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DFS Reports "Continued Strong Momentum" in Its Latest Financial Report
Dec 24, 2014DFS reports "continued strong momentum" in its latest financial report, covering the 13 weeks ending 1st November 2014. The quarter saw continued momentum in sales and EBITDA for DFS, with group gross sales up 15.3% to £197m (2013 ...
Tags: selling space, Furniture
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The Company Will Get a Massive Efficiency Gain Due to The Change
Jul 17, 2014Luxonic has completed a ten-month, £750,000 programme to expand its production facilities in Basingstoke. The company has built two mezzanine assembly areas into its existing Basingstoke site, increasing the production area by 30 ...
Tags: LED
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John Lewis Partnership PLC Published Its Annual Report for 2014 Today
Apr 25, 2014John Lewis Partnership plc published its annual report for 2014 today. Gross sales for John Lewis totalled £4.1b (+7.5%), with revenue of £3.3b (+7.4%) and an operating profit £226.1m (+4.3%). The online channel ...
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John Lewis' Gross Sales Have Grown Strongly Throughout The Past Year
Mar 14, 2014John Lewis' gross sales have grown strongly throughout the past year, increasing by 7.5% in total and passing the £4b mark for the first time, and total like-for-like sales grew by 6.4%. Operating profit before restructuring costs was ...
Tags: Furniture, Furnishing
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John Lewis Has Announced Plans to Open a 45,000 Sq Ft at Home Store in Horsham
Dec 29, 2013John Lewis has announced plans to open a 45,000 sq ft at home store in Horsham as early as autumn 2015. The shop, adjoining Waitrose in the new West End development owned by Westrock and the British Airways Pension Fund, will be the third ...
Tags: Furniture, Furnishing
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Luxonic Is Expanding Its Basingstoke Factory in Response
Oct 2, 2013Lighting manufacturer Luxonic is expanding its Basingstoke factory in response to increasing customer demand for LEDs. Over the next few months the Priestley Road plant will grow by 30 per cent with the installation of a mezzanine ...
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EE Announced That 4G Will Be Switched on in a Further 27 Towns Across The Country by June
Feb 18, 2013EE, the UK's most advanced digital communications company, today announced that 4G will be switched on in a further 27 towns across the country by June 2013, expanding superfast coverage to more than 65 UK towns and cities in total. The ...
Tags: EE, digital communications, 4G
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Security Watchdogs Are Now Worried About a New Attack Vendor
Feb 16, 2013Security watchdogs are now worried about a new attack vendor that cybercriminals could take advantage of – the growing number of devices that routinely use the Internet to function. Machine-to-machine (M2M) security is closely ...
Tags: security watchdogs, attack vendor, cybercriminals, M2M
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GMB Pledges to Resist Compulsory Job Losses and Changes to Pensions at Pilkington Glass
Feb 1, 2013GMB has pledged to resist compulsory job losses and changes to pensions at Pilkington Glass. The union has more than 500 members in St Helens and is undertaking a consultative ballot on proposed changes to pensions that could reduce final ...
Tags: Pilkington Glass, Float Glass, Solar Glass
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Huawei Was Opening New Headquarters in Green Park Area of Reading
Oct 10, 2012Huawei today confirmed it was opening new headquarters in the Green Park area of Reading as it ramps up its investments in the UK. In September this year, the founder and CEO of the company, Ren Zhengfei, pledged 1.3bn to the UK arm of ...
Tags: Huawei, new headquarters, Green Park, investments in the UK
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UK Will Have Fastest Broadband Network in Europe by 2015 Ex-BT CTO
Sep 4, 2012Jeremy Hunt has been replaced as the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport by Maria Miller (pictured), who moves from the Department for Work and Pensions. The move comes as part of the government's ministerial reshuffle, which ...
Tags: Maria Miller, Jeremy Hunt, LSE, BT
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Carfest South Was a Sell-out Success Raising an Estimated EUR750,000
Sep 3, 2012UK-CarFest South,the motoring and music festival organised by DJ Chris Evans and former Formula One World Champion Jody Scheckter was a sell-out success raising an estimated£750,000 for BBC Children in Need. Organisers approached ...
Tags: UK, noise control, fund
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Retail Chip&PIN Devices Can Be Attacked Easily,Exposing Banks,Retailers&Customers to Fraud
Jul 26, 2012Retail chip and PIN devices can be attacked easily,exposing banks,retailers and customers to fraud. Researchers from Basingstoke-based MWR InfoSecurity demonstrated at the 2012 Black Hat conference in Las Vegas that it is possible to ...
Tags: Retail chip and PIN devices, MWR Infosecurity, 2012 Black Hat, Las Vegas
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BT Is to Offer FTTP Connections at The Request of Customers in Trials It's Launching Today
Jun 27, 2012BT is to offer fibre-to-the-premises(FTTP)connections at the request of customers in trials it is launching today. The Openreach arm of the telecoms giant is giving eight areas the opportunity to upgrade their connections to a possible ...
Tags: BT, FTTP, Broadband, UK, FTTC connections
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Urbis Is to Source Its Luminaires From Schreder Factories in Europe From 2012
Feb 17, 2012Managing director of Urbis,Ian Pratt In a bid to improve its economies of scale,Urbis is to source its luminaires from Schreder factories in Europe from 2012. Urbis has been a member of the Schreder Group since 1977 and the move ...
Tags: Urbis, Schreder factories, luminaires, Basingstoke, Lighting
