In its interim results for the first six months ending July 31, 2014, UK-based fashion retailer NEXT said it had a good first half, achieving sales and profits ahead of its original expectations. Led primarily by retail stores sales ...
Tags: Apparel, Fashion Apparel
UK-based distributor of protective packaging materials Macfarlane has acquired the entire issued share capital of Network Packaging for about £7.5m. The company has also conditionally raised £3m by placing 8,000,000 shares at ...
Tags: Macfarlane, Packaging
Costing just a few pence, and coming with a guarantee of a free replacement, many shoppers don’t take up the offer and simply discard the used bag as soon as it shows signs of wear, the UK waste management company has found. ...
UK based Intertek Group plc reported a 5.6% fall in second quarter 2014 revenues which dipped to £1,024.3 million from £1,084.7 million in second quarter 2013 at actual rates, mainly from headwinds in its minerals and ...
Tags: Intertek Group, 5.6%Fall, Textile
Customers are using less cash than ever as retailers make it easier and more convenient to shop and pay. New data reveals that a growing proportion of smaller payments previously made in cash are now being made in other ways. The ...
Tags: Cash, smaller payments
The UK gas market was short of supply during the morning Wednesday with demand above seasonal norms as the country stepped up exports to the Continent. At 11:00 am London time, the UK NBP within-day contract was valued at 44.20 ...
Tags: gas market, pipeline
Some supply tightness caused Thursday's gains to be extended Friday on the UK's NBP trading hub, providing a further break for what has been largely a bearish market. At 11:00 am London time, the within-day contract was valued at 47.80 ...
Tags: Bearish Market, LNG
The group reported good performances at both Argos and Homebase, with both businesses delivering positive like-for-like sales growth throughout the year. Sales were up 3% at £5,663m, while cash gross margin was up 2% to ...
Tags: Furniture, Furnishing
The UK's Rough gas storage facility, the country's main gas storage site, could be completely refilled by as early as the start of August, months ahead of last year, according to Platts analysis of past injection rates. Rough storage ...
Tags: Gas, gas in storage
UK spot gas prices were sliding again Thursday morning, compared with Wednesday's close, as the system remained well supplied and demand low, and with regular deliveries of Qatari LNG recently. By 09:25 UK time, the NBP within-day had ...
Tags: LNG terminal, Spot Gas
UK NBP wholesale gas prices eased Thursday morning while retaining some risk premium relating to tensions between Russia and Ukraine. At 11:00 London time, the within-day contract was valued at 51.20 pence/therm, down by 0.25 p/th, and ...
Tags: gas network, LNG tankers, LNG
Global ports expect to see LNG account for 13% of the bunker fuel market supply come 2020 and 24% by 2025, according to a Lloyd's Register report Monday. Lloyd's global marketing manager Luis Benito shared the observations at a media ...
Tags: LNG, Bunker Fuel Supply
Prompt prices on the UK's NBP gas trading hub fell Friday morning as the system saw a large supply surplus and warm, sunny weather expected for the weekend should further cut heating demand. "The system was the longest I've seen it," one ...
Tags: gas storage, Oversupply
Vivergo Fuels, the biggest UK ethanol producer by capacity, said Monday it has steadily increased output in recent months, adding that a combination of oversupply in the European market and limited seasonal demand had led to lower prices. ...
Tags: Ethanol Production, EU Market
Conergy will build five solar farms totaling 40 megawatts (MW) for Primrose Solar, which is backed by financial investors York Capital Management and Pioneer Point Partners LLP. A pipeline of four more solar parks with an additional ...
Tags: Solar, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy