BIG FOUR HIT BACK AT APPRENTICE PUT-DOWN May 12, 2011 EDWARD Hunter, the only City representative on this year’s series of The Apprentice, must be regretting his bold claim that he is “more than just an accountant”. Hunter trained at PwC in Reading before taking a job in the accountancy division of Scottish & Southern Energy, but quit his job this time last year to [...]
Halfords hit by car centre sales slump April 7, 2011 HALFORDS yesterday warned that a dip in sales at its Autocentre servicing shops had forced it to lower its profit forecast. Halfords estimated a year to 1 April pre-tax profit of between £124m and £127m, with group sales of £869m and gross margins broadly flat. The estimate was slightly down on the £127.6m pencilled in [...]
Halfords hit by car centre sales slump April 7, 2011 HALFORDS yesterday warned that a dip in sales at its Autocentre servicing shops had forced it to lower its profit forecast. Halfords estimated a year to 1 April pre-tax profit of between £124m and £127m, with group sales of £869m and gross margins broadly flat. The estimate was slightly down on the £127.6m pencilled in [...]
Royal wedding to boost struggling UK shop sales March 6, 2011 DESPITE sluggish retail sales growth in February, next month’s bank holidays will provide a spring bounce for the high street, accountancy group BDO said today. Like for like sales were up just 0.3 per cent in February compared to the same time last year, the BDO high street sales tracker found. “With January sales and [...]
Athletes step it up on the road to 2012 July 26, 2011 Jenny Meadows, Britain’s leading hope in the 800m, tells Frank Dalleres about nerves, pressure and giving up chocolate for her last Olympics Q. HOW DOES IT FEEL THAT THERE ARE JUST 12 MONTHS TO GO? A. It sparks off a lot of emotions and adrenaline. I’ve got a split personality: if I’ve just done a [...]
Athletes step it up on the road to 2012 July 26, 2011 Jenny Meadows, Britain’s leading hope in the 800m, tells Frank Dalleres about nerves, pressure and giving up chocolate for her last Olympics Q. HOW DOES IT FEEL THAT THERE ARE JUST 12 MONTHS TO GO? A. It sparks off a lot of emotions and adrenaline. I’ve got a split personality: if I’ve just done a [...]
FTSE pushes up despite retail sector woes March 31, 2011 A raft of corporate results today has the potential to move the FTSE in either direction, but it is picking an upward path this morning. Mixed UK economic data has clouded the picture further. The GfK consumer confidence index has stalled at February’s low level on households’ concerns over their finances. Nationwide, however, said house [...]
FTSE pushes up despite retail sector woes March 31, 2011 A raft of corporate results today has the potential to move the FTSE in either direction, but it is picking an upward path this morning. Mixed UK economic data has clouded the picture further. The GfK consumer confidence index has stalled at February’s low level on households’ concerns over their finances. Nationwide, however, said house [...]
Victorian railway murder inspires gripping first novel May 11, 2011 MR. BRIGGS’ HAT BY KATE COLQUHOUN Little Brown, £16.99 by Lucie Greene Mr Briggs’ Hat, the debut novel by award-winning historian Kate Colquhoun, is a current hot pick of the literary press. And it’s easy to see why. This is a rip-roaring tale of murder and intrigue set in 1864. The story – based on [...]
Victorian railway murder inspires gripping first novel May 11, 2011 MR. BRIGGS’ HAT BY KATE COLQUHOUN Little Brown, £16.99 by Lucie Greene Mr Briggs’ Hat, the debut novel by award-winning historian Kate Colquhoun, is a current hot pick of the literary press. And it’s easy to see why. This is a rip-roaring tale of murder and intrigue set in 1864. The story – based on [...]