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Carphone Warehouse is set to bring the curtain down on its joint-venture Best Buy stores, marking an end its attempt to challenge Comet and Currys. The move will result in 1,100 jobs being put at risk, although the company said it aims to find positions for the majority of the employees elsewhere within the firm. The [...]
(Read More)23rd Jun 11
Kesa ready to put Comet up for sale
by Paul Russell
Kesa Electricals has admitted that it is thinking about selling off its Comet arm after the British firm reported losses of almost £9m in 2010. The pan-European electrical group – which runs the Darty chain in mainland Europe – also said it would shut down or sell 17 Comet outlets, close a warehouse and consolidate [...]
(Read More)3rd Mar 11
Carphone Warehouse reduces losses in 2010
by Sally Davies
Cost cutting initiatives have meant that Carphone Warehouse has been able to stem losses over the last year in Ireland. According to accounts which have recently been filed with the Companies Office, the firm registered a pre-tax loss of €3.4 million for the 12 months to April 2010. This was down from the previous year’s [...]
(Read More)27th Jan 11
TalkTalk announces job cuts
by Katie Naylor
TalkTalk, the Carphone Warehouse broadband provider, has announced that as part of a cost cutting exercise it will be axing around 580 jobs. TalkTalk currently employs some 4,500 people in the UK and the job cuts will affect 13 per cent of its workforce. The company said it would be making the reductions in administrative [...]
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"TalkTalk is NOTHING to do with the Carphone Warehouse, they are 2 different companies and have been since late 2009. Suggest you update this website. TalkTalk is a business of its own
19th Jan 11
Carphone Warehouse says Android outselling iPhone
by Sally Davies
Mobile phone retailer Carphone Warehouse has announced that sales of mobile handsets running Google’s Android system were higher than sales of Apple’s iPhone in 2010. According to Roger Taylor, the company’s chief executive, Carphone Warehouse does not collect precise data on the platforms on which phones are running, but said that Android had definitely become [...]
(Read More)8th Dec 10
Google announces launch of Nexus S smartphone
by Natasha Redman
Google has announced the launch of its new smartphone, the Nexus S, which it hopes will perform better than its previous device, the Nexus One. The new phone will be manufactured by Samsung and is due to hit the shelves in the US and the UK before Christmas. The phones will be distributed in Britain [...]
(Read More)10th Nov 10
Vodafone could bid for TalkTalk
by Harry Oldfield
Growing speculation that HSBC could make a proposal to acquire TalkTalk Telecom, shares for the popular broadband provider have soared. The internet, mobile and home phone provider, which most recently demerged from partner Carphone Warehouse, is the second biggest broadband company in the UK, next to BT. With over 4 million subscribers, Vodafone has also [...]
(Read More)18th Oct 10
Osborne meets with ministers before Wednesday Spending Review
by Adam Richards
Chancellor George Obsorne said that he will stick to planned government spending cuts, saying that it will be better in the long run. According to Mr Osborne, agreements between cabinet ministers have been completed ahead of the Wednesday release of the Spending Review. However, Mr Osborne declined to make any comments regarding the child benefits [...]
(Read More)9th Aug 10
Dunstone backs launch of Jensen Interceptor
by Adam Richards
Carphone Warehouse founder and Chairman Charles Dunstone has announced his support of the re-launch of the Interceptor, the classic car made by Jensen International Automotive (JIA). Mr Dunstone said that he has backed the initiative with an undisclosed financial sum, as well as agreeing to join the JIA board of directors, which will oversee the [...]
(Read More)3rd Aug 10
Carphone Warehouse launches Music Anywhere
by Adam Richards
Carphone Warehouse has officially launched its Music Anywhere initiative, a service that allows users of its music-streaming desktop application to access their songs with their iPhones and Blackberries from anywhere in the world. The Music Anywhere service stores consumer’s personal music library information on its gargantuan servers, which match the selections to its databases that [...]
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