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Tesco results disappoint in struggling retail market

By Dan Colombini

A disappointing performance from Tesco over the make-or-break Christmas period means that festive trade for the multiples was “worse than expected”, according to city analysts.

Thorntons fined £20,000 after worker injury

By Tom Chandler

Chocolate retailer Thorntons has been accused of putting its staff at risk and fined £20,000, after a worker's finger was dragged into a wrapping machine at its Derbyshire site.