1.5 per cent year-on-year, compared to a decline of [...]
A busy week on the high street as retailers report September 13, 2009 It’s time to hit the high street this week, with a whole host of retailers updating the market. In keeping with that theme, the Office of National Statistics will tomorrow release the Retail Prices Index data for August, which is expected to show that prices fell 1.5 per cent year-on-year, compared to a decline of [...]
BROWN FIGHTS FOR HIS POLITICAL LIFE … September 27, 2009 GORDON Brown yesterday pledged to impose the most draconian curbs on bank bonuses of any country in the world, as he launched a last-ditch fightback to save himself from humiliation at next year’s general election. The Prime Minister, who spoke at the Labour Party conference in Brighton yesterday, was under intense pressure to rally the [...]
Big Yellow buoyant despite revenue fall July 7, 2009 SELF-STORAGE firm Big Yellow Group yesterday reported a slump in quarterly revenues but said trading conditions were beginning to improve. Store revenue for the quarter was £13.5m, six per cent lower than the £14.3m recorded in the same period last year, but up one per cent from £13.4m in the quarter to 31 March. Wholly-owned [...]
YES, RECOVERY WILL BE LONG AND HARD June 28, 2009 JANE FOLEYRESEARCH DIRECTOR, FOREX.COM HAVING rallied between March and early June on the expectation that the global economic downturn could be in the process of bottoming, the market is displaying a reluctance to extend risk. The reason is clear – economic data may have improved, but they are not yet sufficiently strong to confirm that [...]