Suns star Rankine pays price for AFL slump By Australian Associated Press Published: 00:55 EDT, 29 July 2021 | Updated: 00:55 EDT, 29 July 2021 Gold Coast small forward Izak Rankine’s poor AFL form has cost the youngster, with the Suns dumping the 21-year-old back to the reserves. The No. 3 pick at the 2018 … Read more
Factory growth hits ten-year high: Britain comes roaring back from pandemic slump as manufacturing soars Factories in Britain ramped up output at the quickest rate since late 2020 UK Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index hit a reading of 58.9 in March Optimism in Britain came in stark contrast to the mood across the Channel By Lucy … Read more
UK’s Covid slump was even WORSE than thought last Spring but the recovery has been faster fuelling hopes of strong bounceback The ONS says the UK’s downturn was even steeper than thought last Spring But the recovery has been faster since meaning recession was slightly smaller The findings will fuel hopes of a strong bounceback … Read more
Gucci suffered a Christmas sales slump as super-rich tourists were forced to stay home By Tom Witherow For The Daily Mail Published: 22:05 GMT, 17 February 2021 | Updated: 22:30 GMT, 17 February 2021 Gucci sales fell over Christmas as the collapse in super-rich tourists heading to London, Paris, Milan and New York hit business … Read more
Unilever hit by beauty sales slump as Britons dodge deodorants and make up in lockdown By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 GMT, 4 February 2021 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 4 February 2021 Nowhere to go: Life in lockdown has led to a slump in sales of Unilever’s beauty products Life in lockdown … Read more
BP racks up a £13bn loss in ‘brutal’ year as slump in oil prices hammers business By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 22:53 GMT, 2 February 2021 | Updated: 22:53 GMT, 2 February 2021 BP has racked up its biggest-ever annual loss after a slump in oil prices hammered its business. In an … Read more
Bonmarché, the value-oriented clothing retailer, went into administration for the second time in a year on 2 December 2020. There are 226 stores and more than 1200 employees. It is owned as a separate business by Philip Day, whose EWM is also in crisis (see below). Philip Day put this company into administration a few … Read more
Eurostar bosses see horrifying 94% slump in passengers since Covid-19 pandemic as cross-Channel rail service faces desperate battle to survive Fall in passenger numbers sparks fresh call for joint UK-French support package Officials from both sides continued talks in a bid to strike a deal amid fears Eurostar is facing bankruptcy One rescue option would … Read more
High Street sales slaughter: Shops in Tier Four towns and cities suffer 72% slump in crucial post-Christmas footfall compared to year before Footfall in Tier 4 locations 72.2% lower than last year, Springboard data shows High Streets were forced to pull down the shutters amid draconian restrictions Pandemic had already sounded the death knell for … Read more
BUSINESS LIVE: FTSE and pound slump as new Covid strain crisis grips the nation; Frasers Group warns on profits; Arcadia sells Evans to Australian firm By This Is Money Published: 08:40 GMT, 21 December 2020 | Updated: 08:40 GMT, 21 December 2020 The FTSE 100 and the pound are deep in the red this morning … Read more