New car sales have suffered their worst January since 1974 as cash-strapped motorists switch to second hand models to save money.
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New car sales have suffered their worst January since 1974 as cash-strapped motorists switch to second hand models to save money.
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The company has just reported full-year losses of almost £50 million, hot on the heels of the first stumble encountered by the digital camera market in many years.
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Shop Direct group (formerly Littlewoods Home Shopping) has dropped a stunner by closing their Crosby call centre thus axing 1,000 jobs and a further 150 redundancies at their Liverpool headquarters.
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Yesterday emergency meetings arranged by DSGi, to restructure the management of its PC World stores took place. Regional and store managers faced heavy redundancies, and that the prospect of PC World and Currys being merged into one store looked ever more likely.
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Airline passenger growth nearly ground to a halt last year as the latest industry figures registered a “shocking” 22.6% drop in air cargo in the last month of 2008.
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The global economy suffered a fresh series of job losses today as companies from pharmaceuticals to photography and the law to London Underground announced cutbacks.
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Camera retailer Jessops admitted this morning that it needs a major restructuring of its debt after posting ballooning losses. The shares dropped by more than 16% to 2.3p on the news.
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Japan could be heading for its worst recession since the second world war after figures released today showed industrial output fell almost 10% last month and unemployment rose at its fastest pace for more than 40 years.
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Japanese carmaker Honda will shut its British factory for four months this evening, after a slump in sales.
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The pound slid to the lowest level since 1985 after Britain fell into its first technical recession in 17 years.
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