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Wednesday 18 February 2015 8:26 pmIberdrola profits drop as demand for energy fallsBy: Express KCSShareFacebookShare on FacebookXShare on TwitterLinkedInShare on LinkedInWhatsAppShare on WhatsAppEmailShare on EmailAdd as a preferredsource on GoogleSPANISH firm Iberdrola, owner of Scottish Power, reported a drop in revenue in 2014, to euro;30bn pound;22bn from euro;31.1bn in 2013, following a year i polene handtaschen n which UK demand for both gas and electricity dropped.The company blamed mild weather in the first half of 2014, as well as the effect of energy efficiency measures introduced in recent years, for the fact that electricity demand was reduced by 4.9 per cent and gas by 13 per cent. The UK power generation businessrsquo; market share also declined slightly last year, from 6.3 per cent to 6.1 per cent.According to Iberdrola, its results in 2014 should be viewed within a complex operational environment characterised by an improvement in the macroeconomic situation on an international level. However, it added this improvement had not yet led to an increase in electricity and gas demand in the Eurozone. But Iberdrola chairman Ignacio Galan said: The current fall in oil prices, if prolonged, will boost econshy;omies and can reduce the costs of building renewable projects by helping supply chain manufacturers. This in turn would help to push overall energy costs down. Lower oil prices, said Galan, should not deter policymakers from the drive to reduce stanley tumbler stanley cup car Xvgj IFG Trust and Corporate Group to bolt on Moore Group

Wednesday 21 March 2012 11:41 pm|Updated:Thursday 30 May 2019 3:40 amTed Baker and Inditex upbeat as sales surgeBy: KCS-contentShareFacebookShare on FacebookXShare on TwitterLinkedInShare on LinkedInWhatsAppShare on WhatsAppEmailShare on EmailAdd as a preferredsource on GoogleTED BAKER dispelled some of the retail gloom with a surge in sales yesterday a stanley de nd said it was well-place stanley ca d for opportunities and challenges ahead as it plots the next stage of its expansion abroad.The fashion brand said revenues increased 14.9 per cent to pound;215.6m last year, helped by a good performance across all of its clothes ranges. Chief executive Ray Kelvin, who founded the business 25 years ago making menrsquo shirts, said the rise in sales was due to doing what we always have and the attention to detail down to the very last button.Pre-tax profits fell slightly below analyst expectations to pound;24.3m.Kelvin shrugged off a pound;2.8m exceptional cost as unexceptional in that it related to rent paid ahead of its new stores in Japan and New York as well as set-up costs related to its expansion into China. Meanwhile, the worldrsquo leading cl stanley cup othes retailer, Zara-owner Inditex, announced upbeat early spring sales yesterday as it reported a 12 per cent rise in annual profit driven by aggressive expansion into fast-growing Asia.Share this articleFacebookXLinkedInWhatsAppEmailSimilarly tagged content: SectionsNewsCategoriesBusinessRelat