Electronics specialist Maplin has seen its strongest Christmas sales on record, with online shopping leading the way during the festive period. Like-for-like sales across the retailer grew by +2.3% in the period from Black Friday, 27 November, to 2 January 2016. This same period also...
Rutland is pleased to announce that on Wednesday 2 December 2015, Skills Minister, Nick Boles MP announced the launch of Pizza Hut Restaurants' first ever Apprenticeship Programme, which will see the company pledge 1,500 new apprenticeships over the next five years. Offering the full range of...
Maplin has focussed strongly on product and service in recent years, which has paid dividends as the electronic retailer has seen its strongest growth since 2008. Maplin's full year like-for-like figures have increased by 4.3% with revenue up by 6.3% to £237m. Online sales have increased...
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Rutland Partners is pleased to announce that, on 15 January 2015, it held a final close for its latest fund, Rutland Fund III, with total commitments of £263 million. The investors in Fund III come from the UK, continental Europe and North America and include pension...
Bernard Matthews, the UK's largest turkey company, had announced plans to create ninety new permanent roles at its Great Witchingham site in Norfolk. The company, which is one of the region's largest agricultural employers, has seen demand continue to grow for its all year round business...
Rutland Partners is delighted to announce that its Fund II portfolio company, Buy As You View ("BAYV"), completed a £30m financing on 15 August 2014 with Hayfin Capital Management. The proceeds will be used to repay £23m of Rutland's £34m investment in BAYV made in October...
In an exclusive interview with M&C Report, Chief Executive, Jens Hofma announces that Pizza Hut UK plans to accelerate its refurbishment programme next year by investing in a further 90 restaurants, after seeing like-for-like sales at invested sites grow by 20 to 25% on average. It...