All Flying Brands articles
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Flying Brands finance director Stuart Dootson resigns
Home shopping group Flying Brands finance director Stuart Dootson has resigned due to ill health.
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Flying Brands leases its last asset
Flying Brands has agreed a lease on its Retreat Farm property in Jersey, which is its last significant asset.
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Flying Brands closes plant growing business as it "considers strategic options"
Flying Brands closed its growing and live despatch business yesterday following the sales of its Gardening Direct retail arm last month.
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Flying Brands sales plunge as its search for a buyer continues
Flying Brands sales plummeted 35% in the three months to March 31 as it continues talks to sell the business.
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Flying Brands to sell gifts business to Interflora
Home shopping group Flying Brands is to sell its gifts division to Interflora.
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Flying Brands sales fall
Flying Brands suffered a fall in sales over Christmas from £4.47m to £3.29m.
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Flying Brands completes refinancing as sales plunge
Home shopping retailer Flying Brands has completed a refinancing as its sales plunge.
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Tesco’s Price Drop hits other grocers
Tesco’s share price rose in the week that it launched its Big Price Drop, but the move hit the value of its food retail rivals.
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Flying Brands to sell property to pay debt
Flying Brands has agreed terms to sell part of a property in Jersey as it seeks to pay down debt.
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Flying Brands warns it could breach banking covenants
Flying Brands this morning warned that trading had been below management expectations, and that it will breach its banking covenants next month unless it takes further action.
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Flying Brands steadies ship following first-half ‘mistakes’
Home shopping group Flying Brands’ new contract wins have encouraged house broker Singer, despite the retailer plunging into the red after making big business errors in its first half.
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Flying Brands enters red and renegotiates financing after difficult first half
Flying Brands entered the red and was forced to renegotiate its financing after a difficult first half.
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Flying Brands enters personalised cards market as it looks to broaden its offer
Multichannel retailer Flying Brands has entered the personalised card market as it looks to broaden its offer.
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Flying Brands partners with Debenhams
Multichannel retailer Flying Brands has struck a deal with department store chain Debenhams to offer a specialist wedding flower service across its stores.
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Flying Brands suffers difficult Q1
Flying Brands has suffered a difficult first quarter with like-for-like orders excluding businesses acquired in 2010 slumping 19.8%below last year.
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Poor weather conditions hit Flying Brands’ profit
Multichannel retailer Flying Brands reported a fall in full-year group pre-tax profit as poor weather hampered its core gardening and flowers business during crucial trading periods.
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Flying Brands profits fall but sales nudge ahead
Multichannel retailer Flying Brands has reported a fall in group pre-tax profit but sales nudged ahead.
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Analysis
Christmas Trading: The good, the bad, and the ugly
Terrible weather hit retail hard this Christmas, but some managed to prosper regardless. Rebecca Thomson wraps up Christmas 2010 with the help of OC&C’s Christmas trading index
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Opinion
Banks are on board – for now
The extent of new lending by the banks continues to preoccupy politicians but for some hard-pressed retailers existing borrowing is front of mind.
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Flying Brands ups its stake in Dealtastic
Home shopping group Flying Brands has acquired a further 30% stake in discounting website Dealtastic.