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WH Smith
December 2023
Brief letters
L’esprit de l’escalier – the Guardian edition
Brief letters:
Witty comeback needed | Early flowering daffs | WH Smith rebrand | Accents | Knighthoods | The national anthem
Brief letters
Cherishing age-old values at a family Christmas
Brief letters:
Generations of public service | Devi Sridhar | Guardian wrapped up | Spring has sprung | WH Smith rebrand | Vera’s detective work
WH Smith’s ‘WHS’ rebrand criticised for similarity to NHS logo
New signage seen on 10 stores during trial sparks online backlash from customers
November 2023
Britney Spears memoir helping drive UK book market growth, says WH Smith
WH Smith launches buy-back scheme for secondhand books
June 2023
UK’s best known retailers top list of firms fined £7m over pay breaches
WH Smith, Marks & Spencer and Argos among more than 200 firms that failed to pay workers legal minimum wage
April 2023
Sushi, travel and high-end headphones help WH Smith profits double
Retailer’s fortunes bounce back after expansion abroad and pivot towards electronics and premium food ranges
March 2023
Cyber-attack on WH Smith targets personal staff details
Retailer says breach has not affected customer details, or had impact on website or general trading
November 2022
WH Smith investors get first dividend in three years after sales jump
Company reports £63m profit in year to August following strong travel market performance
June 2022
Harry Potter publisher Bloomsbury reports record sales amid reading boom
People who turned to books during Covid lockdowns continuing to buy them, company says
March 2022
Deliveroo extends its range adding new partner WH Smith’s products
Deliveries will start in Reading, as the takeaway service continues its expansion into new areas.
January 2022
Dividends and bonuses: the firms paying out while taking in state Covid funds
Sandwich maker Greencore the latest firm to court controversy for paying bonuses while failing to repay state Covid support
Nils Pratley on finance
Big questions for Unilever board after GSK pursuit ends
Nils Pratley
Delivering a minor heart attack to the share price, however temporarily, is not a good look
WH Smith hit by shareholder rebellion over bonus
Investors refuse to back £550,000 bonus to Carl Cowling as retailer benefits from pandemic relief
December 2021
John Barton, former chair of easyJet and Next, dies aged 77
Businessman was appointed non-executive chair of fashion chain Ted Baker in 2020
November 2021
FTSE 100 hit by biggest fall since June 2020 amid new variant fears
Travel, aviation and oil stocks around world badly hit as worries deepen over effect of fresh Covid wave on global economy
September 2021
Aviation shares jump as relaxation of England’s Covid travel rules planned
Activist investor ups stake in WH Smith but backs management
June 2021
Executive pay: big names that fell foul of shareholders
From supermarket group Morrisons to mining giant Rio Tinto, investors have voted against boardroom payouts in the pandemic
February 2021
Nils Pratley on finance
BP's reinvention with renewables is still a long, long way off
Nils Pratley
With its dividend and stock price halved in 2020 and a $5.7bn loss recorded, the company has a long road ahead
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