What the Sunday papers said
The Business
Hotel and pub group Six Continents has postponed a trading statement due on Wednesday, fuelling speculation that it will report worst-than-anticipated earnings for the past three months.
The total number of hours worked in the UK is falling despite low unemployment, suggesting the labour market may be weaker than previously believed.
Pizza Express shares suffered the worst "battering" of their eight-year life when the company announced profits below expectations and warned of no imminent recovery.
The Mail on Sunday
Developments last week at cider-maker Bulmer - the company found a £3.3m hole in its accounts and the chief executive quit - could hasten the end game for the family-controlled group, which owns Strongbow, Scrumpy Jack and Woodpecker. Read more on recent developments at Bulmer on thePublican.com...
Red Carnation Hotels, whose five hotels in London include the Rubens and the Chesterfield, made a pre-tax loss of £5.6m in 2001. The worst performer was 41 Buckingham Palace Road, which was mothballed for the last two months of 2001 because business was so bad.
The Sunday Times
Leisure entrepreneur Robert Breare is teaming up with Sir Terence Conran, Britain's biggest private restauranteur, to open up a restaurant in Paris. Senso will be Conran's second French eatery and will open in late October.
Only 20 per cent of firms belive Tony Blair should take Britain into the euro in this parliment according to a new poll. The ICM poll asked 500 heads of small, medium and larger firms if they backed euro entry.
The Observer
Coffee Republic is preparing to spend its way out of trouble as an alternative to selling out to a rival. The coffee bar chain ran stumbled when it over-reached itself to fight aggressive expansion by Starbucks and Whitbread-owned Costa Coffee.
The Sunday Telegraph
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The Sunday Express
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The Independent on Sunday
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