Topps Tiles acquires CTD brand and assets out of administration for £9m August 19, 2024 FTSE-listed Topps Tiles has acquired CTD Tiles out of administration for £9m as it looks to enter the housebuilding segment. The purchase included CTD Tiles’ brands, 30 stores, selected stock and customer data, Topps said. CTD, which supplied tiles to the retail, trade and commercial markets, entered administration on 19 August after a wider downturn [...]
Deliveroo: Delivery group posts profit, launches buyback amid ‘encouraging’ signs in consumer behaviour August 8, 2024 Deliveroo posted a profit of £1m in the first half of 2024, rebounding from a loss of £83m in the same period last year. Shares rose over six per cent on Friday morning as gross transaction value (GTV) came in just under £3.7bn, up five per cent year on year from £3.5bn. The food delivery [...]
Consumer confidence hit highest level in three years July 19, 2024 Consumer confidence has risen to its highest level in three years in a tentative sign that the economy is leaving the cost-of-living crisis behind, new data from Deloitte shows. In its latest quarterly Consumer Tracker survey, Deloitte found that sentiment grew by 6.8 per cent year on year, boosted by a significant improvement in sentiment [...]
Consumer confidence rises again in June as economic outlook improves June 21, 2024 Consumer confidence picked up again in June, a new survey shows, in a sign that the improving economic outlook is slowly feeding through into household budgets.
Rise in consumer confidence gives hope for summer spending boost May 24, 2024 UK consumer confidence rose by two points in May in a sign that Brits are becoming increasingly hopeful about their financial position ahead of the summer months.
Consumer confidence hits highest level in two years as UK ‘turns a corner’ April 19, 2024 "The revival in consumer confidence speaks to a wider story of an economy that has turned the corner," Ian Stewart said.