All Policy & legal articles – Page 40
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NewsOne in 10 shoppers using ‘buy now, pay later’ chased by debt collectors
Regulators have been urged to crack down on ‘buy now, pay later’ firms after a damning report revealed that one in 10 shoppers using the credit services are being chased by debt collectors.
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NewsNext boss hits out at ‘insane’ policy blocking temporary foreign lorry drivers
Next boss Lord Wolfson has labelled the government’s immigration policy “insane” and said that retail “desperately needs drivers” in order to stop the ongoing crisis.
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AnalysisHFSS SOS: How grocers can withstand a legislative earthquake
The raft of new legislation around high fat, salt and sugar (HFSS) products could mean ‘the end of impulse shopping’. Retail Week looks at how grocers will be affected and how they can navigate the new rules
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NewsRetail bosses demand better protection for frontline staff
Retailers are calling on the UK government to follow Scotland’s example of enshrining better protections for frontline staff into law.
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NewsUK government rejects temporary EU visas to ease driver shortages
The UK government has rejected industry calls to issue temporary visas to European truck drivers to ease the shortages which have played havoc with supply over the last few months.
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Future LeadersUnderstanding the ageism problem plaguing retail workforces
As a new report finds those aged 55 and over increasingly feel ‘shut out, forced out and overlooked’ in employment, Retail Week Be Inspired looks at why the industry cannot afford to ignore the potential of the older workforce
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Opinion‘Political will needed to remove Northern Ireland Brexit trade friction’
At the start of last week, chief executives from the UK’s leading supermarkets, and the BRC chief executive Helen Dickinson, wrote to Brexit minister, Lord Frost, and vice-president of the European Union, Maroš Šefčovič.
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NewsShopfloor staff omitted from government’s daily Covid testing scheme
Retail store staff have not been included in the government’s list of key workers who will become exempt from coronavirus self-isolation rules.
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NewsPingdemic hits fashion as stores forced to close
Fashion retailers are being forced to close shops and the opening of a new department store has been delayed as the ‘pingdemic’ forces workers to isolate.
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NewsSupermarkets struggle to stock shelves amid Covid app ‘pingdemic’
Supermarkets including Tesco, Waitrose and Iceland have all been hit with staff availability issues as the ‘pingdemic’ forces workers to isolate.
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NewsUK calls for EU to change stance and end Northern Ireland border disruption
The UK has launched an attempt to substantially rewrite the Northern Ireland protocol, as the Brexit minister said “we cannot go on as we are”.
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OpinionArchie Norman: ‘Pointless enforcement of Customs Union is destructive to businesses’
About 40,000 pages of forms to fill in per week, trucks turned back because they are sometimes filled in with the ‘wrong coloured’ ink, and debates over the dairy content of chocolate chip cookies. M&S’s chair starkly sets out his concerns about EU trade rules enforcement in the island of Ireland in a letter to Brexit minister Lord Frost
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DataData: Majority of shoppers to keep wearing masks after ‘freedom day’
England finds itself in uncharted territory with the pandemic. Despite surging Covid-19 cases, the government has pressed ahead with ‘freedom day’ – with all legal coronavirus restrictions lifted.
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NewsSupermarket giants warn of trade disruption under Northern Ireland protocol
The UK’s biggest grocery retailers have warned that its businesses in Northern Ireland will be hammered by rising costs and trade disruption under the terms of the Brexit protocol.
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NewsJohn Lewis, Tesco and Sainsbury’s ask shoppers and staff to keep face masks
John Lewis, Tesco and Sainsbury’s have joined a growing number of big-name retailers that will encourage staff and shoppers to keep wearing face masks after July 19.
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NewsRetailers ‘cautious’ on reopening despite final government guidance
Retailers are remaining cautious about lifting restrictions around face coverings and removing in-store safety measures following the publishing of government guidance around lifting restrictions from July 19.
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VideoRetail Question Time: Has Brexit been better or worse than expected for retail?
Six months in, the impact of the UK’s withdrawal from the EU has brought turbulence, but to what extent can the industry live with it?
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NewsUnion urges government to roll back on removing mask mandate
Usdaw has urged the government to roll back on removing the mask mandate in stores as some grocers have warned of rising staff absenteeism due to coronavirus.
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NewsMorrisons chief Potts to meet Kwarteng next week over takeover plans
Morrisons chief executive David Potts is expected to meet business secretary Kwasi Kwarteng next week to brief him on the potential takeover of the grocer by private investment group Fortress.
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Opinion‘Tackling violence and abuse in retail must be one of the industry’s highest priorities’
Even before Covid there was an epidemic of retail violence and abuse – one that had been getting progressively worse with each passing year.