It hasn’t been the best week for National Express investors. The stock, having dropped more than 20 per cent in the past year, has come under more pressure in the past couple of days since the FTSE 250 transport group warned that profit growth would return more slowly than passenger …
Read More »Purr-fect! New stamps capture cat quirks
Royal Mail is launching a new set of stamps featuring images of some of the most popular breeds of cat in the UK. The eight stamps show the animals grooming, stalking, playing, sleeping, staring and stretching. Cats shown on the stamps are Siamese, tabby, ginger, British Shorthair, Maine Coon, black …
Read More »Purr-fect! New stamps capture cat quirks
Royal Mail is launching a new set of stamps featuring images of some of the most popular breeds of cat in the UK. he eight stamps show the animals grooming, stalking, playing, sleeping, staring and stretching. Cats shown on the stamps are Siamese, tabby, ginger, British Shorthair, Maine Coon, black …
Read More »MARKET REPORT: Cheers Ma’am! Platinum Jubilee boosts pub sales 20%
Two of Britain’s top hospitality groups are celebrating the Platinum Jubilee celebrations. The City Pub Group, which runs 42 pubs in southern England and Wales, hailed ‘particularly strong’ sales last week as the bank holiday pushed like-for-like trade up by more than 20 per cent against 2019. It said: ‘Whilst …
Read More »Director dealings: Senior board member buys £26k of Kingfisher shares
B&Q owner Kingfisher was on the list of buys on Wednesday, after its senior independent director spent more than £26k on shares. The FTSE 100 retailer said Catherine Bradley bought 10,000 shares in an open market transaction on Tuesday. Bradley paid 261.7p for each share, spending a total of £26,170 …
Read More »Ten Marlow Schools together in taking part in town eco-day
Ten schools in Marlow will be joining together for an eco day of action which they hope will have a big impact on the town. At an eco-schools conference, held at Marlow CofE Infant School, representatives from the schools discussed how they could mark World Environment Day. It was decided …
Read More »Russia’s Sberbank to close gaming unit as restrictions bite
(Reuters) – Russia’s dominant lender Sberbank on Wednesday said it would close its gaming unit, SberGames, due to external restrictions on Russian developers, as Western sanctions force the company to scale back in areas beyond banking. Sberbank has been developing its non-financial businesses such as e-commerce, technology and cloud services …
Read More »FTSE 100 Closes Down 0.08% as OECD Comments Spark Concern
The FTSE 100 closed Wednesday down 0.08% as global economic risks continue to prompt fears among investors. Royal Mail was the index’s biggest faller, dropping 8%, while Airtel Africa fell 5.2%. “It’s been another day of weakness for markets in Europe after [The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development] followed …
Read More »Postman describes woman as a ‘c***’ in proof of delivery note
Sweary postman brands customer a ‘c***’ in delivery note ‘because he wrongly thought she owned dog that bit him’ Suzannah Ashton ordered clothing worth £72 from Sparkles Boutique last month She contacted the boutique when the package failed to arrive at her house The boutique sent Ms Ashton proof that …
Read More »‘Cushty’ dining show loses Only Fools And Horses copyright battle
A company set up by the creator of the TV sitcom Only Fools And Horses has won a High Court copyright fight with the operators of an “interactive theatrical dining experience”. Shazam Productions, which was set up by writer John Sullivan, who died in 2011, had taken legal action against …
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