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...UK companies news will be peppered with trading updates, notably supermarket chains Marks and Spencer, J Sainsbury and Tesco, discount retailer B&M and Greggs, purveyor of hot pastry snacks such as the vegan...
...Traders is something of a misnomer: this group doesn’t make money simply shifting goods from A to B....
...Bunge, founded more than 200 years ago, has long been known as the “B” in the so-called ABCD of global grain trading companies that link farmers with food importers....
...Companies are taking on “fewer large leveraged buyout transactions”, said Gregg Lemos-Stein, a senior analyst at S&P Global Ratings....
...Bassist Vicente Archer’s credits span 20 years and range from saxophonist Kenny Garrett to gigs with pianist/producer Robert Glasper....
...Roisin Currie, Greggs’ retail and property director, will take over as chief executive in May....
...High street bellwether Next and discount peer B&M both lifted profit expectations last month....
...For the tangled tales of the cruise-liner drama Transatlantic (1931), the young cinematographer went full-throttle with deep focus and wide angles a decade before his colleague Gregg Toland employed such...
...Retailers from Sainsbury’s, DFS and Dunelm to Topps, B&M and Asos have warned over operating costs inflation....
...About half of B&Q’s 300 stores are open and Timpson is starting to reopen its key-cutting and shoe repair outlets....
...B&Q, Dunelm and Sports Direct had people waiting patiently to improve their homes and fitness with cash they might once have spent on holidays or meals out....
...Lombard How you think about Greggs’ future really depends on whether you believe 2022 will be remotely like 2019....
...Also out this morning are results from one non-high street retailer on a roll: discounter B&M....
...Air taxi enthusiasts say that whereas one mile in a traditional car can only take you a fixed route from A to B, one mile in a flying car can take you anywhere. But that is not strictly true....
...The company, whose backers include Archer-Daniels-Midland, said it was now producing a 110g chicken breast for just under $4, down from $7.50 announced at the start of the year....
...We currently model WFH to represent 10% of half of B&I going forward (B&I c40% of revenue) and our estimates sit c10% below consensus in FY21 onwards....
...The trust acts as one in company matters, wielding roughly 40 per cent of voting B shares....
...Since stores started to reopen, Greggs said sales trends had been “encouraging”: last week sales were back to 72 per cent of the equivalent 2019 level....
...BBC One, Two, The Three Bears C-A-B: Jack (in Jack and the Beanstalk), Queen, Martin Luther King B-A-C: March, April Fools’ Day....
...Discount retailer B&M has recruited Alex Russo as its CFO. Currently group finance director of retailer Wilko, he will join B&M no later than June 2021....
...You’re going to probably end up with a B. The real question is, has he got capability to be an A?” But then, a “B” leader with excellent players plus luck can end up a champion....
...Staying in the UK, Greggs the baker is expected to report a rise in 2019 profit on Tuesday....
...Howard Archer, chief economic adviser at EY Item Club: No. We do not expect the UK economy to regain its pre-pandemic size to around mid-2023....
...We downgrade Restaurant Group to Hold (from Buy) as it suffers from site disruption and cost pressures and downgrade Greggs to Reduce (from Hold) as LFL comps which drive sentiment will be tough to beat...
...Mine is engraved with “A to B” in microscopic letters, while Amanda’s says “B to A”. 292 Upper Street, London N1 (dinnyhall.com) The last item of clothing I added to my wardrobe was a pair of Adidas Stan...
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