Report 1 -New car sales down in May as cash-for-scrap plan gets up and running New car sales fall 24 per cent in May to 134,000 Drop in car sales for the 13th consecutive month Scrappage scheme sale improvement unknown New car sales fell again for the 13th consecutive in May as the scrappage incentive finally got going. Official figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) sh...

The Spectator magazine has recorded its highest-ever sales. The audited ABC average circulation for the first half of this year was almost 77,000 -- a weekly average of 76,952 to be exact -- the highest ever sale in the magazine's 180-year history and the 12th consecutive half-year increase.  Circulation is now 5% up on the first half of 2007. Of particular importance to advert...

WorkLight Inc., an Enterprise 2.0 company, today announced that Sunil Sampat, a 15 year technology industry veteran has joined its team as Vice President, Sales for North America.

Dmitry Gorenburg on the Mistral sale, and on the more general topic of Western arms sales to Russia: Major arms sales by NATO states to Russia would increase Russian dependence on the West, decreasing the likelihood that Russia would take unilateral military action contrary to Western interests. Such sales would also enhance regional security by improving the ability of Russian forces to cooperate...

Sales of first-class rail tickets have rebounded, defying cutbacks in government and company travel budgets, figures show

Office for National Statistics - This monthly publication contains detailed estimates of retail sales in Great Britain, including the latest indices and growth rates of the average weekly value of retail sales at current prices and also at constant year 2000 prices, referred to as the volume of retail sales.

Online sales from retailers like Amazon.Com and E-bay are popular with consumers, and one of the chief attractions is purchases without the necessity of paying an onerous sales tax. In California for instance, those sales taxes can be up to 10% and up. In an effort to get more of your money to spend, state legislatures are working on implementing and enforcing statutes to collect the tax, but they...

I receive a fair few phone calls from people wanting to sell the Liberal Democrats the latest / neweset / best technology. So I thought I’d share some tips on how to ring me. Alas, all of these are based on actual events. The worst sales call I can recall managed six of these in

It was a bit of a nerve racking wait for results. Prior to the VAT cut, John Lewis had reported that their sales had been 13% down on the same period last year. It looked like there would be a proper bloodbath on the high street. However, immediately post VAT cut, their sales were only down 6.7% on the previous year, and they finally reported that in the five weeks to Jan 3rd, their sales were up

Gold sales “lost” £4.7 billion The excuses given today for the preposterous sale of Britain’s gold reserves when Gordon Brown became Chancellor of the Exchequer are truly laughable, I’d be in tears if it weren’t so serious. Treasury minister Ian Pearson attempted to defend the gold sale. He said: “The gold sales between July 1999 and March