UK furniture group warns of profits weakness

UK furniture retailer ScS Upholstery warned today that tough trading conditions had been compounded by problems at a regional distribution operation.

The Sunderland-based group, which uses ex-EastEnders star Martin Kemp for its advertising, said its like-for-like order intake for the first 18 weeks of its financial year showed an 8% fall, compared with 7% seen in November.