GENERAL MERCHANDISE 10 January, 2023 | by Angela Beevers Greeting cards retailer Card Factory has reported trading ahead of expectations after it benefited from customers’ continued return to the high street. Sales in the 11 months to 31 December rose to £432.6 million from £337.3 in the same period in …
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Patients have been warned of ‘significant delays’ in emergency responses to 999 calls as ambulance workers prepare to walk out on strike. Members of the GMB and Unison unions will take strike action on Wednesday, 11 January, and NHS Hull University Teaching Hospitals Trust said it had been preparing for …
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Heavy metal legends Iron Maiden are being honored with their own set of British postage stamps. Available Jan. 12, the Iron Maiden collection of 12 includes eight commemorative stamps featuring live performance images of the band—depicting the members of Iron Maiden, currently consisting of vocalist Bruce Dickinson, bassist Steve Harris, …
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The Queen Consort has been ‘left astounded’ by Prince Harry’s comments in his book and press tour, sources have claimed. The Duke of Sussex, 38, has launched a series of extraordinary attacks on King Charles’s wife Camilla, including branding her ‘dangerous’ and a ‘villain’, as he continues his publicity blitz …
Read More »A new winter of discontent is under way. Strike action on a scale not seen since the 1980s will affect millions as public sector workers demand pay rises to match spiralling inflation. The government will today unveil its plans for new laws to limit the ability to strike, and has …
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R etailer Card Factory has upgraded its full-year earnings outlook, despite revealing a hit to its online sales from recent postal strikes. The greetings card and gifts group said store sales rose 7.1% on a like-for-like basis in the 11 months to the end of December as shoppers returned to …
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Letters offering council tenants the chance to withdraw from controversial solar energy contracts have been delayed due to postal strikes. But the Community Energy Scheme says that its customers will still have time to decide whether to take up the offer when they receive the letter. More than 5,000 council …
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Jan 10 (Reuters) – British greeting cards retailer Card Factory (CARDC.L) forecast annual core earnings ahead of market expectations on Tuesday as people rushed to its high-street stores to buy Christmas cards amid strikes at Royal Mail, which hurt online sales. The company expects full-year core earnings to be at …
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By David Hartwig Details on the 2023 commemorative stamp program for Great Britain’s Royal Mail have been made available. As reported on page 1 of the Jan. 23 issue of Linn’s, the program will start Jan. 12 with 12 stamps honoring the heavy metal band Iron Maiden. A Feb. 16 …
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Three things you need to know in the financial markets today from investment writer, Tony Cross. #1. AO World’s unscheduled trading update sees EBITA guidance upped AO World [LON:AO.], the online electrical retailer, has this morning published an unscheduled trading update. Previously announced cost reduction strategies are yielding results, leading …
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