British retail faces a reckoning as 232-year-old chain looks to sell its high street stores
British retailer WH Smith is looking to sell its historic high street business to focus on its travel store unit in the ...
Food prices see fastest monthly jump since April last year
Food prices overall increased by 0.5% between December and January, according to British Retail Consortium figures.
UK Food Prices Rise Most in Nine Months Ahead of BOE Meeting
UK food prices climbed at the fastest pace in nine months at the start of 2025, adding to a growing list of inflation threats ...
UK shop prices fall less quickly as retailers eye cost pressures, BRC says
Prices in British shops fell a bit less sharply in January than in December and food costs rose at the fastest monthly pace ...
Hampshire Chronicle on MSN6h
Insolvencies fall but Hampshire firms face mounting pressures and costs
The number of firms in liquidation owing money to creditors in the South East rose from 243 in November to 273 in December.
Dorset insolvency-related activity slightly decreases
The South East's insolvency-related activities are the sixth highest in the UK, behind Greater London, the North West, East ...
Professional Jeweller18h
Consumers feeling the January blues, says BRC
Although Gen Z remain optimistic for the state of the economy, the BRC finds that the majority of the public are pessimistic ...
The New York Times11h
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Stocks Sink as Investors Worry About China’s A.I. Advances A jolt of panic hit technology stocks on Monday, with investors rattled by fears that A.I. advances by Chinese upstarts could threaten ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation17h
Western Australia
Perth Zoo's last female elephant has left for her forever home in South Australia. Locals report seeing sparking and smoke near a power transmitter close to Arthur River, where a bushfire ripped ...