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Alliance Trust reviews divi | New Ted Baker HQ| Brewin Dolphin

Ted Baker
REFRESH PAGE FOR UPDATES 5pm: London edges higher London traders gave a mixed bag of UK retail sales and business activity figures the benefit of the doubt and marked the FTSERead More

Return to high street

17,000 shops to open as consumers ‘look local’

Stockbridge shops
Local shops are set to thrive Shopping in shops is back. New research by Barclays Corporate Banking reveals that 17,000 local high street stores could open across the UK inRead More

Retailer upbeat

Next shares surge on sales and profits upgrade

Next- Emma Willis
TV presenter Emma Willis has a collection at Next Shares in fashion retailer Next shot up by as much as 9% after saying it was upgrading its profits guidance followingRead More

Daily Business Live

Royal Mail parcels slows | Menzies Aviation| FTSE leaps

Royal Mail parcel post box (pic: Royal Mail)
REFRESH PAGE FOR UPDATES 5pm: FTSE 100 rallies The FTSE 100 rallied, though, was not enough to take the blue-chip index back above the 7,000 point mark, despite a strongRead More

New store

Multrees Walk boost as Canada Goose moves in

Canada Goose
New store in Multrees Walk Canada Goose, an ethical manufacturer and retailer of hard-wearing luxury apparel, is opening its first store in Scotland in the autumn. It has taken aRead More

CMA toughened

Action to halt online rip-offs and fake reviews

Kwasi Kwarteng
Kwasi Kwarteng: public needs confidence Measures to shield the public from rip-off subscription services and fake reviews have been unveiled by the UK Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng. The Westminster GovernmentRead More

Market Report

No Freedom Day lift for FTSE | Henry Boot bullish

Henry Boot
REFRESH PAGE FOR UPDATES 4.45pm: Market bloodbath Freedom Day turned into a bloodbath on the markets today, with the FTSE 100 plunging 163.1 points (2.34%) to 6,844.39 amid growing CovidRead More

Daily Business Live

Covid surge weighs on market | Burberry sales soar

Burberry-Naomi-Campbell
REFRESH PAGE FOR UPDATES 5pm: Rising Covid cases weigh on market Danni Hewson, AJ Bell financial analyst, said:“‘Freedom Day’ [in England] might be looming but it’s hard to stay optimistic whenRead More

Market report

ASOS sees switch to occasion wear | jobless rate falls

Asos
REFRESH PAGE FOR UPDATES 5pm: London lower Stocks in London closed sharply lower amid concern that a spike in coronavirus infections driven by the Delta variant may impact on theRead More

Retail jobs cut

John Lewis and Waitrose planning to cut 1,000 jobs

John Lewis
Store jobs going John Lewis and its supermarket chain Waitrose are to cut 1,000 jobs as adapts to changing shopping habits.  The latest move is part of a plan toRead More