Screwfix and B&Q owner Kingfisher celebrates DIY boom amid the pandemic with sales soaring 16.9%

Screwfix and B&Q owner Kingfisher celebrates DIY boom amid the pandemic with sales soaring 16.9%

Money | Mail Online     •     January 12, 2021, 10:20 pm

Sales at Kingfisher soared 16.9 per cent in the 10 weeks to January 9, with online growth of more than 150 per cent compared with the same period a year ago.

Retail mogul Philip Day strikes deal to rescue Edinburgh Woollen Mill 

Money | Mail Online     •     January 12, 2021, 10:19 pm

Administrators at FRP confirmed 246 stores will be saved by Purepay Retail, which is controlled by former owner Philip Day. The agreement secures the future for 1,453 workers.

As the cladding crisis rages, scandal of the homeowners shut out of £1bn support fund

Money | Mail Online     •     January 12, 2021, 10:10 pm

Nathan Prescott from Manchester found out his building would not qualify for support for the replacement of its dangerous cladding because vital repairs had already begun.

Elderly widower Thomas was an easy target for conmen but now he's taking sweet revenge  

Money | Mail Online     •     January 12, 2021, 10:08 pm

For years, widower Thomas Wyness from Aberdeenshire was bombarded with letters telling him he'd won big cash prizes. But the prizes never arrived, and his losses quickly added up.

Games Workshop is valued at £3.8bn as fans spend more on its table-top war games during lockdown

Money | Mail Online     •     January 12, 2021, 10:02 pm

Pre-tax profits jumped by 56.3 per cent to £91.6 million for the six months to November 29, compared with the same period last year.