PAST and present melted into one as Margaret Watson was writing a book which brings old Dewsbury to life. As she compiled a proud and unique mix of traditional Yorkshire recipes linked to pictures of the long-ago town, history was by her side. “It was as

WH Smith Plc (SMWH), a U.K. book retailer and stationer with more than 1,100 stores, plans to widen sales of alcoholic drinks to its outlets at railway stations. The company is broadening its range of products and will sell alcohol “to meet the needs of

'This is a life time opportunity and 100 per cent legitimate', the email begins'Couple will keep "just two per cent for the raining day"' Anyone who replies is asked for their bank details... EuroMillions jackpot winners Dave and Angie Dawes are being ex

Best-selling children’s author Robert Muchamore will be in Reading today to sign copies of his new book. Mr Muchamore will be meeting fans in WH Smith in Broad Street to celebrate the launch of his 19th book The Prisoner. The 39-year-old London author sa

MUSCAT -- The Wave, Muscat announced that within nine months of the opening of Almeria North Arcade, the retail precinct at Al Marsa Village has achieved 100 per cent occupancy. The 1,500 sqm retail area which is currently home to Costa Coffee, WH Smith,

In profit... For a man who started his career on just £5,850-a-year in the worst of the 1980s bust years, Rob Noel hasn't done too badly. The ever-gossipy, perpetually-leaky property industry was taken aback last week when Land Securities, the sector's b

LONDON: Prime Minister David Cameron’s plea for “responsible capitalism” is failing because he wants to do it by asking businesses to behave better rather than changing the rules, the Labour leader Ed Miliband has claimed. Miliband highlighted Cameron’s

Science is by its nature sceptical: scientists interrogate information and only on repeated investigation does data become science. The science of climate change has been established through numerous high-profile studies (IPCC, NOAA, Nasa) and was even v

W H Smith is to promote cross- over young adult (YA) titles more directly to adults via a new promotional section that will be placed in its adult ... You must have a paid subscription to The Bookseller to read this article.Please login below Not a subsc

David Cameron's plea for "responsible capitalism" is failing because he wants to do it by asking businesses to behave better, rather than changing the rules, Ed Miliband said. The Labour leader highlighted Cameron's famous 2006 attack on WH Smith for sto

All too often, a headline like that indicates the exact opposite - that the writer has in fact made it up. On this occasion, however, I cannot resist making this contrast: Nick Clegg's speech to the Resolution Foundation: At the last election my party pr

Quite extraordinary. And yet, you know, in his own way he has a point. After all, Cameron apparently said this once upon a time: Ed Miliband has attacked David Cameron for failing to stop the sale of cut-price Chocolate Oranges - something the PM complai

David Cameron's plea for "responsible capitalism" is failing because he wants to do it by asking businesses to behave better rather than changing the rules, Ed Miliband has claimed. The Labour leader highlighted Mr Cameron's famous 2006 attack on WH Smit

26 January 2012 Last updated at 16:00 ET David Cameron complained about "irresponsible" marketing of unhealthy food Ed Miliband has attacked David Cameron for failing to stop the sale of cut-price Chocolate Oranges - something the PM complained about in

WH SMITH boss Kate Swann hailed the retail chain’s resilience after it withstood a further slide in high street sales. She said the company was still on track to meet City targets after improvement in its all-important profit margins at both its high str

WH SMITH boss Kate Swann hailed the retail chain’s resilience yesterday after it withstood a further slide in high-street sales. She said the company was still on track to meet City targets after improvement in its all-important profit margins at both it

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She said the company was now well balanced between its 560 travel stores and 600 traditional high street stores, which meant profits are now spread more broadly throughout the year. The months of November and December now represent less than half of annu

WH Smith store at the Liverpool Shopping Centre (Pic:DailyMirror) WH Smith boss Kate Swann said the chain was on course to boost profits despite another slump in sales. Takings dropped 5% over the past 21 weeks – with high street sales down 6% and its tr