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JD Wetherspoon reports sales growth 3.6%
JD Wetherspoon says trading has remained “resilient” after reporting an increase in sales.Like-for-like sales in the three months to 15 January grew by 3.6%, but the chain said the increase was mainly because the bad weather of a year ago had held trade back. JD Wetherspoon opened 18 new pubs over the year and closed [...]
Airbus reports record orders for 2011
Plane maker Airbus has reported record orders for 2011 but has warned that demand for new planes will fall sharply this year.The company said it received 1,419 orders worth about £91 billion ($140 billion) last year, compared with 805 for its fierce US rival Boeing. Demand for the fuel-efficient A320NEO medium-haul jet was particularly strong, [...]
Next sales grow as online business outperforms
Next has reported that its autumn and pre-Christmas sales grew after buoyant online business trading.Total sales at the clothes retailer between 1 August and 24 December rose 3.1% compared with a year earlier, ignoring the effect of rising VAT. However it’s Next Directory sales grew by 16.9%. But its High Street business, which sees some [...]
Luxury carmaker Bentley sees sales rise 37% in 2011
Luxury carmaker Bentley has reported a 37% rise in sales in 2011, claiming global demand has returned to pre-recession levels.The Crewe-based firm sold 7,003 cars, whose prices start at £133,000, in the year to December 31. The US continues to be Bentley’s number one market with 2,021 cars sold in 2011, an increase of 32%. [...]
Bombardier wins £188 million Southern trains contract
Derby trainmaker Bombardier has won a £188 million contract to build 130 carriages for rail company Southern.The Department for Transport had been criticised for choosing German rival Siemens over Bombardier as preferred bidder for the £1.4 billion Thameslink rail contract. It is hoped the new contract will help secure the Canadian owned company’s future in [...]
Business Win wishes you a prosperous New Year for 2012
Business Win wishes you a prosperous New Year for 2012 Business Win wishes you a prosperous New Year for 2012. Amid all of the doom and the gloomy predictions by the so called experts for the future in 2012- there are bound to be some success stories along the way. Just choose to be positive- [...]
Holiday Cottages in Cornwall boosted by Business Win
Business Win boosts Holiday Cottages in Cornwall who are promoting Christmas & New Year Holiday Bargains with a 10% discount!Treat your family to a Christmas and New Year to remember at our fantastic Retallack Resort and Spa in Cornwall- a delightful retreat set in a fantastic location with convenient access to all that Cornwall has to offer. [...]
UK service sector improves a new survey finds
The UK’s service sector activity picked up in November after falling in the previous month a closely-watched survey finds.The Markit/Cips services purchasing managers’ index (PMI) rose to 52.1 in the month, up from 51.3 in October. Any figure above 50 indicates growth. The service sector accounts for about two thirds of UK economic activity. The [...]
Berkeley builds profits due to demand in the South East
Homebuilder Berkeley has seen a strong rise in profits to £101 million for the six months to the end of October.This was 64% up on the same period last year, but included a £30 million windfall due to the sale of Berkeley’s share in a project for Imperial College in London. The firm confirmed strong [...]
Scotch on the rocks as exports up 23 per cent
Scotch whisky exports rocketed up over the first nine months of this year, with the valuation of shipments rising by 23% on the same period last year.The value reached nearly £3 billion, with the industry pulling in £125 every second. Exports to Brazil were up nearly 50%, reaching almost 10 million litres of pure alcohol, [...]