All Policy & legal articles – Page 45
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NewsGovernment gives retailers stay of execution with rent moratorium extension
The government has extended the commercial rent moratorium, preventing landlords from evicting tenants for failing to pay rent for another nine months.
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NewsFurlough and rates relief to be wound down despite England lockdown extension
The final measures of easing England out of lockdown has been delayed until July 19, but calls for business rates relief and the furlough scheme to be extended have been rejected.
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NewsJD Sports braced for shareholder revolt over ‘inappropriate’ Cowgill bonus
JD Sports is bracing itself for a possible shareholder revolt after paying bonuses to senior staff such as Peter Cowgill despite refusing to refund millions in government support.
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Opinion‘Businesses cannot succeed if the world around them isn’t thriving’
There has never been a more critical time to galvanise greater action from responsible businesses.
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NewsAmazon faces watchdog probe in UK over its use of data
Competition watchdogs are preparing to launch an investigation into how Amazon uses data collected from its third-party sellers.
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Opinion‘Ocado High Court ruling has big repercussions in on-demand grocery war’
“Disappointed” was Ocado’s verdict this week after it lost a High Court fight to open a new distribution centre in North London.
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Opinion‘After unprecedented times, we need some fresh ideas about retail property’
I’m not often given to quote from the Bible, but the phrase “there’s nothing new under the sun” is hard to avoid when considering some of the approaches to post-lockdown retail right now.
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NewsGovernment launches new workers’ rights watchdog to eradicate modern slavery
The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has created a single workers’ rights watchdog to stamp out modern slavery scandals in British factories.
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Opinion‘G7 tech tax deal won’t do much for hard-pressed retailers’
The Treasury has hailed the new G7 agreement for a minimum level of corporate tax announced on Saturday as ‘seismic’, yet it’s not as earth-shattering as it would perhaps like to suggest.
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NewsRetailers urge the government to extend credit insurance scheme
UK retailers are calling on the government to extend the scheme that guarantees trade credit insurance amid fears they could be unsupported when it ends.
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NewsTesco faces £2.5bn bill after staff win equal pay dispute
Grocery giant Tesco is facing the prospect of a £2.5bn bill after the European Court of Justice backed thousands of current and former shopfloor workers in a mammoth equal pay lawsuit.
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DataData: Oxford Street – Europe’s hardest hit high street by Covid
New data has found that of Europe’s six biggest retail high streets, Oxford Street has suffered the most from lost footfall and consumer spend.
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NewsIncidents of violent retail crime soar as industry calls on government to act
Incidents of violent crime against retail staff were on the rise even before the pandemic, as the BRC calls on Westminster to follow Scotland’s lead and legislate against it.
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AnalysisAnalysis: How retailers and landlords can avoid a post-rent moratorium bloodbath
The increasingly controversial rent moratorium is scheduled to end on June 30, Retail Week looks at proposals being discussed to avoid another high street bloodbath.
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NewsJohn Lewis chair Sharon White calls for business rates replacement
John Lewis chair Sharon White has urged chancellor Rishi Sunak to replace the current business rates system with a new land tax to even the playing field between online and bricks-and-mortar retail.
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NewsUK proposes new food checks in the Irish Sea from October
The UK is planning to introduce phased border checks on food products in the Irish Sea from October this year.
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OpinionJo Whitfield: ‘Time to give retail workers the protection they deserve’
Without doubt, there is a period of opportunity to act and address the challenges that we face from the devastating economic and social impacts of the coronavirus pandemic.
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NewsAsda owners to sell 27 forecourts to smooth competition concerns
Asda’s new owners the Issa brothers have agreed to offload a tranche of EG Group’s petrol forecourts, paving the way for them to formally complete their £6.8bn takeover of the supermarket chain.
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OpinionAngus Thirlwell: ‘Forget the caterpillars – retail needs collaboration, not conflict’
Three years ago, I was spitting chocolate feathers. Customers on social media began alerting me to a suspiciously similar range of chocolate slabs that had appeared in Waitrose.
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Retail VoiceHow online retailers can take advantage of the new omnicommerce landscape
It has never been more important for online retailers to broaden their offering across multiple sales channels, says Sacha Wilson, senior director tax technology solutions at Avalara