Ben Gordon's rapid exit from Mothercare, only days after it issued a shock profits warning, is a sharp reminder of what life is like in the real world of business. Fail and you're out, albeit with a 12-month pay-off if you can't find another job... more
Almost nine out of 10 phones sold on contract by Carphone Warehouse are now high-revenue smartphones, helping to drive the company's profits up sharply in the year since it demerged from TalkTalk... more
The chief executives and chairmen were certain. There was not a ha'penny's worth of doubt in their minds. The 35 bosses, something close to a who's who of Britain's boardrooms, were so adamant that George Osborne's spending cuts were vital and wise that they wrote a letter to the Daily Telegraph saying so... more
In the air: Lord Sugar can always be relied upon to weed out the “amateurs” in his apprentices - but the winner should watch the wording in his or her contract... more
TalkTalk will concentrate on broadband growth and integrating new customers following its split from Carphone Warehouse at the end of last year... more
Carphone Warehouse upgrades its profits for the third time in six months, in the week it opens the first of its Best Buy Europe electronics superstores... more
Soaring demand for smart phones such as BlackBerrys and iPhones help Carphone Warehouse to raise its profit forecasts for the second time in three months... more
Charles Dunstone, chief executive of Carphone Warehouse, today revealed that the first two “Big Box” stores run jointly with the massive US electronics retailer Best Buy will open in the South-East next spring ... more
In the midst of Gordon Brown’s latest travails, you might have thought that ministers would at least avoid going out of their way to annoy people... more
The iPhone and the avalanche of competing touch-screen mobile phones with a dizzying array of applications have saved Carphone Warehouse from a fall in sales ... more
Carphone Warehouse has patched up its differences with Vodafone following the mobile operator’s decision to stop selling its contracts through Charles Dunstone’s retail chain ... more
Carphone Warehouse has patched up its differences with Vodafone after the mobile operator’s decision to stop selling its contracts through Charles Dunstone’s retail chain ... more
Carphone Warehouse chief executive Charles Dunstone today said things are not as bad as was feared as the company’s profits hit expectations in the City.
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Consumer: It was the worst-ever Christmas for the mobile phone industry, but market leader Carphone Warehouse claimed victory in the battle to get consumers to part with their cash... more
If you consider all the things going on in the stock market that you don't know about, the undisclosed use of shares in Carphone Warehouse by founder David Ross as collateral for a loan seems to be of very little consequence... more
More students are dropping out of university than ever before - and one writer whose son did so says the education system must stop betraying them... more
Carphone Warehouse chief Charles Dunstone promised the biggest shake-up of the British retail scene for decades, as he unveiled a deal with America's Best Buy... more
Exclusive: After high-profile allegations this season, Charlton's manager is pleased the issue is now being addressed but says the authorities still have plenty of work to do
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