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Retail & Consumer
Oak Furnitureland cuts losses and eyes showroom expansion
Retail & High Street
The Swindon-based furniture retailer posted an operating loss of £4.2m for the year to June 2025, a two-thirds reduction on the previous year
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Very Group completes refinancing as new owners look to growth from 2029 and beyond
Finance
Home retail giant bought by US investment giant Carlyle last year
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Fall in the number of shoppers on the high street in Wales
Retail & High Street
The Welsh Retail Consortium has published retail footfall figures for January
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Angela Rayner and Andy Burnham say Government must help hospitality and pubs on tax
North West
Angela Rayner called for relief on business rates and minimum wage pressures, while Andy Burnham says the tax system needs to adapt for hospitality venues
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New VIP suites and extra seating planned for ACC Liverpool
North West
Plans for landmark waterfront venue include 'super suite'
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Myprotein signs new licensing partnership with Greencore
Retail & Consumer
Sports nutrition brand partners with convenience food producer to launch protein food range in Sainsbury's and convenience stores
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Profits dip at Magnum Ice Cream following demerger
Company Results
The global business was spun out from Unilever in December and owns the largest ice cream factory in the West of England
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Pub and brewery business Butcombe hails 'exceptional' results
Company Results
The craft brewer said it had experienced its best-ever Christmas trading period
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Bristol sewing company destroyed by 'devastating' fire launches fundraiser
Bristol
The studio was engulphed when a fire broke out at Broadmead Industrial Estate last month
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Ramsdens boosts profit forecast amid soaring gold prices
Retail
Revised outlook add more than £2m to the North East chain's expected pre-tax profits
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Coleen Rooney increases Applied Nutrition stake as firm targets working mothers
North West
The Liverpool-based nutrition company, backed by JD Sports, has reported growth in sales since launching shares on the London stock markets in 2024
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'Exciting and vital step' as Blackpool's Winter Gardens to be managed by council-owned tourism company
North West
Blackpool Tourism was founded to boost tourism sector collaboration
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Wetherspoon's boss urges sector to back Reform’s pub tax overhaul
Politics
Sir Tim Martin has said the proposals would help the industry move towards 'tax parity with supermarkets'
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FedEx and Advent acquire InPost for £6.8bn in parcel locker expansion
Retail & Consumer
Move will see the firm expand its º£½ÇÊÓÆµ network to 30,000 lockers
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Tesco to open more Express stores as it snaps up Amazon Fresh sites
Retail
Tesco already has more than 2,000 Express stores in the º£½ÇÊÓÆµ and Ireland
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Cornwall to London daily flights could face axe over cost
Transport
Cornwall Council's ruling cabinet is likely to drop the daily subsidised flights from Newquay to the capital
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Owner of Newquay Beach Hotel slams restaurant operator after workers 'left unpaid'
Hotels
Kerala Peppery was an external tenant based within the hotel
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The Oldham ‘fortress’ that’s the home of Colin the Caterpillar – and is celebrating its Marks & Spencer gluten-free sales success
Marks & Spencer
M&S says 10,000 Made Without Wheat Colins were sold in just the first few days
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Northumberland bookmaker Chisholm falls to a loss in 'disappointing' year
Company Results
The Ashington-based business runs 34 shops across the North East as well as online betting services
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Plymouth among favourites for º£½ÇÊÓÆµ City of Culture 2029 title
Creative & Digital
Meanwhile, Exeter is currently a rank outsider
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Peel Waters says green light for ice rink is 'significant step' in massive TraffordCity plans
Economic Development
TraffordCity Arena will be future home of the Manchester Storm ice hockey team
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Restaurant owner 'incredibly grateful' after planning decision ends 12-year wrangle
Retail & Consumer
Spagó boss says decision 'gives us the confidence to focus on the future'
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Vodafone-Three merger: No retail job cuts planned, CEO confirms
By City AM
Vodafone CEO faces £700m cost savings target as FTSE 100 telco loses 73,000 º£½ÇÊÓÆµ mobile customers
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Dragons' Den star Peter Jones acquires American Golf
Golf
Endless exits Warrington-based group with 80 stores
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