Topps battles through the snow

TOPPS Tiles managed to maintain its recent growth spurt in the first quarter of its new financial year despite the cold snap keeping customers away in early December.

In a trading statement ahead of its annual general meeting later today, chairman Barry Bester said that the business achieved sales growth of 1.8% in the first 13 weeks of the year, with like-for-like sales increasing by 2.2%.

"We experienced some disruption during December from the extreme weather conditions and I feel the business has responded... You can carry on reading TheBusinessDesk.com for free, but you have reached the maximum number of pages an unregistered user can view. To register for an account, click here or login below...