Edward Garner said Tesco's premium own label Finest had shown sales growth of 16
per cent year on year while Sainsbury's Taste the Difference had risen 12 per cent.
«Employers» requests to interview foreign candidates fell 46
per cent year on year in the first quarter and 37 per cent in the second quarter, according to data collected from more than 10,000 companies on the technology recruitment platform Hired» Read more.
MINI has seen significant success in the corporate market this year, with sales up 14
per cent year on year.
-LSB-...] Last month print sales of The Guardian fell 7
per cent year on year to an average of 165,672 and The Observer fell 6.2 per cent to 189,383.
TIGA, the network for video games developers and digital publishers and the trade association representing the video games industry, today released new data showing that Scotland is the second fastest growing cluster in the UK games industry with headcount growth of 27 per cent between March 2016 and November 2017 (the North West was the fastest growing, with the region enjoying 32
per cent year on year growth).
After a minor hiccup, courtesy of a red - faced WSJ, Activision - Blizzard released its actual results and smashed its own predictions to post a record Q1 with revenues hitting $ 1.965 bn (# 1.45 bn), up 13.8
per cent year on year.
The Japanese games market will continue to be the third - largest in the world in 2018 and will grow 15.1
per cent year on year to $ 19.2 billion.
Manchester Airport, the only airport in the UK with two runways apart from London Heathrow, grew eight
per cent year on year to handle 3.2 million passengers in August.
«We had over 4.15 million visitors to our site in 2014 and saw a 71 per cent rise in visitors using mobile and a 64 per cent rise in mobile bookings, while reservations through tablets were up 14
per cent year on year.
The uplift sets a new all - time record moving annual total - 22,475,753 passengers - for Manchester Airport, which celebrated its 77th anniversary during the month, up 5.92
per cent year on year.
The revenue for Antigua bookings for 2017 is up three
per cent year on year, despite a drop in room nights.
One of the best performing was luxury tour operator Page and Moy, where sales boomed by an incredible 227
per cent year on year.
The rolling annual total of passengers now stands at 22,349,472 — the most ever for Manchester Airport, up 6.7
per cent year on year.
LAN Airlines reported a reduction in fuel consumption of 3.42
per cent year on year, while TAM Airlines recycled a total of 31.4 per cent of its waste in 2013.
With 22.3 million passengers per year, Manchester is the UK's third largest airport and represents growth of 7.5
per cent year on year, with March 2015 seeing growth close to ten per cent.
The Solomon Islands enjoyed a 70
per cent year on year increase in international visitor arrivals for September 2017.
Canalys estimates full - year 2011 global PC shipments to reach 415m units, up 15
per cent year on year, thanks predominantly to growing tablet sales.
Its sales have dropped 37
per cent year on year, to 853 units for the first six months of 2016, with less than a two per cent share of the segment.
Further, Wakaya, in Fiji was up over 23.5 per cent and Wakkanai in Japan enjoyed a more than 55
per cent year on year uplift.
New vehicle sales in Western Australia have fallen 8.1
per cent year on year, according to a report from the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries.
Not exact matches
In 2012, these television services spent $ 1.39 billion
on Canadian programming, representing a 9.6
per cent increase over the previous
year.
The investment indicator in the Business Outlook Survey weakened significantly from the summer report, as the balance of opinion between firms planning more spending
on machinery and equipment versus those predicting less dropped to 17
per cent from 29
per cent in the summer and 35
per cent at the start of the
year.
New vehicle sales in Western Australia registered a slight increase in March compared with the same month last
year, while sales for the 12 months to March were up 5.3
per cent on the prior
year, according to the latest data from the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries.
Oil has dropped more than six
per cent since closing at a two -
year high of $ 110.53
on Sept. 6.
Shares in scooter manufacturer Vmoto have dived 20
per cent today after the company announced
on Friday it expected to record a $ 2.24 million loss for the first half of the 2011 financial
year.
