Next Raises Profit Forecast After Strong Xmas
Next expects to make an annual profit of as much as £700m on the back of the festive season.
Next expects to make an annual profit of as much as £700m on the back of the festive season.
First class rail travel could be scrapped on busy commuter routes under plans that would see train companies being paid to provide extra standard class seats.
House of Fraser has reported its best Christmas while John Lewis also credited stronger online business for an increase in festive sales.
The chief financial officer at Debenhams has quit the retailer, just 48 hours after it issued a post-Christmas profits warning.
Online music streaming in the UK has doubled in the last year, according to new figures.
Londoners have been treated to the world’s first “multi-sensory” fireworks display as people around the world welcomed in the New Year.
More than 750,000 young people in the UK may feel they have nothing to live for, according to a survey by the Prince’s Trust.
The number of emergency rescue teams in England and Wales equipped to tackle flooding has more than quadrupled.
Rescue teams have described the survival of a driver whose car was ripped in half in a crash as an “incredible escape”.
Parents should be banned from smacking their children, according to the Children’s Commissioner for England.