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...One potential contender was the Bell Inn in Horndon on the Hill (a lovely pub and hotel in Essex where we spent our most recent anniversary) but given the nearest train station is still within a TfL zone...
...The festive shopping mood was apparent on the ground too, where stores reported heavy foot traffic....
...For clothes retailing, however, it looks as though bricks-and-mortar stores across Europe are bouncing back, as our Big Read explains....
...September 24 to January 19 2025; further information here Events Paris Design Week The fair celebrating l’art de vivre this year promises “new concept stores, staged window displays, vernissages, stores...
...The company had decided to keep its stores closed on Boxing Day — in part to give employees time off during the festive season, it said....
...But recorded sales at more expensive stores such as Morrison and Waitrose had shrunk, the research showed....
...Earnings Reports from electronics chain Best Buy, personal computer maker HP, discount store Dollar Tree, athletic retailer Dick’s Sporting Goods and department store Nordstrom will give some insight into...
...Some good news On a brighter note, Christmas lights won’t put you out of pocket this festive season....
...No room at the inn? A room could probably have been found, actually, if there had been staff to prepare it....
...(Last year the city pledged to stop serving meat at official events.)...
...Resolution suspects that the price and availability of different supermarket value ranges aren’t well captured in official inflation numbers....
...Target raised its starting hourly rate from $15 to up to $24 for workers in its stores, warehouses and headquarters last month....
...She said that he proposed marriage soon after they started dating and even visited a jewellery store to buy her a wedding ring....
...Amid all the bad news of what’s going on in the world, are you looking forward to Christmas and the festive season?...
...Google, Apple and Microsoft complied and delisted the site from searches and app stores....
...London cases have doubled in just one week with the new variant accounting for 60 per cent of those new infections, according to Downing Street officials....
...Peter Borg-Neal, chief executive of 28-strong Oakman Inns, said the restrictions were “disastrous” for the sector....
...There is no evidence so far that the UK government has been hacked, a British security official said. 4....
...(FT) Sony pulls ‘Cyberpunk 2077’ game from PlayStation store Sony stunned the games market by removing Cyberpunk 2077 from its online PlayStation store a week before Christmas, after one of the most expensive...
...KPMG, which had been advising the Bournemouth-based chain on its options after disappointing festive trading, will act as administrator following a court hearing on Monday....
...It is a task that could take days, election officials have warned, leaving residents in a collective state of agony....
...Portions are festive and vodka, near mandatory, arrives by the carafe....
...The Ministry of Agriculture is considering various ideas about how to deal with the surplus, including “how to encourage people to eat Wagyu”, said an official....
...Public health officials have stressed that any reopenings need to be gradual....
...Employee-owned John Lewis, which operates department stores and the upmarket Waitrose supermarkets, is set to report another fall in annual profit on Thursday following weak festive trading....
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