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Twinings cuts jobs as tea sales cool

03.11.09
Nearly 400 jobs are to go at Twinings as Britain falls out of love with posh tea ... more

Primark's recession fashion boom

03.11.09
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Primark founder to retire after 40 years

11.09.09
Arthur Ryan, the retail legend who founded Primark sparking the development of so-called throwaway fashion, is stepping down as chief executive after 40 years... more

Burberry back in Footsie with Rentokil and Segro

07.09.09
A couple of familiar names are set this week to make a welcome return to the list of blue chip companies that make-up the Footsie 100 Index ... more

Burberry back in Footsie with Rentokil and Segro

07.09.09
A couple of familiar names are set this week to make a welcome return to the list of blue chip companies that make-up the Footsie 100 Index ... more

Primark sees sales increase by 20%

09.07.09
Cheap fashion chain Primark's success on the high street has shown no signs of ending after the retail chain reported a 20% jump in sales for the current financial year ... more

Primark shrugs off brickbats as sales go rocketing by 21%

09.07.09
Charities say it exploits the third world and its own staff have taken to the internet to besmirch its customers but clothes juggernaut Primark rolls on through the recession ... more

City Spy: Merrill bonus for Bank of America

07.07.09
Bernie Madoff, Allen Stanford and the other credit-crunch rogues have given wealth management a bad name but the industry itself is hardly on its knees. The Scorpio Partnership's newly released annual survey of the global wealth business found that assets under management slumped by an average of 15.7% in 2008 while profits at private banks crashed by 32.9% ... more

Best baking classes in London

30.04.09
The credit crunch, it seems, is turning us into a nation of domestic goddesses. Learn to whip up the perfect Victoria sponge at cool cookery classes.... more

Another Brown Budget, another pensions raid

23.04.09
That was not a Budget for the City and it was never going to be. Even the pre-Budget lobbying from the Square Mile was low-key and barely audible above the screams of pain from industry and the services sector... more

The rise of baking

22.04.09
Making your own sponge is all the rage. And it’s a piece of cake, finds Nick Curtis... more

Recession puts home baking on the rise

21.04.09
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Primark shines but it’s tough for parent

21.04.09
Cut-price clothing chain Primark expects to create another 2300 jobs in the 13 more stores it is opening on the back of a boom in sales from cost-concious consumers... more

Punters withdraw from the banks after BoA blow

21.04.09
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Primark shrugs off labour rows

23.02.09
Retail: Fast fashion house Primark is still on the up, despite investigations into its use of cheap labour and claims that some of its suppliers are little better than sweatshops... more

‘Slave labour’ claim can’t stop Primark sales from soaring

15.01.09
Retail: Allegations of slave labour at a Manchester factory have not dented Primark’s sales... more

Market report: UBS makes a brave call for big Footsie recovery

03.12.08
City big-hitter UBS forecasts a major recovery in share prices in 2009 despite warnings that the recession will be long and deep, and run into 2010... more

Market report: Worries over bailouts put bank trio on slide

17.11.08
The three High Street banks taking refuge in the Government's lifeboat were the biggest fallers among blue-chip stocks today as City investors became increasingly disillusioned with the terms of their proposed fund-raisers.... more

Primark helps AB Foods to a smart £632m

04.11.08
Associated British Foods reports a 3% rise in profits, thanks to bumper sales at clothing retailer Primark and price increases in its grocery division... more

Squeeze on spending is good news for Primark

08.09.08
Consumer: Primark is still bucking the consumer downturn on the High Street as shoppers become ever more cost conscious... more

‘Lumpy’ price rises on way, warns Hovis-maker Premier

28.08.08
Hovis-to-Branston pickle maker Premier Foods predicts that food prices will rise further in the coming year... more

Market report: Rolls-Royce suffers as aircraft orders dry up

21.08.08
Rolls-Royce shares lost out today as broker sentiment soured against the aircraft engines maker.... more

High street woes put the brakes on Primark

10.07.08
High street woes and criticism of suppliers' labour sources are putting the brakes on Primark's expansion.... more

The week we all finally woke up to the crunch

04.07.08
The plight of M&S has made us sit up and take notice of the economic crisis. But now consumers face more pain as the balance of power shifts to the East... more

Primark sizes up Europe tilt

03.06.08
Primark is preparing to take on Europe following the success of its "value chic" offer on the British High Street... more

AB Foods beats gloom to shine at £296 million

22.04.08
Silver Spoon sugar-to-Primark clothes retailer AB Foods is shrugging off rampant food inflation and one of the toughest retail environments in decades... more

Pricey rice hits East and West

18.04.08
Rice futures surge for a fifth day to a new record, as export restrictions bite and Aussie farmers shift out of the crop... more

PM warns biofuel rush will push up food prices

10.04.08
Gordon Brown warns G8 leaders the rush to turn farmland over to growing biofuel feedstocks will continue to push up food prices... more

World Bank says food costs set to keep rising

04.04.08
The World Bank warns that there is no end in sight to rising food costs... more

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