The state of the trade continues to be reported as positive, but less so than in the previous two quarters. Confidence has been resolutely positive since the start of 2013, and respondents had previously improved their reports further ...
Tags: actual balance, Office Supplies
Ahead of the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement in December, national business group the Forum of Private Business (FPB) has written to George Osborne with a list of top business wants that will provide much needed the short-term support ...
Tags: tax, late payment, Autumn Statement, Furniture
There have been ongoing debates as to the quantum of container detention fees charged by shipping lines. This has been a controversial issue, as many are of the view that the heavy fees imposed do not constitute a genuine pre-estimate of ...
Tags: Container Detention Fees, Penalty, Service
Sentiment among printers, on the general state of trade, remained positive on balance during Q1, according to the latest BPIF Printing Outlook survey. The balance between those believing that the general state of trade improved (30%) rather ...
Tags: Office Supplies, Print demand
The third quarter lived up to UK printer expectations according to the results of the latest BPIF Printing Outlook survey. More firms saw a pick up in demand rather than a fall with 31% benefiting from an increase in the volume of orders ...
Tags: Office Supplies
Net income fell 11% to $18,382,000 from $20,614,000 for the three months ended May 4 on a 1% sales decline to $591,388,000 to $600,144,000 which included an oberall 4% comp store decline. Journeys comped down 2% while lids comped down 6% ...
Tags: Genesco, Momentum Building
Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), the banking group that owns NatWest, has suffered another embarrassing outage when its computer systems crashed last night, leaving its 7.5 million customers unable to withdraw cash, access their current ...
Supermarket giant Morrisons is under fire from its suppliers for the late payment of invoices, which, they say, the retailer is blaming on a faulty computer system, FoodManufacture.co.uk can exclusively reveal. Morrisons has been accused ...
Global steel production will fall over the next 12 months because of current overcapacity and the slowdown in the Chinese economy says Coface. The experts in assessing business sector credit risks have published a report on the challenges ...
Tags: steel sector, steel, steel production, steel industry
Business Standard reported that the Uttarakhand Power Corporation Limited,the sole power distribution company in the hill state,has been criticized by the Comptroller and Auditor General for its huge accumulated losses of INR 1,960.11 ...
Tags: Uttarakhand Power Corporation, CAG, UPCL, sole power distribution