Bumper week of UK results as oil majors update the market – London Report July 26, 2015 THIS week sees dozens of companies reporting results, while data on manufacturing orders and mortgage approvals should reveal that both markets are on the up. The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) is expected to report a modest pick-up in manufacturing orders in July, in data out today. Data on GDP growth, out tomorrow, is expected [...]
Sleeping strategies to give you a boost: Embrace the pre-industrial phenomenon of segmented sleep October 14, 2015 The British musician Max Richter recently released his latest composition. “Sleep” is a lullaby for the digital age which lasts more than eight hours. Barring notable exceptions, like Spain, developed nations have long given credence to the view that eight hours of uninterrupted sleep is key to a balanced mood and high performance at work. [...]
UK house prices: The number of new houses being built has actually fallen August 20, 2015 Given we're in the midst of a housing crisis, and the government has made all manner of promises to increase the number of homes being built, this is hardly encouraging: new figures have shown the number of new housing starts actually fell to 33,280 in the second quarter, six per cent lower than the same [...]
Gatwick airport partners with budget airline WestJet as runway expansion report looms June 16, 2015 Canadian budget airline WestJet has selected Gatwick as its first English destination from Canada, in a boon to the airport’s expansion campaign. WestJet’s wide-body Boeing 767-300 aircraft will begin flying the route next year, with the Canadian airports yet to be determined. WestJet boss Gregg Saretsky said Gatwick is the “ideal airport” for its first [...]
Greggs profits fatten with health drive of sandwiches and coffee September 15, 2014 Greggs’ like-for-like profits rose 5.4 per cent in the last quarter after the bakery famous for sausage rolls modernised its line with healthy sandwiches and better coffee. The Newcastle-headquartered chain said sales grew by four per cent in the 11 weeks to 13 September, compared to the same time last year. The company said this [...]
Best of the Brokers for 13 May 2015 May 12, 2015 To appear in Best of the Brokers, email your research to notes@cityam.com THE RESTAURANT GROUP Berenberg said The Restaurant Group now looks undervalued against peers such as Domino’s Pizza, Greggs and Patisserie Valerie and reiterated its “buy” recommendation. The broker also kept a target price of 800p on the stock, which it said offered an [...]
Greggs share price dips after ‘scum’ logo hack August 19, 2014 Pasty purveyor Greggs came in for a social media battering today after it emerged that someone had messed with the baker's logo. People Googling to look for the business – which now claims to have more UK outlets than McDonalds – found its strapline suddenly claimed it had been “providing shit to scum for [...]
Greggs share price dips after ‘scum’ logo hack August 19, 2014 Pastie purveyor Greggs came in for a social media battering today after it emerged that some wag had messed with the baker's logo. People Googling to look for the business found it strapline suddenly claimed it had been “providing shit to scum for over 70 years”. Twitter was immediately all over it, with Greggs' [...]
Greggs scum hack prompts Twitter team to “bribe” Google with doughnuts August 19, 2014 Greggs bakery’s cheeks were left burning as hot as the middle of its sausage rolls yesterday, when someone who Googled the firm found that its logo had been hacked to read “providing shit to scum for 70 years”. Naturally, the news went viral and Greggs was trending on Twitter. “We are aware of the [...]
Greggs’ fattens sales as Britons feast on its healthier snacks July 30, 2014 GREGGS said its new blend of coffee and slimmed down range of sandwiches were helping to fatten up sales as the bakery chain posted a strong first half yesterday. Sales rose 3.1 per cent to £373m in the six months to 28 June while likefor- like sales jumped 3.2 per cent, helped by weak comparatives [...]