Henderson - based contractor Civmec lifted profit to $ S10.4 million ($ A10 million) for the first half of the financial
year, up 59
per cent,
on the back of a big surge in revenue.
Those poor handset sales weighed
on BlackBerry's revenue, which was US$ 1.2 billion, down 56
per cent from a
year ago when it didn't have the new smartphone models
on the market.
St. Louis - based Anheuser - Busch, the largest U.S. brewer, said earlier this month it had cut its water use by 32
per cent in the last five
years by sponsoring preservation initiatives in water basins critical to its breweries, and by installing U.S. Department of Agriculture real - time weather and crop water - use data meters
on suppliers» farms.
On Wednesday afternoon, the benchmark U.S. 10 -
year bond was yielding 2.35
per cent, up 15 basis points from before the Fed statement and up sharply from about 1.6
per cent at the beginning of May.
The government already spends about $ 12 - billion each
year to pay interest
on its debt, about 8
per cent of revenue.
Motor vehicles sales in Western Australia for the
year to November are down 8.5
per cent on the same period last
year, with sports utility vehicles the only part of the market that held up.
New vehicle sales are
on the rise, with new data showing 4.8
per cent more cars were sold in the six months to June 30 than the same six month period last
year.
Personal income tax will hit a 20 -
year high of 12.5
per cent of GDP by 2020 - 21 under the budget forecasts as the government relies
on bracket creep and an increase in the Medicare levy to return the budget to surplus.
Car dealers in Western Australia will be hoping for a pickup this
year, after the release of data showing a 7.9
per cent fall in new car sales in 2015 in WA, while the rest of the nation reported its best
year on record.
In 2013, the average rate
on a five -
year fixed mortgage was 2.99
per cent.
Adjusted earnings were down
year -
on -
year from 69
cents per share to 65
cents per share — Wall Street had been expecting 70
cents.
End - of - financial -
year specials failed to maintain May's positive tone
on new car sales for Western Australia, with numbers for June down 5.5
per cent as the financial
year ended with a whimper.
Apartment units posted the largest
year -
on -
year price gains in March, up 17.8
per cent, followed by townhouse / row units at 9.4
per cent.
Home values in Perth were up 0.2
per cent over the past three months, but were 3.1
per cent lower
year -
on -
year.
On an adjusted basis, Restaurant Brands, which also owns Burger King and Popeyes, says it earned 66
cents per share for the quarter, up from 36
cents per share a
year ago.
For instance, business spending
on research and development has actually dropped to 0.89
per cent of gross domestic product in 2011 from 1.29
per cent 10
years earlier.
«Compensation went up for every single executive save one
on a
year - over-
year basis and shareholders saw an 80
per cent decline.»
On an adjusted basis to remove one - time items such as the tax charge, Canada's biggest lenders earned roughly $ 11.3 billion, up approximately 12.59
per cent from a
year ago
The Federal government has sought to allay community concerns about tree farms - which have jumped 20
per cent in five
years in Western Australia to reach almost 400,000 hectares - releasing a report
on the impact of timber plantation.
Earnings
per share are expected to be 52
cents, up from 43
cents a
year earlier,
on revenue of about $ 4.37 billion, according to FactSet estimates.
Sandfire Resources has posted a 9
per cent slide in half -
year profit to $ 30.5 million
on the back of lower prevailing copper prices.
Ramelius Resources has enjoyed a fruitful
year, with profit up 71
per cent on the back of increased production and lower costs.
Gold miner Northern Star Resources has increased its dividend payout after confirming a 65
per cent jump in full -
year profit,
on the back of higher gold prices and a reduction in costs.
Southern Cross Electrical Engineering has reported a $ 9.6 million slump in full -
year profit to $ 7.7 million
on the back of a 21
per cent fall in revenue to $ 218.2 million.
Analysts
on average were expecting earnings of 65
cents per share, according to Thomson Reuters I / B / E / S. Revenue was $ 41.7 billion, compared with $ 41.8 billion in the
year - earlier period.