Fashion chain Next has today announced its pre-tax profits for the 2009 year rose 18% to £505.3 million.
The retailer said annual revenues rose to £3,406 million, from £3,271.5 million the previous year.
Chairman of the fashion chain, John Barton, described 2009 as “an extraordinary year” and added it had seen a “marked improvement” in its ranges [...]
Oil giant BP has today posted a 45% fall to £8.75 billion in 2009-annual profit compared with the 2008 year.
Meanwhile profit for the fourth quarter of 2009 rose 33% to £2.16 billion ($3.45 billion) compared with the $2.59 billion posted a year earlier, as a result of the recovery in oil prices. However, the quarter [...]
Figures published today by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) revealed a severe fall UK car production.
Car output fell 47.5% in December compared with a year earlier, with 53,823 cars produced.
For the 2009 year as a whole, 1,446,619 cars were produced – a fall of 5.7% on the previous year.
The poor year-end [...]