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The company said it was particularly boosted by its stores in UK airports, railway stations and hospitals in recent months

The boss of Superdry has warned that the company's fortunes could still take some time to turn around, as the market is unlikely to "get any easier" in the near-term, as the business said that Christmas had been challenging

The business said its strong performance had continued after it had its best-ever summer and opened the financial year with more orders at a record high

The group's Do It For Me business, which links customers with potential traders, performed particularly weakly over the second half of the year

The planned merger between mobile networks Vodafone and Three is to be formally investigated by the competition regulator

Apple has unveiled a sweeping plan to tear down some of the competitive barriers that it has built around its lucrative iPhone franchise, but the new choices opening up to consumers and app developers will only be available within Europe to start

The average monthly rent being asked outside London reached a record £1,280 in the final quarter of 2023, according to a property website

Denim giant Levi Strauss & Co. is reducing its global corporate workforce by 10% to 15% in the first half of the year as part of a two-year restructuring plan that seeks to cut costs and simplify its operations

Optimism for the coming 12 months has strengthened, according to a long-running survey

The cuts will primarily impact roles at recently acquired games developer Activision Blizzard, but some Xbox staff at Microsoft-owned games publisher ZeniMax will also be affected by the cuts

The Government has been warned of a potential "second scandal" involving the Post Office after concerns were raised that subpostmasters were convicted over losses involving another IT system

Lucy Frazer said organisations should be 'applauded' for giving generously

The move has ratcheted up concerns that more job cuts could be imminent at the retail group, which runs the department store chain and Waitrose grocery business

The GMB has written to the Defence Secretary saying that losing the ability to make steel from scratch will 'significantly impact' the security of the country's essential defence supply chains

The Bank and the Treasury launched a consultation in February last year over the so-called central bank digital currency

The Chiswick-based company, which runs 370 venues across the UK, told investors that sales jumped 21.6% over the five-week period around Christmas and New Year

The group said like-for-like retail motoring sales plunged 15.3% in December, which it blamed on the weather and 'customers balancing difficult spending decisions in the lead-up to Christmas'

The tonic waters and mixers company said it doubled adjusted earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) in the second half of its financial year

Haleon said the sale to Suave Brands Company, owned by US private equity firm Yellow Wood Partners, will see it receive about 430 million dollars (£338 million), plus a minority stake in Suave valued at around 80 million dollars (£63 million)

Most carriers suspended flights to Israel in October following the start of the country's conflict with Hamas

The next UK government will face one of the toughest fiscal challenges since the 1950s, with sluggish economic growth and high national debt, according to a report by the Institute for Fiscal Studies

The UK imported 9.1 million tonnes of wood pellets for energy in 2021

The YouGov research was carried out for the Money and Mental Health Policy Institute

Banks and building societies have closed at an alarming rate in recent years, with over 5,800 branches shutting since 2015, the consumer group said

A total of 1,025,474 cars and commercial vehicles were built, an increase of 17% on the previous year, said the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders