The number of ATM transactions plunged by 43% during the “coronavirus year”, according to Link, the UK’s main cash machine network.
Link said the sharp drop-off in ATM withdrawals, compared with the previous 12 months, equates to £37 billion less in cash sitting in people’s pockets, purses and wallets.
As the anniversary of the first national lockdown approaches on March 23,...
Homebase, the UK's home and garden experts, today reveals its transformed website. Created in partnership with THG plc’s end-to-end e-commerce division THG Ingenuity, the website will completely overhaul how its customers shop and make Homebase.co.uk the go-to destination for inspiration, expertise, and products for projects big and small.
For those stuck for inspiration, new 'before and after' makeovers will show...
Traditional print media has definitely seen the best of its days during the past few recent decades. It's paved the way for new, attention grabbing advertising techniques. However, times are changing with a blink of an eye and marketers need newer, more innovative ways to keep up with the lifestyles and demands of new age customers.
Planning the best marketing...
Greggs has become the latest business to say it will not expect staff to continue coming to its head office five days a week, offering a flexible working model instead.
Chief executive Roger Whiteside told the PA news agency: “My view is that what we’ve seen in Covid is an acceleration of the trend we’ve identified before Covid – more...
Sensormatic Solutions, the leading global retail solutions portfolio from Johnson Controls, continues to collaborate with Intel Corporation to deliver further innovative solutions to retailers.
A key partner in powering Sensormatic IQ, the new intelligent operating platform for retail, Intel is helping Sensormatic Solutions deliver improved shopper experiences and retail outcomes for its customers. Through deep knowledge of the retail industry, plus...
ScS vowed to return some of the furlough money it has claimed from the Government as the sofa seller swung to a profit in a record first half of its financial year. The company said that a four-fifths boom in online sales had helped drive increased revenue, which hit £174 million in the six months to January 24.
Meanwhile the...
The coronavirus pandemic has typically pulled people’s spending around a kilometre closer to their homes, analysis by a bank of its customers’ behaviour has found.
As people have remained closer to home, the average distance travelled to spend has fallen from 3.9 kilometres to 2.7 kilometres, according to Lloyds Bank, which looked at debit card spending data.
The data compared the...
App developers on Apple’s iOS platform saw an increase in jobs and earnings in the UK last year – despite the pandemic, according to new figures from the tech giant.
Apple said despite the economic challenges of the Covid-19 outbreak, apps on its App Store now support more than 330,000 jobs, up more than 10% over the last 12 months.
The...
Deliveroo has said it plans to raise £1 billion from its impending listing on the London Stock Exchange.
The takeaway delivery business confirmed its fundraising target for the first time as it moves closer to its initial public offering (IPO) which is expected to value to company at more than £5 billion.
Deliveroo announced its intention to float earlier this month,...
Footfall around the UK’s retail sites was up 7% last week, but is still heavily depressed compared to its pre-pandemic levels, new data has shown.
The survey from Springboard found that footfall had grown most rapidly in shopping centres, where it was up 9.8% compared to the week earlier.
However, shopping centres still have the most catching up to do compared...
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