WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING January 10, 2010 THE SUNDAY The Sunday Telegraph GOOGLE BOSS WARNS UK OVER DEBT MOUNTAIN The chief executive of Google, Eric Schmidt, has given warning to the UK and other western governments that reducing their massive deficits will be far harder than in America because of the dollar’s status as the world’s reserve currency. PET CHAIN SUITORS GIVEN [...]
Poundland profits up on slump June 1, 2009 EUROPE’S largest single price discounter, Poundland, will today prove that it is continuing to buck the retail gloom and report a 47 per cent jump in annual operating profit. The group said for the year to 29 March operating profit rose to £11.8m from £8m the year before. And earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and [...]
Pound stores pull posh punters September 3, 2009 The number of pound stores has risen by 60 per cent in the last two years as posh shoppers have developed an eye for a bargain in the downturn. According to new research by the Local Data Company, just under half of the 1,423 discount stores are in London and the South East and, for [...]