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Companies involved in retailing goods, manufacturing motor vehicles and parts, operating restaurants and pub chains, providing hotel and lodging services and offering entertainment content. UK‑listed companies in this sector include Tesco PLC, Sainsbury’s PLC, Pendragon PLC, Whitbread PLC, Mitchells & Butlers PLC and Cineworld Group PLC.

Cooks Coffee reports 27% sales growth in UK and Ireland for H1 FY26

Cooks Coffee Company has announced a 26.9% increase in systemwide sales for its Esquires stores in the UK and Ireland for the 26 weeks to 28 September 2025. UK sales rose 26.7% and Ireland 27.4%, with like-for-like growth of 3.5% and 6.4% respectively...
Vistry Group

Vistry Group secures additional £50m grant to boost affordable housing delivery

Vistry Group has been awarded a further £50 million grant from Homes England, taking its total funding under the 2021–2026 Affordable Homes Programme to £252 million. The funding will support the delivery of more than 3,500 additional affordable homes across the UK, with schemes already underway this year...

Likewise positions itself for the next phase of expansion

Likewise has swung back into profit in H1 2025 while stepping up infrastructure investment, and it now aims to push beyond £250 million in revenues...
JD Sports

JD Sports Fashion reports 20% sales growth, lower margins in Interim Results

JD Sports Fashion delivered interim results for the 26 weeks to 2 August 2025, with sales up 20% at constant currency to £5.94bn, supported by acquisitions and organic growth of 2.7%...
Kingfisher plc

Kingfisher Plc reports strong H1 2025/26, upgraded profit and cash flow guidance

Kingfisher PLC delivered a solid first half to 31 July 2025, reporting adjusted pre-tax profit up 10.2% to £368m and free cash flow rising 13.5% to £478m. Like-for-like sales grew 1.9%, supported by strong performances from B&Q and Screwfix, alongside double-digit growth in trade and e-commerce...

A gathering point for flooring

The Flooring Show 2025 in Harrogate offers a front-row view of how design, innovation and supply chain dynamics are shaping the future of flooring...
Next Plc

NEXT Plc reports 10% sales growth and higher profits in H1 2025

NEXT plc posted a 10.3% rise in Group sales to £3.25 billion and a 13.8% increase in pre-tax profit to £515 million for the six months to July 2025. Full price sales were up 10.9%, with the company maintaining full-year profit guidance of £1.1 billion...
Likewise

Likewise CEO on 10% sales growth and strategic expansion plans (LON:LIKE)

Likewise Group CEO Tony Brewer reported strong H1 2025 results, with like-for-like sales up 10.2% in the first eight months. The company has expanded to 12 distribution centres, 152 delivery vehicles, and 99 sales executives, while also investing in new cutting facilities in Glasgow, Derby, and Newport to support future growth...
AO World plc

AO World Plc reports strong H1 trading and announces £10m share buyback

AO World expects Group revenue to rise 13% year-on-year for H1 2026, with B2C sales up 11% and adjusted profit before tax forecast between £45m and £50m. The Group plans its first-ever share buyback of up to £10m, reflecting strong cash generation and confidence in future growth...
Trainline

Trainline delivers H1 FY2026 growth and launches £150m share buyback

Trainline reported group net ticket sales of £3.25 billion for the six months to 31 August 2025, up 8% year-on-year, with revenue rising 2% to £235 million. The company raised profitability guidance for FY2026 and announced an enhanced £150 million share buyback programme, building on £196 million of repurchases since 2023...
Playtech plc

Playtech reports H1 2025 results, delivers strong B2B growth and €1.8bn shareholder payout

Playtech has announced results for the six months to 30 June 2025, reporting adjusted EBITDA of €91.6 million and a net cash position of €77.1 million. The period included the completion of the €2.3 billion Snaitech sale, with €1.8 billion distributed to shareholders as a special dividend...
Surface-Transforms

The advantages of Carbon Ceramic Brakes

Born from Formula 1 engineering, carbon ceramic brakes offer a rare blend of performance, longevity and refinement that can redefine both driving dynamics and long-term ownership value...

