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Downloads Just like frying pans for cooking brekkie and bread knives for making sarnies, cocktail shakers have become essential household utensils during Covid-19. At least, that’s how it looks. Because, with their favourite drinking holes closed for much of the past year, thirsty Brits have been mixing cocktails at home with abandon. And that has sent sales of mixers sky high. The sector has grown in value over the past year by 29.6% to £307.1m [Kantar 52 w/e 27 December 2020]. That makes i...

2 people found this useful Used car prices at auction have risen by up to 8% in the last two weeks since showrooms were able to re-open. Demand for used car stock is so strong that dealers are facing the challenge of buying used cars in the wholesale market close to the prices they are selling cars for on their forecourts, according to Shoreham Vehicle Auctions (SVA). Some dealers are pre-empting this by increasing forecourt prices as they prepare to pay more for replacement used stock in the w...

City A.M. checked in with a number of prominent Square Mile-based fund mangers to find out where they see opportunities for growth as London’s investment community is slowly shaking off the pandemic.

Year-End Trading Update Gear4music (Holdings) plc ("Gear4music" or "the Group"), the largest UK based online retailer of musical instruments and music equipment, today announces a year-end trading update covering the 12 months to 31 March 2021. 78.8   £19.0m (FY20:   31 March 2020 and *Subject to audit. Final results to be announced 22 June 2021. Andrew Wass, said: "I am very pleased to be reporting results that are ahead of our previous expectations, representing a transformational FY2...

Used car auctions across the UK have reported ‘exceptionally competitive’ trading during March as car dealers prepared for a bumper period of sales following this week’s reopening of showrooms.

IT may have been what would normally be a quiet Monday but the lockdown relaxing and a clear sky saw people in Warrington flocking to the pubs. The government’s ‘roadmap’ saw Covid rules ease this week with hospitality venues being able to serve customers in beer gardens for the first time in months. So we paid a visit to Centre Park, the town centre and Latchford to get a sense of what this turning point has been like for hard hit pubs with visitors very keen to get their first pos...

Spring game is last for UAB at Birminghams Legion Field Follow Us Question of the Day By - Associated Press - Sunday, April 11, 2021 BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - The University of Alabama at Birmingham has played its last game at Birmingham‘s legendary Legion Field, leaving the stadium known as the “Football Capital of the South” with few tenants. That history was on a lot of minds at the UAB spring intrasquad...

Is the UK really emerging from the investment wilderness? Investors herald new era but distinguishing between true value opportunities and value traps remains crucial After a long-time in the investment wilderness, the UK appears to be back in favour. UK equities have raced ahead of their peers over the past six months. What has turned the tide for the UK? And can it last once the relief over a Brexit deal and economic recovery has subsided? The biggest factor in the UK’s turnaround has been ...

Whats on the Marketing Track at Digital City Festival 2021 April 13th, 11am Manifest worked with Tommee Tippee on The Boob Life, a unified campaign which put mums front and centre to show the realities of infant feeding journeys. The campaign was faced with praise when it launched in February but also censorship from places like Facebook, which removed the video. Neil Knowles of Tommee Tippee; Chomoi Picho-Owiny, Emily Huyton, and Isabel Thomson of Manifest; plus marketing consultant Fiona W...