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
Bad weather isn't just affecting the cricket and the national mood. Sales at retailers that ought to do well in the summer are also feeling the cold, as folk who would like to be in the garden with a cool, refreshing drink find themselves trapped indoors... more
April's warm weather coupled with the quick succession of bank holidays helped B&Q boost its profits by 10% in the first three months of its financial year as demand for plants, garden furniture and barbecues soared... more
Raised eyebrows among the banks at the behaviour of JPMorgan. The investment bank gave a $20 billion (£12 billion) bridging loan to AT&T to enable it to go ahead with the $39 billion deal to buy T-Mobile from Deutsche Telekom... more
Kingfisher chief executive Ian Cheshire praises the merits of the "self-help" approach that has turned around the fortunes of the DIY group behind B&Q... more
Homeowners buying a new kitchen for Christmas should give a welcome fillip to final-quarter sales at B&Q, says the DIY chain’s owner Kingfisher... more
B&Q owner Kingfisher says it is still having to drive profit growth by “self-help” rather than rely on sales in what remain a very tough consumer market... more
As investors spent a second day panicking over the impact on financial stocks of President Obama’s War on Wall Street, oil shares did their best to claim a little of the limelight... more
It may prompt thoughts of G-strings in Peter Stringfellow nightclubs but for a certain type of houseproud Brit, leopardskin make perfect wallpaper... more
Many investors thought the slump in the housing market would be bad news for Kingfisher. Instead the company behind B&Q reckons it has had a good recession, with DIY trendy again... more
There was no shortage of punters pulling their chequebooks out when veteran property entrepreneurs Raymond Mould, Patrick Vaughan and Humphrey Price came calling ... more
It's a tale of two High Streets. While supermarkets, budget clothes shops and HMV have emerged as recession-winners, most of their rivals remain in the doldrums, praying for the recovery to come ... more
Kingfisher, the owner of B&Q, saw profits slump 75% last year as it took huge writedowns on its loss-making Chinese operation, saying it plans to close stores there... more
B&Q owner Kingfisher today posted another slump in sales after it was hit by "extremely tough" trading in the UK and a weak housing market in China
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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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