Domino’s Pizza tries to tempt Swiss in fresh expansion drive August 29, 2012 DOMINO’S PIZZA is to step up its expansion across Europe after buying the rights to operate stores in Switzerland, Lichtenstein and Luxembourg. The pizza chain, which has over 700 stores in Britain, Ireland and Germany, yesterday announced it will pay Global Brands £4.7m for Domino’s Switzerland, which already operates 12 outlets in the country. The [...]
Domino’s banks on Olympic boost July 23, 2012 DOMINO’S PIZZA’S chief executive said yesterday he expected the Olympics to provide a welcome boost in sales based on its experience of previous Games, as more people stay at home and order in. “Domino’s had a real uplift during the Sydney Olympics, especially during the opening and closing ceremony when lots of people are at [...]
Domino’s Pizza profits boosted by rain and Euro 2012 July 23, 2012 Britain’s biggest pizza delivery company Domino’s Pizza said pretax profit rose by 13.2 per cent in the first half, as the economic downturn, Euro 2012 and rainy weather led more Britons to stay home and order in pizza. Domino’s, which operates the British and Irish franchises of the global delivery brand, said on Monday pretax [...]
Profits fall at Domino Printing June 26, 2012 Barcode-printer maker Domino Printing Sciences reported a nine per cent fall in first-half profit, as the fallout from the debt crisis in Europe prompted customers to delay orders, and the company said sales for the year would be similar to those achieved last year. For the six months ended 30 April, Domino Printing reported an [...]
RBS and Lloyds results look set to show losses February 24, 2013 STATE-BACKED banks Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds Banking Group are both expected to announce full-year results this week, with analysts forecasting both lenders will remain loss-making. Investec believes RBS, which will deliver its 2012 figures on Thursday, will announce an attributable loss of £2.2bn for the final quarter – or a £5.6bn loss for [...]
Bottom Line: Pay must match performance if firms want to attract the best February 19, 2013 WITH so much focus on the latest bonus controls that EU politicians want to slap on Europe’s banks, it’s sometimes easy to forget just how severely economic uncertainty has already slashed pay. It’s also often forgotten that banks aren’t just populated by the deal-makers that attract the public’s attention – behind every rainmaker there’s a [...]
High street and high-end shops to reveal holiday performances January 7, 2013 A HOST of retailers are due to give a glimpse of how they have performed over the key Christmas period this week. Marks & Spencer is expected to reveal a bruising set of numbers in its trading statement on Thursday. Nomura expects the high street giant to post UK like-for-like sales 1.4 per cent lower [...]
Best of the Brokers January 2, 2013 DOMINO’S PIZZA Numis upgraded the takeaway pizza business to “buy” from “add” and keeps its target of 625p, believing the company is likely to generate strong growth in 2013. Numis expects to see new developments, such as a gluten free menu and higher ecommerce advertising, greater expansion with new stores in the UK and the [...]
January Bank rates are likely to stay steady January 7, 2013 THE European Central Bank (ECB) is likely to keep interest rates on hold when it meets for its first policy meeting this year, analysts predict. “We believe the continued improvement in the forward-looking survey data will have been sufficient to stay the hand of those on the council who last month were willing to wait [...]
FTSE flat as Tullow Oil sinks December 11, 2012 The blue chip index was broadly flat in early trading this morning, as explorer Tullow Oil, which this morning said it was to acquire a Norwegian exploration company and dispose of its North Sea operations, dropped almost five per cent. Miners ENRC and Kazakhmys dropped 2.64 per cent and 1.86 per cent respectively on the [...]