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Matalan family scoop £25m bonus
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- 24 March 2009 09:08
The family who founded Matalan are in line for a £25 million bonus as the firm continues to outperform the retail sector. Founder John Hargreaves has awarded himself and his family the bonus for 2008, five times more than the £5 million dividend the family earned last year, a strong ...read more
Retailers join with Government to act on knife crime
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- 05 February 2009 09:10
Retailers are joining forces with the Government and police as part of a nationwide crackdown on the sale of knives to under-18s. Home Secretary Jacqui Smith launched the initiative earlier this week, in conjunction with the British Retail Consortium and retailers including Tesco, Sainsbury's, Asda, Morrisons, Waitrose, Aldi, Lidl, Marks ...read more
Pontin’s to create jobs as sites get makeover
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- 04 February 2009 09:17
Holiday park operator Pontin's is to create over 2,000 jobs throughout its six UK sites with an investment of approximately £50 million.The new roles will include catering, retail and bar staff as well as "Blue Coats". Parent company Ocean Parcs, a team led by former Pontin's' chief executive Graham Parr ...read more
Matalan comes out of Christmas fighting
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- 19 January 2009 09:27
Matalan has said that its position as a value retailer has helped it to come out of the Christmas period as one of the best performing high street retailers. The group, which owns 203 stores across the UK, said that like-for-like sales rose 5.9% in the five weeks to January ...read more
Board change at Sainsbury’s
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- 09 April 2008 09:43
Sainsbury’s has appointed its supply chain director Roger Burnley to its operating board in the newly created role of retail and logistics director. According to the company the move consolidates responsibility for the supermarket's store and depot operations and will be effective from April 21st.Former retail director, Ken McMeikan, who ...read more
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