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  • May
  • 11
  • 2012

350 Clinton Cards stores close – 2,800 jobs go

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Administrators have announced the closure of approximately 350 Clinton Cards stores employing 2,800 people.

The retailer collapsed into administration on May 9 after failing to find a buyer for all or parts of the business.

Administrators at Zolfo Cooper said the group had made losses of £130m since 2004.

A Zolfo Cooper statement said: “Since their appointment, the joint administrators and their teams have been working to assess and stabilise the company’s financial position with a view to preserving value and seeking to sell the business as a going concern.

“In the course of this work it has become clear that the business is burdened with an untenable retail estate and as such, the joint administrators have regrettably taken the decision to close approximately 350 stores from the total estate of 784 stores nationwide.

“The stores in question are located throughout the country and employ approximately 2,800 full-time and part-time staff.

“They include all stores branded as Birthdays and approximately 200 Clinton Cards branded stores.”

Store locations have yet to be confirmed but the closure programme will begin next week and continue into June.

Joint administrator Peter Saville said: “Given the sheer size of the Clinton Cards retail estate and the overall performance, we were left with no alternative to today’s difficult decision.

“I am hopeful that the action we have taken will allow us to preserve value in the core underlying business, thereby allowing us and potential buyers to focus on a profitable and viable retail estate going forward.”

  • May
  • 06
  • 2012

Gov’t cuts summer gasoline price forecast

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NEW YORK (AP) — The government says gasoline will be cheaper this summer than previously expected thanks to a drop in the price of oil.

The Energy Department says drivers should pay an average of $3.79 per gallon at the pump from April through September. That’s down 16 cents from last month’s outlook and not that dramatic an increase from last summer’s average of $3.71 per gallon.

This month’s forecast is a reversal from previous warnings of a sharp rise in gasoline prices. The government had said last month that gasoline prices in May could jump above a monthly average of $4.01 per gallon.

Oil prices have dropped about $7 per barrel since April 2.

The national average for gas has declined 17 cents since early April to $3.76 per gallon on Tuesday.

  • Apr
  • 16
  • 2012

Feds investigating fire reports in Cruze, Wrangler

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DETROIT (AP) — The government said Sunday it is investigating reports of engine fires in the Chevrolet Cruze small car and Jeep Wrangler SUV.

The fires haven’t caused any injuries but have destroyed at least six vehicles. NHTSA is investigating the 2011 model year Cruze and the 2010 model year Wrangler.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has received two reports of fires in the 2011 Cruze. In both cases, owners reported that the fires began while the cars were moving, and in both cases the cars were destroyed.

According to complaints filed on NHTSA’s Web site, a driver with a 2011 Cruze Eco was 30 miles into a 43-mile trip last month when smoke started coming out from under the hood.

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  • Apr
  • 07
  • 2012

Parkway Green Housing Trust chooses Lovell for £5.6m scheme

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Lovell has been selected for a £5.6m scheme in Wythenshawe.

Lovell, part of Morgan Sindall Group, will construct 68 properties at the New Foxfield development for Parkway Green Housing Trust. The development will feature 44 houses, eight bungalows and 16 flats which will be available for renting.

Construction will take 68 weeks and is being funded by the affordable homes programme. The architect is Bernard Taylor Partnership.

  • Mar
  • 30
  • 2012

Tribune Broadcasting: No deal reached with DirecTV

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NEW YORK (AP) — DirecTV Inc. subscribers in 19 U.S. markets have lost access to certain programming, after Tribune Broadcasting said it failed to reach a settlement with the satellite television provider in their contract negotiations.

Tribune Broadcasting said late Saturday in a statement that without a deal in place, DirecTV was barred by federal law from carrying the signal of Tribune’s local television stations after midnight, when their agreement expired.

The affected markets include New York, Chicago, New Orleans and Philadelphia. Customers could lose TV programs including “American Idol,” “Gossip Girl,” and Major League Baseball, depending on who owns local affiliates that carry the shows.

Tribune president Nils Larsen called the situation “extremely unfortunate.”

In its own statement, DirecTV said it had hoped Tribune would allow its programming to remain up while negotiations continue.

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  • Mar
  • 29
  • 2012

Managing Clients with CRM

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Good client relationships are important to the success of many businesses and so taking action to improve and further those relationships wherever possible is definitely worthwhile. A large part of this is making sure client relationships are properly managed – and customer relationship management (CRM) is a good way of doing this.

In particular, CRM software can help you to keep on top of client relationships, meaning that face-to-face client meetings have the best possible chance of being successful.

Store relevant details

One of the things you can use a CRM information system to do is to store relevant details about your clients so you always have information to hand when necessary. T Read all post…

  • Mar
  • 27
  • 2012

Manchester to host Soccerex Global Convention

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Manchester will play host to a global soccer conference that will give the city’s economy a £23m boost, the MEN can reveal today.

Council chiefs have struck a deal to bring the Soccerex Global Convention to the city for four years from November 2014.

It will see more than 4,000 delegates descend on Manchester during the five-day event, which has previously been held in Brazil, the United Arab Emirates and South Africa.

Plans are also under way for a major football festival to be held in the city to coincide with the convention, following the success of a similar event in Rio de Janeiro, where the convention was held last year.

Marketing Manchester chief executive Andrew Stokes said: “The Soccerex Global Convention is the largest business-to-business football event in the world.

“The new four-year relationship is a major coup for the city and will generate £23m for the local economy during the life of the contract.

“The Global Convention commands significant attention and will further strengthen Manchester’s position as the home of football in the UK.

“We’re also working with Soccerex on the launch of the festival that runs alongside the conference that will showcase the breadth of community engagement in football across Greater Manchester and raise the profile of the many social and charity initiatives there are associated with the game.

“Sport plays an increasingly important role in contributing to the city region’s economy and events like Soccerex help us to communicate that message.”

Soccerex already stages its two-day European Forum in Manchester, which started yesterday at Manchester Central.

It was opened by city council chief executive Sir Howard Bernstein, who told delegates of the importance of football to Manchester’s economy.

Around 1,500 delegates will attend the convention. Themes being discussed

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