Month: February 2020
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Feb- 2020 -11 FebruaryHigh Street
Administrations up 5% in 2019
The number of companies falling into administration across England and Wales increased by just under 5% in 2019, according to…
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11 FebruaryComment
Why Gearbest no longer has the right gear
Doing well online is part and parcel of a business nowadays. It’s well known that people browse and shop online,…
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11 FebruarySport & Leisure
Shoppers could ‘lose out’ in JD Footasylum merger, says CMA
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has provisionally found that the proposed £90m takeover of Footasylum by sportswear rival JD…
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11 FebruaryDepartment Stores
M&S appoints Eoin Tonge as new CFO
Marks and Spencer has appointed Eoin Tonge as its new chief financial officer. Tonge is currently the CFO of Greencore…
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10 FebruaryGovernment
HMRC yields £16 from small businesses for every £1 spent on staff
HMRC’s investigations into individuals and small businesses produced a yield of approximately £16 for every £1 spent on staff last…
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10 FebruaryAnalysis
Ocado ditches Waitrose; Bill gates orders £500m beast-yacht; Boris to lower immigration wage threshold
A busy start to the week in the business pages. As the coronavirus story unfolds I am reluctant to spend…
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10 FebruarySupermarkets
Improved UK supermarket performance sparks property investment surge
Property investors sunk £1.78bn into the UK grocery sector during 2019, with volumes up 80% year-on-year according to Colliers International’s…
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10 FebruaryHigh Street
WH Smith seeking overhaul on rent payment to landlords
WH Smith is reportedly urging its landlords to allow the retailer to delay its rent payments as it looks to…
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10 FebruaryDepartment Stores
Selfridges managing director exits
Simon Forster, managing director of Selfridges has departed from the department store after just over a year in the position.…
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10 FebruaryHigh Street
Shopping centre footfall rises for first time in three years
Consumers were “attracted back” to shopping centres in January, according to Springboard’s latest footfall monitor. Shopping centre footfall increased by…
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