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Sainsbury’s has announced a multi-million pound investment plan to reduce queues at its stores in the UK. The integration of hi-tech check-out counters will decrease the amount of time customers spend waiting in a queue by over 500,000 hours per year. The company also announced that it will expand its efforts of printing double-sided receipts, [...]
(Read More)30th Apr 10
Coffee profitable for Whitbread
by Natasha Redman
Whitbread credits coffee sales for the large profits seen in the financial year ended 4 March. The operator of Premier Inn Budget Hotels and the Costa Coffee chain of stores saw full-year profits rise 6.6 per cent, with a pre-tax profit total of £239.1 million. The 2008-2009 yearly totals saw a pre-tax profit of £224.4 [...]
(Read More)30th Apr 10
Low sales lead to product changes for HMV
by Katie Naylor
The low sales seen by HMV in the fourth quarter have led the company to diversify its products in hopes of increasing revenue. The largest entertainment retail chain in the UK saw like-for-like sales drop 13.2 per cent during the four months ending on 24 April, although cost-cutting measures and a reduction in overhead has [...]
(Read More)30th Apr 10
Teacher found not guilty after dumbbell attack on student
by Harry Oldfield
A teacher who admittedly attacked a student with a dumbbell last July was found not guilty of the charges by a jury at Nottingham Crown Court. Peter Harvey, 50, hit the 14 year-old student twice in the head after repeated taunting by the victim and his fellow classmates. Harvey had recently returned to teaching after [...]
(Read More)30th Apr 10
McShane attackers denied bail by Chicago court
by Adam Richards
The two alleged attackers involved in the brutal baseball bat attack of Natasha McShane have been denied bail by a court in Chicago. The 23 year-old Silverbridge native was walking with a friend in the Bucktown neighbourhood when the two were allegedly robbed by Marcy Cruz, 25, and Heriberto Viramontes, 31. Cruz and Viramontes were [...]
(Read More)29th Apr 10
Website on hold as Best Buy arrives in the UK
by Paul Russell
Best Buy is set to open its first UK mega-store, although the launch of its web site will be delayed until later this year. The company is scheduled to open its first big-box store in Essex on 30 April, and the 50,000 square foot electronics emporium has been eagerly anticipated since the US giant announced [...]
(Read More)29th Apr 10
Fewer new stores for Argos as Home Retail profits fall
by Natasha Redman
Home Retail profits dropped last year, leading to a decrease in new store openings for subsidiary Argos. The parent company of Argos and Homebase saw an 11 per cent annual decrease in underlying profits for 2009, from £327.7 million to £292.9 million. Financial analysts said that the fall was due to the weak British pound, [...]
(Read More)29th Apr 10
Consumer watchdog says supermarket delivery uses too much plastic
by Katie Naylor
Consumer watchdog Which? claims that supermarkets filling online orders use far too many plastic bags when making their deliveries. According to an experiment performed by Which?, Tesco, ASDA, Sainsbury’s, Ocado, and Waitrose all say that they are making a concerted effort to go green by using less plastic waste, although home deliveries prove otherwise. The [...]
(Read More)29th Apr 10
Lung cancer survival rate in UK lower than other EU countries
by Harry Oldfield
UK citizens with lung cancer are less likely to survive the disease than those living in other EU countries, particularly Sweden and Norway. According to a study released by Thorax, the International Journal of Respiratory Medicine, Swedish citizens have twice the rate of survival than those diagnosed with the disease in the UK. Although exact [...]
(Read More)29th Apr 10
Stalking victims will have help through Home Office hotline
by Adam Richards
Stalking victims will soon have a 24-hour hotline they can call when they need help, funded by the Home Office and private contributions. The hotline is hoped to be a valuable resource for those who are afraid to go to the police, as they usually believe they are not taken seriously. Stalking in the UK [...]
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