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Kitchen and bedroom supplier John Lewis of Hungerford (JLH) is changing its name and splitting its manufacturing, retail and installation businesses. JLH said it was planning to call itself Grove (Oxfordshire) - after the name of the address of its head office - to reflect a re-structuring of the b
Read moreLONDON (Alliance News) - J Sainsbury Wednesday reported another drop in like-for-like sales, its second consecutive quarterly decline after nine years of unbroken sales growth.
The UK's third-largest supermarket chain by market share posted a 1.1% decline in like-f
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Wednesday.
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FTSE 100 - WINNERS
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J Sainsbury, up 2.5%, Tesco, up 0.6%, and WM Morri
LONDON (Alliance News) - John Lewis of Hungerford PLC Wednesday said it continues to trade ahead of the volumes experienced last year, with dispatched sales and the forward order book up 8.9% on a year earlier. But the kitchen and furniture designer and manufacturer warned operating profit
Read moreLONDON (Alliance News) - Sainsbury's leads FTSE 100 gainers at the open Wednesday despite reporting its second consecutive decline in quarterly sales.
However, the overall market has opened lower, depressed by a group of ex-dividend stocks such as VodafoneRead more
LONDON (Alliance News) - John Lewis of Hungerford PLC Monday said Finance Director Karen Stanley sold 500,000 shares at 2.3 pence per share, and now no longer holds any shares in the company. Shares in the UK kitchens manufacturer were up 2.5% at 2.46 pence Monday afternoon. By Rowena
Read moreThe Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of AIM-listed Sinclair IS Pharma this week added 285,844 to his stake, while fellow board member Stuart Swanson made the modest purchase of 12,774 shares. CEO Chris Spooner paid 30.88p, spending a total of £106,047. His shareholding in the pharmaceutical group now
Read moreLONDON (Alliance News) - John Lewis of Hungerford PLC Thursday said Non-Executive Director John Lewis sold 5 million shares at a price of 2.00 pence per share Wednesday. Following this transaction, Lewis holds a beneficial interest in 72.5 million shares, representing 38.8% of the issued sh
Read moreLONDON (Alliance News) - John Lewis of Hungerford PLC Thursday reported a higher pretax profit and revenues for the first-half of the year, boosted by growth in both its products and installations. The kitchen and furniture designer and manufacturer said that in the six months to February 2
Read moreLONDON (Alliance News) - Spirits and alcoholic beverage giant Diageo Thursday reported another dip in sales in the third quarter due to further volume declines and weaker Emerging Markets. The world's largest spirits producer, and a major producer of beer and wine, said that organic net sal
Read moreLONDON (Alliance News) - John Lewis of Hungerford PLC Friday said it has exchanged contracts with an unnamed firm to lease a new showroom in Chiswick, west London. The showroom is expected to open in May and will become the 15th in the portfolio, including the bedroom-only showroom opened i
Read moreLONDON (Alliance News) - John Lewis of Hungerford PLC Monday said trading over the Christmas period was in line with expectations, and its sales and forward order book now stands 16% higher than last year at GBP3.6 million. The kitchen and furniture designer and manufacturer said it is stil
Read moreThe new Chief Executive Officer of Cable & Wireless Communications has acquired 4.3m shares in the company after starting his new role at the beginning of the month. Bentley, who was the Managing Director of British Gas from 2007 to 2013, spent a total of just under £2.45m, equivalent to approxima
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