LONDON (Alliance News) - Beale PLC Friday said total group sales including concessions and VAT were down 6.2% in the 19 weeks to March 15, with like-for-like sales including concessions and VAT down 4.0%, after the closure of two stores last year. The department store operator said it saw a
Department store Beale said dismal weather dominated the group's first half performance as it undertakes a number of initiatives to drive sales.
Total gross profit fell 10.5% in the 26 weeks ended May 4th 2013 with gross margin largely flat. Operating profit, pre-exceptional costs, came in at £145,
By Brenda Goh WARTON, England, June 11 (Reuters) - Sales of combat
aircraft in the Middle East and Asia will more than compensate
for cutbacks in U.S. and European spending, Britain's BAE
Systems forecast on Tuesday. Europe's largest defence contractor said international
markets outsi
WARTON, England, June 11 (Reuters) - Sales of combat
aircraft in the Middle East and Asia will more than compensate
for cutbacks in U.S. and European spending, Britain's BAE
Systems predicted on Tuesday. Europe's largest defence contractor forecast international
markets outside its U.S. and
Department store group Beale has reported that Keith Edelman will retire from his post as Chairman.
In an announcement issued on Monday, the group said that a search for his successor was now underway. Meanwhile, Edelman would continue in his post as Chairman until a suitable replacement had been a
The FTSE Small Caps Index is up 0.6 percent in mid-session trading,
outpacing a 0.1 percent fall on the blue-chip FTSE 100 and a 0.3 percent
rise on the FTSE 250 mid-cap index. The FTSE AIM All Share Index is up by 0.4 percent. Latchways, which designs and manufactures safety systems,
Retail stocks were under pressure on Thursday as the recent terrible weather weighed heavily on retail sales figures, as evidenced by the fall in half-year profits at High Street giant Debenhams.
UK retail sales volumes dropped by 0.7% in March, worse than the 0.6% decline forecast, as the snow pro
BAE Systems is expected to post a fall in earnings for 2012 on Thursday following last year's failed merger with European Aeronautic, Defence & Space Co. (EADS), the parent company of Airbus.
Europe's largest arms maker is likely to record an 8.0% fall in annual net income to £1.14bn, according to
City sources predict the FTSE 100 will open up marginally higher from Friday's close of 6,328, with a gain of just three points expected.
The coming week will see the flow of data or events on the macroeconomic front pick up, with the ´tempo´ building as the days pass, culminating with the Italian