Likewise positions Newport for a step beyond logistics

Likewise Group’s Newport expansion signals a discreet but strategic scaling of its logistics, anchored in cash flow and poised for growth...
XP Factory

XP Factory CEO on double digit growth and expansion plans (LON:XPF)

XP Factory CEO Richard Harpham spoke with DirectorsTalk about the company’s FY25 results. Revenue rose 19% on a comparable basis to nearly £58m, while EBITDA increased 30% to £6.6m. Both Escape Hunt and Boom Battle Bar delivered strong like-for-like sales growth, supported by customer demand and strategic site expansions...
Vistry Group

Vistry Group Plc reports H1 results with debt reduction and affordable housing focus

Vistry Group delivered H1 2025 results in line with expectations, reporting adjusted profit before tax of £80.6m and net debt reduced to £293m, significantly better than forecast. The Group highlighted its strong pipeline of opportunities under the UK Government’s new £39bn Social and Affordable Homes Programme, where it is well positioned to play a key role...

Likewise Group: Scaling Fast with Sales Growth, Dividends and Distribution Muscle (Video)

CEO Tony Brewer outlines how the flooring distributor is pushing beyond its £160m run rate, growing like-for-like sales by over 10%, and doubling its dividend since 2021...

Likewise reports 10% sales growth and strong interim results for H1 2025

Likewise Group has posted a 10.2% increase in sales revenue to £77.9 million for the six months to 30 June 2025, with Likewise Branded sales up 14.1%. Underlying profit before tax rose 120% to £0.74 million, while operating cash flow reached £5.2 million...
Vistry Group

Vistry Group Plc and Homes England launch £150m JV to deliver large-scale housing

Vistry has formed a £150 million joint venture with Homes England, named Hestia, to accelerate the development of large residential sites across England. The partnership will deliver mixed-tenure communities of 400 to 3,000 homes and provide new infrastructure, while also offering land parcels to SME developers to support broader housing sector growth...
Likewise

Likewise granted approval for 20,000 sq ft expansion of Newport facility

Likewise Group has received planning permission to extend its Newport warehouse by 20,000 sq ft, creating a 55,000 sq ft distribution hub. The development will be funded through internal cash flow...
Domino's Pizza Group

Domino’s to host investor event and launches CHICK ‘N’ DIP sub-brand

Domino’s Pizza Group will hold an investor event on 9 December 2025 to outline growth opportunities in the UK and Ireland, including digital projects, store expansion and capital allocation priorities. The company has also launched CHICK ‘N’ DIP, a new chicken sub-brand currently on trial in 187 stores, with plans for national rollout to capture growth in the casual dining market...

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Cooks Coffee reports 27% sales growth in UK and Ireland for H1 FY26

Cooks Coffee Company has announced a 26.9% increase in systemwide sales for its Esquires stores in the UK and Ireland for the 26 weeks to 28 September 2025. UK sales rose 26.7% and Ireland 27.4%, with like-for-like growth of 3.5% and 6.4% respectively...
Vistry Group

Vistry Group secures additional £50m grant to boost affordable housing delivery

Vistry Group has been awarded a further £50 million grant from Homes England, taking its total funding under the 2021–2026 Affordable Homes Programme to £252 million. The funding will support the delivery of more than 3,500 additional affordable homes across the UK, with schemes already underway this year...

Likewise positions itself for the next phase of expansion

Likewise has swung back into profit in H1 2025 while stepping up infrastructure investment, and it now aims to push beyond £250 million in revenues...
JD Sports

JD Sports Fashion reports 20% sales growth, lower margins in Interim Results

JD Sports Fashion delivered interim results for the 26 weeks to 2 August 2025, with sales up 20% at constant currency to £5.94bn, supported by acquisitions and organic growth of 2.7%...
Kingfisher plc

Kingfisher Plc reports strong H1 2025/26, upgraded profit and cash flow guidance

Kingfisher PLC delivered a solid first half to 31 July 2025, reporting adjusted pre-tax profit up 10.2% to £368m and free cash flow rising 13.5% to £478m. Like-for-like sales grew 1.9%, supported by strong performances from B&Q and Screwfix, alongside double-digit growth in trade and e-commerce...

