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Wickes sales fall on IT disruption and pressures on consumer spending. Photo: Wickes/PA Wire

Wickes sales fall on IT disruption and pressures on consumer spending

Wickes saidi profits will now be ahead of expectations and no less than £83m on an underlying pre-tax basis.

Why customers are still flocking to home improvements firm Wickes

Wickes said that people are still doing up their houses in large numbers.

Wickes says home improvement trend is still continuing

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Travis Perkins, the UK's biggest builders’ merchant, is set to close 165 branches and cut around 2,500 jobs (Photo: Shutterstock)

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Wickes will be reopening in Pudsey after closing due to lockdown restrictions.

Wickes to reopen Leeds store as part of 'trial run'

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Wickes to open its Leeds store this week

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Wickes to open its Leeds store this week

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Travis Perkins store. Pic: Rui Vieira/PA Wire

Company veteran and chief executive ready to step down at Travis Perkins

A Travis Perkins store. Photo credit: Rui Vieira/PA Wire

Wickes owner hikes prices post-Brexit

Travis Perkins Pinfold Lane Bridlington. Pic: PA

Travis Perkins to close more than 30 branches impacting 600 jobs

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Chris Davies, CEO of HSS Hire, Tottenham, north London, Tuesday, November 25, 2014.
Photograph: © Frantzesco Kangaris / Visual Media

Soft trading hurts HSS expectations

Leeds Stanningley Bypass closed over fears for man on bridge

Travis Perkins sees Q1 sales growth of 7.2 per cent

Slash rates to save the high street says retail review

Mary Portas

Call for High Street Minister to help arrest ‘deep decline’
More than 20,000 independent retail firms are at risk of failure in Britain’s flagging high streets, a report will warn this week.

Firm behind DIY chain builds hopes

Japanese finance firm looks to shake up UK’s personal loans market

DIY giant still  hammered by  weak demand

Poor weather hits Travis Perkins sales

Comet ranked as top high street store to test out haggling skills

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Firm foundations help building supplier to weather a damp start

Man, 31, found in city beck died from drowning

Barratt, Galliford give hope to market

Travis Perkins year profit jumps 37 per cent
BUILDERS’ merchant and home improvement retailer Travis Perkins posted a better than expected 37 per cent rise in year profit as it won share from rivals and forecast more growth in 2012.

Toolstation founder sells out for £24m

Residents driven round bend as town’s famous name spelt in roundabout way

Travis sales drop as consumers steer away from big ticket items

100 jobs saved but 150 more to go as Focus DIY stores sold

3,000 jobs go as Focus DIY closes 120 stores

A bigger market share for Travis

4,000 jobs at risk as Focus DIY falls into administration

Conditions to remain tough, says Travis

Travis wary despite strong start

Rush to beat VAT rise lifts Travis

Travis Perkins building up better growth

Travis Perkins says sales growth slowing

Travis Perkins aims to strengthen with £558m offer for BSS

Travis Perkins plugs gap with BSS deal

Travis Perkins gets lift from improved trade

Boss picks up bonus after £60m cost-cutting

Travis Perkins looks for an improvement

Travis Perkins braced for another tough year