A light-hearted look at the story behind one of the busiest trading days in the retail year: Black Friday.
Market Walk, Woking’s new covered Market was opened on 4th October at a ribbon-cutting ceremony led by the Mayor, Tony Branagan.
The £4 million project forms part of wider Town Centre improvements by the Borough Council.
The UK’s largest Foodbank provider, the Trussell Trust has confirmed a 51% rise in useage in the last couple of years.
The Dept. of Transport had lost control of the HS2 programme and the spiralling costs – £30 billion, then £40 billion.
Tesco have blamed poor sales on the economic recession but US analysts say that’s wrong.
Retailing is tough and everyone is toughening-up – even the John Lewis Partnership, much-admired owners of Waitrose.
Amazon, despite employing 15,000 people and enjoying estimated sales of £3.9 billion in the UK last year it paid just £1.9 million in tax.
After July’s unwelcome hike in inflation the Bank of England relaxed a bit in August as the inflation rate slid back a point or so.