Shares in Topps Tiles plunge 25% as the flooring specialist admit it is suffering from Britons' unwillingness to dip into their shrunken wallets ... more
Shares in property-market barometer Topps Tiles fall as it says sales in the past seven weeks have turned negative after rising 1.8% in the first half... more
Tile and wood flooring retailer Topps Tiles posts a 7% fall in profits for the year but resumes dividend payments after encouraging recent trading... more
Market Round-up: Investors develop a taste for high fashion with Burberry’s shares hitting another record high on renewed speculation that a suitor is circling... more
The housebuilding recovery is stalling, strangled by a lack of first-time buyer affordability, according to one leading industry analyst who is telling his clients to get out of the sector fast... more
Shares on the London stock market surged to their highest level in 10 months amid signs that the worst of the banking crisis may be over and that even the global economy was starting to look in better shape... more
Better-than-expected results overnight from Wall Street investment bank Goldman Sachs set the tone for trading in London as investors returned from the Easter break... more
Insurance: Topps Tiles today has become the latest retailer to have cover withdrawn by its lead credit insurer, a move it said could affect its top three or four suppliers... more
With all their promises of “no return to boom and bust” and commitments to “long-term economic strength and stability based on an unshakeable commitment to prudent monetary and fiscal rules”, Gordon Brown’s past Budget speeches as Chancellor make interesting reading... more
The Mayor of Tower Hamlets defeated Labour to be elected. Livingstone not only backed him but some of Ken's key players are now at the heart of running the council. Stephen Robinson reports
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