Новости за 26.11.2015

Shoppers are set for a retail frenzy on Friday as thousands of retailers unleash their Black Friday deals. So where are the best discounts and offers online and on the high street?

The London market made strong gains thanks to mining stocks bouncing back and hopes in Europe for further measures to stimulate spending.

Data outlines the big winners of Black Friday are department stores, which saw sales boom 220 per cent last year.

We spoke to the founders of two start-up sales sites to find out how they are targeting all-year round discounts rather than just a short-term frenzy.

Tesla has issued a recall of every Model S electric vehicle it has sold since 2012 after the carmaker found a front seat belt that was not properly connected to the outboard lap pretensioner,

A third of UK drivers say poor parking etiquette is their worst driving habit, but it's other motorists who tailgate and use the phone that grind their gears more than anything else.

Many are groaning at the prospect of Black Friday, but the whirlwind shopping event could be a boon to these retailers, and make their shareholders very happy.

Paypoint is trying to flog both its mobile and online payment businesses to focus on its retail offering. The businesses have struggled for growth.

Wowcher will be joined in the new company by LivingSocial - a website that offers deals to consumers in their local area or city - having acquired its UK and Ireland business.

The maker of Hobgoblin and Pedigree ales said pretax profits for its full year to October 3 rose 10 per cent to £91.5million, with revenues 7 per cent higher at £845.5million.

The FTSE 100-listed company posted pretax profits of £186.2million for the six months to September 30, up from £137.1million at the same point last year.

Some 45 per cent of employees aged 30-plus - 40 per cent of men and 48 per cent of women - don’t think they’ll get the full new state pension, according to a survey.

The end of PPI compensation claims has come a step closer today as the Financial Conduct Authority revealed 2018 as the year in which they are likely to be stopped.

The all-cash settlement was disclosed in filings yesterday in the US District Court in Manhattan, and requires court approval. Tesco denied wrongdoing in agreeing to settle, the court papers show.

Pre-tax profits climbed 10.6 per cent to £147million, while total revenue fell 3.3 per cent to £1.3billion.

The state-backed giant (up 0.02p to 72.19p) is expected to deliver the grim news to staff today.

Firms have been desperately trying to get the Government to dismantle the tax which brought in more than £27billion to the Treasury last year.

In early trading, the FTSE 100 index gained 13.4 points at 6,350.5, after adding 60.4 points yesterday when housebuilders dominated on the blue chip leader board.

Big guns in the defence industry were firing on all cylinders yesterday as they emerged as one of the main winners from the Autumn Statement.

In the past months the industry has witnessed the collapse of Redcar steel plant in Teeside, Caparo Industries called in administrators, and Tata Steel announced hundreds of job losses.

Industry experts warned that the plans for 400,000 homes could fall short because of a shortage of skilled workers, including bricklayers and carpenters.

The Government will increase transport investment by 50 per cent to £61billion over the course of the Parliament helping projects including the High Speed 2 rail link.

A big change of direction signalled by the Chancellor’s spending review is the shifting of responsibilities and finance from Whitehall to the devolved regions and English cities.

The move was given a cautious welcome by the scientific community, which described it as a step in the right direction but bemoaned the failure of the Government to increase the amount.

The Chancellor announced in the Commons that the government will introduce the charge in April 2017 at a rate of 0.5 per cent of an employer’s pay bill, paid through PAYE.