A gathering point for flooring

The Flooring Show 2025 in Harrogate offers a front-row view of how design, innovation and supply chain dynamics are shaping the future of flooring...
Next Plc

NEXT Plc reports 10% sales growth and higher profits in H1 2025

NEXT plc posted a 10.3% rise in Group sales to £3.25 billion and a 13.8% increase in pre-tax profit to £515 million for the six months to July 2025. Full price sales were up 10.9%, with the company maintaining full-year profit guidance of £1.1 billion...
Likewise

Likewise CEO on 10% sales growth and strategic expansion plans (LON:LIKE)

Likewise Group CEO Tony Brewer reported strong H1 2025 results, with like-for-like sales up 10.2% in the first eight months. The company has expanded to 12 distribution centres, 152 delivery vehicles, and 99 sales executives, while also investing in new cutting facilities in Glasgow, Derby, and Newport to support future growth...
AO World plc

AO World Plc reports strong H1 trading and announces £10m share buyback

AO World expects Group revenue to rise 13% year-on-year for H1 2026, with B2C sales up 11% and adjusted profit before tax forecast between £45m and £50m. The Group plans its first-ever share buyback of up to £10m, reflecting strong cash generation and confidence in future growth...
Trainline

Trainline delivers H1 FY2026 growth and launches £150m share buyback

Trainline reported group net ticket sales of £3.25 billion for the six months to 31 August 2025, up 8% year-on-year, with revenue rising 2% to £235 million. The company raised profitability guidance for FY2026 and announced an enhanced £150 million share buyback programme, building on £196 million of repurchases since 2023...
Playtech plc

Playtech reports H1 2025 results, delivers strong B2B growth and €1.8bn shareholder payout

Playtech has announced results for the six months to 30 June 2025, reporting adjusted EBITDA of €91.6 million and a net cash position of €77.1 million. The period included the completion of the €2.3 billion Snaitech sale, with €1.8 billion distributed to shareholders as a special dividend...
Surface-Transforms

The advantages of Carbon Ceramic Brakes

Born from Formula 1 engineering, carbon ceramic brakes offer a rare blend of performance, longevity and refinement that can redefine both driving dynamics and long-term ownership value...

Likewise positions Newport for a step beyond logistics

Likewise Group’s Newport expansion signals a discreet but strategic scaling of its logistics, anchored in cash flow and poised for growth...
XP Factory

XP Factory CEO on double digit growth and expansion plans (LON:XPF)

XP Factory CEO Richard Harpham spoke with DirectorsTalk about the company’s FY25 results. Revenue rose 19% on a comparable basis to nearly £58m, while EBITDA increased 30% to £6.6m. Both Escape Hunt and Boom Battle Bar delivered strong like-for-like sales growth, supported by customer demand and strategic site expansions...
Vistry Group

Vistry Group Plc reports H1 results with debt reduction and affordable housing focus

Vistry Group delivered H1 2025 results in line with expectations, reporting adjusted profit before tax of £80.6m and net debt reduced to £293m, significantly better than forecast. The Group highlighted its strong pipeline of opportunities under the UK Government’s new £39bn Social and Affordable Homes Programme, where it is well positioned to play a key role...

Likewise Group: Scaling Fast with Sales Growth, Dividends and Distribution Muscle (Video)

CEO Tony Brewer outlines how the flooring distributor is pushing beyond its £160m run rate, growing like-for-like sales by over 10%, and doubling its dividend since 2021...

Likewise reports 10% sales growth and strong interim results for H1 2025

Likewise Group has posted a 10.2% increase in sales revenue to £77.9 million for the six months to 30 June 2025, with Likewise Branded sales up 14.1%. Underlying profit before tax rose 120% to £0.74 million, while operating cash flow reached £5.2 million...
Vistry Group

Vistry Group Plc and Homes England launch £150m JV to deliver large-scale housing

Vistry has formed a £150 million joint venture with Homes England, named Hestia, to accelerate the development of large residential sites across England. The partnership will deliver mixed-tenure communities of 400 to 3,000 homes and provide new infrastructure, while also offering land parcels to SME developers to support broader housing sector growth...
Likewise

Likewise granted approval for 20,000 sq ft expansion of Newport facility

Likewise Group has received planning permission to extend its Newport warehouse by 20,000 sq ft, creating a 55,000 sq ft distribution hub. The development will be funded through internal cash flow...
Domino's Pizza Group

Domino’s to host investor event and launches CHICK ‘N’ DIP sub-brand

Domino’s Pizza Group will hold an investor event on 9 December 2025 to outline growth opportunities in the UK and Ireland, including digital projects, store expansion and capital allocation priorities. The company has also launched CHICK ‘N’ DIP, a new chicken sub-brand currently on trial in 187 stores, with plans for national rollout to capture growth in the casual dining market...
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