UK sofa firm Land of Leather was today hit with a £210,000 (€266,000) fine by a finance watchdog for putting thousands of customers at risk from lax controls over the selling of payment protection insurance (PPI).

BRITISH furniture retailer Land of Leather is aiming to expand its Irish operations over the next couple of years.

Sofa retailer Land of Leather today reported solid trading in its key January sales period after it opened five new stores on St Stephen's Day and bolstered its marketing campaign.

Retailer Land of Leather will be valued at £77.6m (€112.9m) when it lists on the London Stock Exchange next Thursday, it was announced today.

Sofa retailer Land of Leather announced plans today to list on the London Stock Exchange.