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Golden days for UK pawnbroker
Wednesday, 22 February 2012
One of the UK's biggest pawnbrokers unveiled higher profits after it said its business benefited from a lack of lending by high street banks.
Reading-based Albemarle -amp; Bond, which has 174 stores and around 40 gold-buying pop-up shops, said its area of the market, which also includes payday loans, had been helped by the volatile and tough economic climate.
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