New OECD trade figures show UK exports slumped deeper than any other G7 nation’s in February. The international delivery expert ParcelHero says Britain’s exports fell by -4.45 per cent against January and also tumbled -2.91 per cent year-on-year. February was a bad month for UK exports, when contrasted with its fellow G7 nations. Britain’s international…
Specialist trade supplier, ElectricalDirect, has launched its latest catalogue featuring best-sellers from its huge range of over 12,000 products, plus a number of new additions. The free catalogue is perfect for browsing project essentials while on the move, so customers can easily find what they need, when they need it. The latest catalogue has been…
Selco Builders Warehouse has continued its UK expansion by opening a new branch in Peterborough. The builders merchant has officially cut the ribbon on its premises on Padholme Road East to take its total number of UK branches to 75. Howard Luft, Selco’s chief executive, is delighted to be extending the Selco offering into a…
1500 new product lines launched Leading lighting designer and manufacturer Ansell Lighting has launched its latest product catalogue, S16, with 1,500 new product lines, including new specialist healthcare products and the most comprehensive LED strip lighting range on the market. While the company, which recently received a King’s Award for Enterprise for Innovation, has a…
Screwfix has partnered with the British Heart Foundation (BHF) to roll out defibrillators in all of its stores across the UK and Ireland, becoming the first trade retailer to roll-out defibrillators on this scale. With more than 870 stores across the UK and Ireland, Screwfix is perfectly placed to provide the lifesaving devices in the…
Two apprentice electricians, Harry Baines and DJ Earley, have reached the final of the 2023 Screwfix Trade Apprentice award From 1,700 entries, the top 10 have been selected to attend the national final in May One winner will be named Screwfix Trade Apprentice 2023 and receive a career-boosting trade bundle worth £10,000 Ten ambitious apprentices,…
A new report reveals UK businesses’ online sales soared from £227.4bn in 2014 to £459.2bn in 2021. The home delivery expert ParcelHero says own website sales far eclipsed online marketplace results, while microbusinesses punched well above their weight. Businesses also aired their biggest marketplace gripes A new Office for National Statistics (ONS) report into the…
The amount of goods Brits bought in March fell by -0.9%. However, e-commerce sales shrugged off the slump as we all spent 0.8% more online. Today’s Office for National Statistics (ONS) retail sales figures for March paint a mixed picture. It’s likely that shortages of some foods, particularly fruit and veg, drove down retail sales…
The retailer has introduced a pay rise of 9.4 per cent for all colleagues at entry level and in all store and operations roles. It means that the hourly rate for entry level colleagues will increase to £10.60. Jag Nagra, HR Director for Toolstation, says: “We’re a business that cares about our colleagues and this…
The ONS has released its latest monthly Consumer Price Index this morning, showing that inflation has fallen to 10.1 per cent. Here, three CEOs of UK SMEs comment on what the data means for British businesses… Chieu Cao, CEO of Mintago, said: “It’s poignant that today’s inflation data comes right in the middle of Stress…