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'Get back in the game', Goals tells UK's players

05.09.11
Goals Soccer Centres says trading in July and August was "softer than expected", leading City analysts to wipe roughly £500,000 from full-year profit forecasts ... more

Charter opens its books to Melrose after £1.43bn bid

01.09.11
Industrial toolmaker Charter agrees to open its books to suitor Melrose after the buyout firm tabled a sweetened £1.43 billion takeover proposal... more

Royal Wedding brings cheer to John Menzies

20.05.11
The voracious appetite of readers for acres of newsprint and magazines on the Royal Wedding helped out distribution firm John Menzies last month, but the wider market is still tough going... more

Ocado answers its critics with its first move into the black

01.02.11
Controversial internet supermarket Ocado pulled into profit for the first time in the last quarter, a slapdown to critics that doubted it could ever get into the black... more

Arena Leisure shares take a fall as races are cancelled

14.01.11
Shares in racecourse owner Arena Leisure drop more than 5% after it warns profits will be down because of race meetings cancelled by the snow... more

Ocado shrugs off snow with bumper Christmas

10.01.11
Ocado reports a 26.7% rise in December sales as the popularity of web shopping and upmarket foods helps it to thrive despite freeze... more

Snow blow takes a £42m toll on Next and HMV’s sales

05.01.11
Two of the top retailers on the High Street are left counting the cost of the winter snow as they admit sales slumped over Christmas... more

JJB Sports ‘still a sell’ despite £30m fundraiser

24.12.10
City analysts react with scepticism to JJB Sports’ latest emergency turnaround package... more

Britvic takes £104m hit from Irish writedown

02.12.10
Britvic slashes the value of its Irish business by £104 million to reflect the woes of the country’s property crash and a banking crisis... more

JJB Sports on the slide after profit warning

11.11.10
JJB Sports takes another hammer blow with a profits warning that sends its shares skidding... more

Rightmove website busy despite housing market woes

02.11.10
Rightmove says usage on its website is at near record levels despite a tough housing market, making it confident of meeting expectations for the year... more

There may be more yet to eatery deals feeding frenzy

17.09.10
Analysis: History may be repeating itself with a slew of restaurant deals... more

Shares portfolio: Taylor Wimpey fears despite good figures

03.08.10
Shares portfolio: Housebuilder Taylor Wimpey fails to impress despite first-half profits of £19.6 million, but drugmaker Shire is rated a buy... more

Shares portfolio: Put your money on PartyGaming

02.08.10
Smart timing from at Collins Stewart in rating PartyGaming a “buy” - it says the merger with Austrian rival Bwin looks "particularly strong"... more

Market Round-Up: Carillion slides as Connaught’s woes prompt ‘wild rumours’

28.07.10
After Connaught went into meltdown, traders have been busy speculating on the next company which will suffer from George Osborne’s axe... more

Market Report: Housebuilders take a hit as HSBC warns buyers will dry up

09.07.10
Housebuilders took a knock after a warning that they will suffer as wannabe homeowners struggle to get mortgages... more

Shares portfolio: Bag up Mulberry after profits top forecasts

18.06.10
Mulberry's strong profits mean the shares rate a good a buy as one of the firm's handbags, while shares in brewer Fuller's are worth drinking to... more

Relief for investors as Cairn gets go-ahead in Greenland

16.06.10
Market Round-up: The adventures of Cairn Energy in Greenland are kicking off, providing relief to some investors who feared the Gulf of Mexico disaster might force the campaign to be delayed... more

Merrill Lynch tips four British banks despite coalition tax buzz

14.05.10
Market Round-up: A bank levy may be on the cards, but the four Britain-focused banks are still on one heavyweight broker’s shopping list... more

RBS surges but BNP Paribas sceptic refuses to be moved

26.04.10
Market Round-up: As Royal Bank of Scotland’s shares hit highs not seen since December 2008, one analyst warns that the strong run is unlikely to continue... more

Market Round-up: Rumour of French connection for Aegis has traders excited

04.03.10
Long-running speculation that Vincent Bolloré, the chairman of Aegis’s French rival, Havas, could be plotting a bid interests traders... more

Market Round-Up: Sainsbury’s rises on rumour of Qatari deal

11.02.10
What's cooking at J Sainsbury? Investors have long been waiting for signs of action from the supermarket chain’s biggest shareholder, the Qatari sovereign wealth fund... more

Profits slump sparks fears for BATM

08.02.10
Israeli telecoms and medical lab equipment maker BATM Advanced Communications disappoints investors with a slump in profits that leads to concern about its future performance... more

High street gets a battering after Citi slashes its outlook

15.01.10
The snow may have melted in many of the capital’s high streets but there is still no sunshine ahead for the nation’s stores... more

Broker note round-up

08.06.09
The shares that brokers are today tipping investors to buy, sell or hold ... more

Nappy times at buoyant Mothercare

02.04.09
Mothercare produced evidence that it remains on track to be the retail success story of the year, with sales still rising at a company that has been revitalised... more

Restaurant group in surprise leap of 14%

04.03.09
There was rare good news from the restaurant sector, when the group behind Garfunkel’s and Chiquito unveiled a surprising rise in profits... more

Jogging along to extra profit at JD Sports

04.02.09
Retail: Jogging shoes that aren’t used for jogging and baseball caps that are not needed for baseball are still popular despite the downturn... more

London's appetite for eating out has yet to lose its edge

29.05.08
ANALYSIS Rosamund Urwin weighs up claims that London's restaurant industry is hurtling towards Armageddon... more


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