Slower start to second half Excellent performance from UK business WH Smith’s (SMWH) half-year results were in line with expectations, but the market seemed disappointed. Its shares slumped by 7 per cent after the figures were published, with one analyst branding them “ok-ish”. Total group revenue rose by 8 per …
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By Molly Clayton Showbusiness Correspondent Published: 19:38 EDT, 24 April 2024 | Updated: 05:23 EDT, 25 April 2024 It was the outfit in which she famously depicted the late Margaret Thatcher in finale season of The Crown. And now fans of the Netflix drama can bid for it after Gillian …
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By Ollie Cooper, Money team Interest in a phenomenon known as “dark tourism” has been steadily rising in recent years – but what is it? To find out, we’ve spoken with tourism academic Dr Hayley Stainton and renowned dark tourist and author Dr Peter Hohenhaus, who runs a dark tourism website. What is it? In …
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Open this photo in gallery: Dancers Stephan Azulay, front left, and Tymin Keown, front right, rehearse for the Royal Winnipeg Ballet’s T’əl: The Wild Man of the Woods, which debuts April 25. Silhouetted against beams of fluorescent light shining from the ceiling of a vast studio, more than two dozen …
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The World Socialist Web Site invites workers and other readers to contribute to this regular feature. Europe Belgian postal workers strike against job cuts and reorganisation to focus on parcels Workers at the Belgian postal service Bpost began a series of strikes this week, with delivery workers stopping work on …
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Royal Mail postal workers will recall during our bitter 2022-23 industrial dispute the transparently disingenuous performance of then CEO Simon Thompson in front of the House of Commons Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Select Committee. When questioned about the technology that posties carry with them, Thompson was by turns …
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Gross margin retreats Management points to market share gains This was always going to be a tough set of results for Focusrite (TUNE), after the music and audio hardware and software company cut its guidance last month in a context of “challenging market conditions”. The shares lost a quarter of their value after …
Read More »Two lorries were involved in a collision just near J18 (Spaldwick) earlier today, one of which was a Royal Mail lorry. The crash has cased a … Source link
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Crash caused ‘large diesel and oil spillage’ The crash involving two lorries on the A14 earlier today caused a diesel and oil spillage, National Highways has said. Cambridgeshire Police led the response to the crash, alongside the East of England Ambulance Service, Northamptonshire Police, National Highways, and the Environment Agency. …
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With local elections just a week away make sure you don’t leave it too late to post your postal vote. If you have chosen to vote by post in the local elections on 2 May we advise you post your postal vote to us in the next few days using …
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