Unilever hit by beauty sales slump as Britons dodge deodorants and make up in lockdown By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 GMT, 4 February 2021 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 4 February 2021 Nowhere to go: Life in lockdown has led to a slump in sales of Unilever’s beauty products Life in lockdown … Read more
Savers and pensioners were given a boost after housebuilder Barratt Developments reinstated its dividend. Record sales allowed the group to set aside a half-year payout of 7.5p per share. The housing market rebounded sharply after the first Covid lockdown brought viewings and sales to a standstill for weeks last spring. But estate agents were quick … Read more
Rise in eating at home boosts Cranswick’s domestic sales but Covid outbreaks at two facilities damage Far East meat exports Far East sales fell in the 13 weeks to Boxing Day against the same quarter in 2019 Premier Foods has also credited the restrictions on eating out for its sales rise Cranswick also said it … Read more
Although the property market was buoyant for much of 2020, hundreds of thousands of would-be home movers still saw their property purchases fall through. A total of 306,198 property transactions fell through last year, a 12.26 per cent rise from 2019 when there were 272,768 fall-throughs, according to the residential property data agency TwentyCi. Fall-throughs … Read more
MARKET REPORT: Vodafone shares soar as sales beat expectations with people spending longer on the phone and using more mobile data By Mark Shapland For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 GMT, 3 February 2021 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 3 February 2021 When Vodafone shares slumped to record lows last October, the telecoms giant was written … Read more
Covid test maker Novacyt saw sales rise 20-fold during the pandemic prompting its share price to rise 5,000% in a year Annual profits expected to jump from £1.6m to £91.8m in fresh results AIM-listed group’s share price has rocketed, but closed down 17% on Friday By City & Finance Reporter for the Daily Mail and … Read more
Cocktail culture lifts spirits at drink giants: Sales at Diageo and Fevertree fizz as drinkers get creative in lockdown By Tom Witherow For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 GMT, 28 January 2021 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 28 January 2021 The rise of cocktail culture in the UK added fizz to the sales of Diageo and … Read more
Joe Biden freezes billions of dollars of arms sales to the Middle East including F-35s to the UAE and smart bombs for Saudi Arabia State Department says deal for 50 F-35s for the United Arab Emirates is frozen while it is reviewed along with munitions deal for Saudi Arabia Trump administration rushed through last-minute deals … Read more
Apple dials up a sales record as it makes $111bn in just three months: Tech giant boosted as demand for iPhones smashes expectations By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 22:16 GMT, 27 January 2021 | Updated: 22:16 GMT, 27 January 2021 Apple last night revealed record sales of more than $110billion after demand … Read more
Apple set for $100bn sales record after Christmas shoppers clamour to get their hands on its latest devices By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 22:57 GMT, 26 January 2021 | Updated: 22:57 GMT, 26 January 2021 Apple is expected to unveil its first $100billion quarter tonight after the iPhone maker launched a string … Read more