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By Alec Mattinson2021-03-16T08:57:00+00:00 Top story Bakery and food to go chain Greggs has reported its first loss since it floated in 1984 as the coronavirus and resultant store closures hammered sales. Greggs reported a pre-tax loss of £13.7m for the 53 weeks to 2 January, compared to a profit of £108.3m in the same period last year. Total sales fell 30.5 per cent to £811.3m and like-for-like sales in company-managed shops declined by 36.2% amid the closure of its shop estate in March 2020 as a consequence of the Covid outbreak. Greggs said its trading performance since reopening its ...

Drinks group C&C said its cost reduction programme is set to deliver savings of €18m a year against its pre Covid-19 cost base.

Submitting... It has taken a series of steps to mitigate, where possible, the negative financial and operational impacts of the coronavirus crisis. Tennent's, which is brewed in Glasgow, is Scotland's biggest selling lager brand. Picture: Andy Buchanan A cost reduction programme is expected to deliver annualised savings of €18 million (£15.5m) against the group’s pre-Covid cost base. That cost programme includes an “acceleration in the optimisation of the English and Scottish delivery networks” which is scheduled to be completed in the first quarter of the new financial year. This wi...

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People out walking are annoyed that the public toilets on Bray seafront close so early, Cllr Joe Behan said at last week's Zoom meeting of Bray Municipal District.