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Supermarket giant Morrisons has beat its rivals by announcing strong Christmas trading results.
The Bradford-based retailer said like-for-like sales in the six weeks to January 3 rose by 6.5%.
Meanwhile, total sales grew 11.2% as the supermarket attracted a record number of customers and the strong festive performance resulted in Morrisons increasing its market share over the [...]

Eurostar, the Cross-Channel rail service, has reported a rise in ticket sales and passenger numbers for the 2009 year.
The train service that links the UK to France and Belgium said sales totalled £675.5 million – a rise of 1.7% compared with 2008.
The service carried 1.2% more passengers in the year, with total traffic growing [...]

According to the Unite union, British Airways (BA) cabin crew will begin a second strike ballot next week raising renewed fears for travellers.
The announcement comes after a strike planned for Christmas was declared illegal in a High Court ruling.
However, at the time of the ruling, Unite vowed to hold a fresh ballot if the [...]

DSG International, the electronics group that owns Dixons, Currys and PC World, has today joined other major retailers in reporting bumper Christmas sales.
The group, which is Europe’s No. 2 electricals retailer, enjoyed a record-breaking Christmas, with like-for-like sales in the 12 weeks to 9 January up 8% compared with the same period a year earlier.
Underlying [...]

Discount clothing retailer Primark joins other major retailers by announcing bumper sales over the festive period.
Primark’s parent group, Associated British Foods, said the chain is benefiting from consumers opting for cheaper clothes with sales particularly strong in the UK and Spain.
The group said: “Trading results for this period were very encouraging and ahead of our [...]