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The Usdaw union is taking legal action over the way in which Woolworths’ administrator Deloitte handled employees’ severance pay.
Read More »Housewares Conference attracts raft of new sponsors
Four more leading companies have signed up as sponsors of April’s all-industry Housewares Conference.
Read More »January’s retail sales were ‘surprisingly good’
The value of UK retail sales enjoyed a boost in January, up 1.1% on a like-for-like basis, and 3.2% overall from January 2008.
Read More »North Yorks cookshop Savilles goes out of business
A combination of rising costs and falling sales has forced Savilles Cook Shop of Malton, North Yorkshire to shut down.
Read More »Alison Jackson set to quit EMAP
EMAP Connect managing director Alison Jackson is leaving the company to start a family.
Read More »Out-of-the-ordinary products are housewares buyers’ top priority
Over half of housewares buyers at last week’s Spring Fair were actively seeking out products different to the norm, exclusive research by HousewaresLive.net suggests.
Read More »Restaurants call it a day as tough times hit celebrity chefs
Celebrity chef Antony Worrall Thompson has closed four of his six restaurants after his holding company, AWT Restaurants, went into administration on Friday.
Read More »BHL takes on Luminarc and Cristal D’Arques
BHL has become the new UK distributor for Luminarc and Cristal D’Arques products following Arc International’s decision to close down its retail supply division in Leeds.
Read More »Baugur’s UK business goes into administration
As expected, the UK arm of troubled Icelandic investor Baugur has gone into administration.
Read More »Denby job losses confirmed
Thirty-five employees at Denby were made redundant last week.
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