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Joules secures ESG-linked financing arrangement

Clothing retailer Joules has announced an extension to its current funding arrangements, converting the facility to an ESG-linked financing arrangement.…

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Javid mulls three-year passenger duty holiday for Flybe

Things are not looking rosy for low-cost airline, Flybe, but the chancellor Sajid Javid may have some proposals that save…

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Household spending drops 0.9% in July

Household spending dropped 0.9% in July due to “disappointing growth” in real earnings,  according to Visas’ UK Consumer Spending Index.…

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Retail sales growth slows in July amid heatwave

Total retail sales growth slowed in July according to the latest BRC-KPMG Retail Sales Monitor, growing only 0.5% on a…

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Over 30,000 retailers in ‘significant financial distress’ at end of Q2

Over 30,000 retailers were found to be in “significant financial distress” at the end of June 2018, according to research…

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Hot weather and World Cup fever spurs online retail growth

UK online retail sales were up during June this year, as the hot weather and start of the FIFA World…

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Consumer confidence drops further in April

UK consumer confidence has dropped even further in the month of April, according to market research institute GFK. The institute’s…

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Quarter of major UK retailers likely to suffer ‘financial distress’

A new study of over 1600 larger UK retailers with total assets of £5m or over by Company Watch, a…

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Online retail sales see 13.9% year on year growth

UK online retail sales were up 13.9% year-on-year (YoY) in January, according to the latest figures from the IMRG Capgemini…

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Online retail shows signs of maturing with tough 2018 ahead, says IMRG

The rate of retail sales growth is pointing to a ‘maturing market’, figures from the IMRG Capgemini e-Retail Sales Index…

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