TOPPS FLOORED BY POLLS

FLOORING chain Topps Tiles has revealed trading has suffered since the general election was called in late October.

The firm said consumer confidence had weakened, with sales down 7.2 per cent in the past eight weeks. Topps announced profits slipped 1.6 per cent to £12.5million in the year to the end of September.

CITY regulator the Financial Conduct Authority is to ban the marketing of high-risk investments known as mini bonds to ordinary savers.

Small investors have been tempted by eye-catching returns. But mini bonds have been at the heart of a number of scandals, including the collapse of investment firm London Capital and Finance, which left 12,000 people out of pocket.

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