Topps Tiles share price up on record sales of £130m despite inflation throwing wrench into profits May 23, 2023 Shares in Topps Tiles soared 4.57 per cent this morning as the retailer reported “record” earnings in the first half of the year, crediting a cooling of high inflation and recruitment woes. The London-listed business said sales were up 9.3 per cent year on year to £130.3m, and group gross profit grew 2.7 per cent [...]
John Allan: Tesco chair now also quits Barratt role fearing misconduct claims may become ‘disruptive’ May 23, 2023 Tesco chair John Allan will quit his role at the top of Barratt Developments, fearing sexual misconduct claims which he staunchly denies will become “disruptive. The London-listed housebuilder told investors this morning that Allan would step aside from the role he has chaired for nine years at the end of next month – three months [...]
Shack up or ship out – why London’s rental market is no place for singles May 23, 2023 London’s notoriously cut-throat rental market has long lured couples into cohabitation in desperate efforts to save costs as opposed to it being the next natural step in the relationship. However, over the past 12 months a cocktail of shrinking supply and rising rents has made trying to find a home or even a room in [...]
Meta slapped with whopping £1bn fine over Facebook data breach May 22, 2023 Meta, the owner of Instagram, Facebook and Whatsapp, has been slapped with a record €1.2bn (£1bn) fine by the Ireland's data protection agency over its transfer of European users’ Facebook data to its US server.
Bizarre Phillip Schofield tribute delivered by Alison Hammond and Dermot O’Leary on This Morning May 22, 2023 It’s the first time This Morning has been aired since Phillip Schofield announced he was leaving the show over the weekend. Friday hosts Alison Hammond and Dermot O’Leary stepped up to present this morning, with Holly Willoughby off this week, and the presenters headed up the show with a bizarre tribute to the former host. [...]
AIM ESG Performance: Social Mobility in Financial Services May 22, 2023 | Sponsored Addidat has collaborated with Nurole on its AIM ESG series, providing information about AIM companies’ ESG requirements and performance, along with practical suggestions about what firms can do to improve. This article focuses on key aspects of the social performance of companies operating in the Financial Services sector, in terms of their progress on social [...]
Downton Abbey ‘set for grand comeback’ 8 years after show’s finale May 22, 2023 It sounds like the legendary Downton Abbey cast are set for a comeback, with the show reportedly set to make a huge return. It’s been eight years since Downton Abbey bowed out, with the original series running from 2011 to 2016, It followed the lives of the Crawley family who lived in Downton Abbey in the [...]
Slow start to the crypto week as markets await signals May 22, 2023 The price of Bitcoin was around $26.8k this morning, while Ethereum remains unchanged from yesterday at around $1.8k.
AIM ESG Performance: Energy & Basic Materials May 22, 2023 | Sponsored Addidat has collaborated with Nurole on its AIM ESG series, providing information about AIM companies’ ESG requirements and performance, along with practical suggestions about what firms can do to improve. This article focuses on key aspects of the environmental performance of companies operating in the Energy & Basic Materials sectors. Energy and basic materials companies [...]
Begbies Traynor: Jump in businesses going bust lifts firm’s profit guidance May 22, 2023 Begbies Traynor expects its annual sales and profits to trade ahead of market expectations thanks to a surge in the number of businesses going insolvent.