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WH Smith workers' data hacked as retailer hit by cyber attack
Retail & High Street
The Swindon-headquartered firm said the hack had not impacted its trading activities or customer accounts and databases
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Leicester, Nottingham and Derby shop closures slowing
Retail & High Street
Sector partly helped by a bounce-back in businesses such as takeaways, convenience stores, DIY and pet stores
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North East fashion giant END. opens first overseas store in Milan
Retail
END. was first established 18 years ago in a small shop on Newcastle’s High Bridge but the firm now employs more than 700 people
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Pop-up business plan for Nottingham Broad Marsh area – and here’s how to apply
Retail & High Street
First pop-ups could launch at end of the year and could be allowed to stay for five years
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Shop worker sentenced for selling dodgy cigarettes
Crime
Trading Standards said he was convicted for similar offence in 2015 so 'was well aware that what he was doing was wrong'
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Sales and profits continue to improve at Protein Works
North West
Protein Works was founded by chief executive Mark Coxhead, who was marketing director of MyProtein from 2008 to 2012, which is now owned by THG.
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Sainsbury’s to close huge Argos depot in Greater Manchester as over 1,400 jobs put at risk
North West
Trade union Unite said that there was no 'economic justification' for the closures
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Profits slump at builders’ merchant Travis Perkins forced 400 jobs to be cut and 19 branches to close
Retail & High Street
Northampton-based business made cuts from its 20,000-strong workforce and 1,500 branches
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Revealed: The nine buildings shortlisted for a Royal Institute of British Architects East Midlands Award in 2023
property news
Rural homes and a museum are among the buildings that have been singled out
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Third generation chair of agricultural machiney specialist Peacock and Binnington passes away
People
Michael Peacock, who devoted much of his life to the family firm - 'steering the course for many decades' - was 89.
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Online electricals giant AO hikes earnings outlook for the third time in three months after cost-cutting success
North West
The group had already increased earnings guidance in November and again in January as its turnaround plan to strip out costs has been bearing fruit
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Kitwave revenues top £500m thanks to recovering market and acquisitions
Company Results
The AIM listed group's strategy is to consolidate some of the fragmented food wholesale market
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Bristol giving platform reports workforce and clients growth
Social Enterprise
Tech firm Neighbourly helps businesses, including major supermarkets and retailers, to connect with charitable causes in the local communities they operate in
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Iconic fashion retailer Hervia with 'supergroup' plans reopens after transformation
North West
In the 1990s, Hervia made its name because of its popularity among The Haçienda nightclub-goers
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Paperchase administration to boost Begbies Traynor
North West
Begbies Traynor has told investors that its financial performance in the three-month period has been in line with the first half of its year
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Developer Modo Bloc reveals plans for £2.1m job-creating commercial property development in Sunderland
Retail & High Street
'This is a small but exciting commercial development that has attracted two high quality retail tenants,' says MD George Jenkins
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Bristol pharmacy tech firm grows workforce amid ‘deluge’ of demand
Technology
Titan PMR has developed a cloud-based software that helps pharmacies to manage medicine dispensing and control of business activities
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Lavish Alice: Wholesale arm of fashion brand worn by celebrities goes into administration amid restructure
North West
Brand worn by stars from Kylie Jenner to Lindsay Lohan goes online-only as owner vows 'the Lavish Alice journey is only just beginning'
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Italian restaurant group takes full ownership of Dorset eatery
Restaurants
Family-run Tamburino has two other restaurants in Yeovil and Street in Somerset
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Prices rises and Amazon recovery help improve profits at Science in Sport
North West
Science in Sport has deals with the likes of Ineos Grenadiers cycling team and Tottenham Hotspur as well as the Milwaukee Bucks
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The Original Factory Shop guarantees interviews for redundant Wilko, New Look, Argos, B&Q, M&Co, Paperchase and TK Maxx staff
North West
New figures recently revealed that º£½ÇÊÓƵ retailers have slashed almost 15,000 jobs since the start of 2023 after a raft of collapses and restructurings on the high street
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Lush in row with former CEO’s firm over sale of near 20% stake
Retail
Silverwood Brands, of which former Lush chief executive Andrew Gerrie is an executive director, said it had bought 19.8% of the Dorset-based company in December from Mr Gerrie and his wife Alison Hawksley for £216.8m payable in Silverwood shares
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Asda announces 10% pay rise for over 115,000 staff in £141m move
Asda
The news comes after an 8% pay increase for hourly-paid retail roles during 2022
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Boohoo stake increased by group owned by one of the world's richest men
North West
Ken Griffin has an estimated net worth of £21bn
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