Landlords fight retailer Game over rent rules February 9, 2014 LANDLORDS and computer games seller Game will head to the Court of Appeal this week to find out whether the retailer owes rent for the first three months after its collapse into administration in March 2012. Four of the country’s biggest shop landlords – Hammerson, British Land, Intu and Land Securities – argue that the [...]
Amazon extends Sunday delivery to six more cities January 20, 2014 AMAZON will extend the Sunday delivery service that it trialled in London during December to six additional cities around the UK. Customers in Birmingham, Milton Keynes, Oxford, Nottingham, Manchester and Leeds will now be able to order items for delivery on any day of the week as part of Amazon’s Sunday delivery service. Sunday deliveries [...]
Why wait till Christmas? May 6, 2014 Visiting the US convinced Village East’s Toby Stuart of the value of turkey This turkey confit recipe was inspired by a trip to Chicago last summer. It’s a very vibrant city with some of the best chefs in the world working there. The top end of the market is phemomenal but you’ve also got places [...]
Tablets the top pick for iPlayer Xmas viewing January 7, 2014 THE BBC’S iPlayer service saw more viewers tune in on tablets than computers over Christmas for the first time ever. In comparison, last year tablets made up just 21 per cent of iPlayer’s Boxing Day viewers. “2013 truly proved to be the year of the tablet and after they were all unwrapped, Boxing Day saw [...]
London Report: FTSE pauses for breath as sharp rally peters out February 19, 2014 THE UK’S top shares steadied yesterday as analysts bet the strong rally that followed a slump in emerging markets has run out of steam, though Sports Direct gained on robust profits. The FTSE 100 closed up 0.28 points – flat in percentage terms – at 6,796.71 points. It hit 6,810.48, its highest since late January, [...]
Morrisons share price slides as it warns on profit January 9, 2014 WM MORRISON boss Dalton Philips said it missed out on the usual seasonal surge in footfall over Christmas because of competition from discounters and the lack of an online presence, as the supermarket chain was forced to issue a profit warning. The UK’s fourth largest grocer brought forward its trading update by 11 days to deliver [...]
Waitrose checks out 22,000 items a minute on busiest day ever January 8, 2014 Waitrose saw its most successful Christmas on record, with sales for the twelve trading days up to 31 December up 6.5 per cent on the same period of 2012. In the five weeks to Christmas Eve, total sales (excluding fuel) rose 5.4 per cent from a year earlier. The store added that on the 23 [...]
The Road to Cheltenham February 27, 2014 JP MCMANUS has landed some pretty hefty coups at Cheltenham over the years and you can bet your bottom dollar that he will be lining a few up for the handicaps again this season. My Tent Or Yours is his big hope on the first day, but I’m actually more interested in Pendra in the [...]
Domino’s Pizza and Majestic Wines on the Christmas menu January 8, 2014 BRITONS are indulging in fine wine and takeaway pizzas, according to Majestic and Domino’s pizza who both reported strong sales growth yesterday. Majestic’s chief executive Steve Lewis said demand for wines worth over £20 soared over the 10 weeks to 6 January, helping to boost sales at stores open more than a year by 2.8 [...]
MPs grill energy chiefs on power cuts over Xmas January 21, 2014 A COMMITTEE of MPs yesterday lambasted the bosses of energy distribution network companies, after hundreds of thousands of customers were left without power over Christmas. Basil Scarsella, chief executive of UK Power Networks, which distributes energy in London and the south east of England, said that the company’s “tried and tested” plans had struggled to [...]