Booker rises above retail gloom with jump in sales July 6, 2011 BRITAIN’S biggest cash and carry wholesaler has defied the retail sector gloom with a sales lift. Booker, which runs more than 170 branches in the UK, saw like-for-like sales rise by 7.4 per cent in the 12 weeks to 17 June. Non-tobacco sales were up 5.7 per cent and tobacco sales up 10.1 per cent, [...]
Booker rises above retail gloom with jump in sales July 6, 2011 BRITAIN’S biggest cash and carry wholesaler has defied the retail sector gloom with a sales lift. Booker, which runs more than 170 branches in the UK, saw like-for-like sales rise by 7.4 per cent in the 12 weeks to 17 June. Non-tobacco sales were up 5.7 per cent and tobacco sales up 10.1 per cent, [...]
BEST OF THE BROKERS July 24, 2011 BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO Ahead of first-half results on 27 July, Citi rates the tobacco group as a “hold”, and lifts its target price from 2800p to 2890p. The broker also lifts its forecasts three per cent above consensus having upped its estimates for Asia to take into account a boost in the Japanese market, following [...]
BEST OF THE BROKERS July 24, 2011 BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO Ahead of first-half results on 27 July, Citi rates the tobacco group as a “hold”, and lifts its target price from 2800p to 2890p. The broker also lifts its forecasts three per cent above consensus having upped its estimates for Asia to take into account a boost in the Japanese market, following [...]
Young’s profit is up after food sales lift May 26, 2011 YOUNG’S Brewery yesterday announced a profit rise – fuelled by food sales and a strong performance at its managed pub division. Adjusted operating profit at Young’s Brewery increased by 7.1 per cent to £21.7m in the year to 4 April. The revenues increased nearly 12 per cent to £142.6m and the dividend per share was [...]
‘I’ve been physically and mentally abused many times at games in UK’ November 7, 2011 TOPICS of conversation are not hard to come by with Tony Fernandes, the gregarious Malaysian entrepreneur who recently added Premier League football club Queens Park Rangers to an empire that includes AirAsia and Formula One racing team Lotus. In a whirlwind half-hour he explains his recipe for business success, discusses QPR becoming bigger than Liverpool [...]
Booker bucks grim retail trend with sales rise July 6, 2011 Britain’s biggest cash and carry wholesaler Booker said it was on course to meet full-year expectations as it posted a rise in first-quarter sales, showing its resilience against a weak industry backdrop. The firm, which runs over 170 branches supplying convenience stores, restaurants, pubs, schools and prisons, said on Wednesday its total sales in the [...]
Booker bucks grim retail trend with sales rise July 6, 2011 Britain’s biggest cash and carry wholesaler Booker said it was on course to meet full-year expectations as it posted a rise in first-quarter sales, showing its resilience against a weak industry backdrop. The firm, which runs over 170 branches supplying convenience stores, restaurants, pubs, schools and prisons, said on Wednesday its total sales in the [...]
Mayor to back Saatchi’s office revamp plans June 29, 2011 SAATCHI & SAATCHI looks set to press ahead with plans to redevelop its Fitzrovia offices after Mayor of London Boris Johnson signalled he will approve the scheme. Camden Council had rejected the proposals after residents raised concerns that the area is already over developed and will suffer from the extra workers. The ad agency wants to almost [...]
GOODMANS RAISES THE STEAKS IN MAYFAIR August 23, 2011 CONTINUING the theme of the boom in the City’s resurgent restaurant scene, as reported yesterday, The Capitalist hears steakhouse Goodmans is plotting not one but two launches for November. One is a traditional Goodmans restaurant on the South Quay at Canary Wharf to complement the City and Mayfair venues. The other marks a new direction [...]