Low-cost airline easyJet reported a surge in winter revenues today after it increased baggage charges and bounced back from the previous year’s snow-hit performance.Read
Petrol delivery trucks were once again rolling from the gates of Coryton oil refinery today after a shutdown triggered when the site collapsed into administration.Read
Technology giant Apple posted record quarterly results after it sold a greater-than-expected 37 million iPhones worldwide in the last three months of 2011.Read
An improved sales performance provided some Christmas cheer for pub chain JD Wetherspoon but its chairman warned today that its expansion plans may be scaled back in the face of more tax hikes.Read
Chocolatier Thorntons today said it had suffered at the hands of tough competition in the run-up to Christmas as cost-conscious consumers hunted for the best deals.Read
Tesco, the UK’s biggest supermarket, today revealed a worse-than-expected drop in sales in the run-up to Christmas as it admitted its Big Price Drop had failed to pull in enough customers.Read
Taxpayer-backed Royal Bank of Scotland today announced around 3,500 job losses over the next three years in a bid to downsize its investment banking arm.Read
Morrisons has reported a slowdown in sales in the run-up to Christmas, underlining the fierce competition in the supermarket sector over the crucial period.Read