All Policy & legal articles – Page 71
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NewsSports Direct probed by financial regulators
Regulators are probing Sports Direct over its latest financial accounts and compliance with rules on inside information.
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NewsTesco urges online sales tax to fund business rates cut
Tesco has called for a 2% online sales tax to help fund a 20% business rates cut.
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OpinionOpinion: CMA is wrong to kibosh Sainsbury's-Asda deal
It is not the job of the CMA to throw a protective arm around moribund businesses unable to adapt to changing competitive conditions.
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Climate change protests cost West End retailers £12m
The ongoing Extinction Rebellion climate change protests in London have cost the city’s retailers £12m over the last two days, according to the New West End Group.
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NewsMorrisons to appeal to Supreme Court over data breach
Morrisons has been granted permission to appeal to the Supreme Court after losing a major legal case involving a data leak.
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NewsRetail 'doesn’t punch its weight' on recruitment, says BRC chair
Retail “doesn’t punch its weight nationally” when it comes to recruiting talent, BRC chair Richard Pennycook has said.
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NewsSports Direct lawyers clash with Debenhams administrators
Lawyers for tycoon Mike Ashley’s Sports Direct have written to the administrators of Debenhams alleging a conflict of interest.
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Retail VoiceHow to prevent shopper transactions from being declined
New payment regulations will increase the security shoppers face when checking out online, but what does this mean for retailers?
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NewsPrivate equity 'has no place in retail', argues Knight Frank
A new report has lambasted the “traditional private equity” model, saying it has no place in the retail sector.
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NewsGender pay gap does not reflect retail industry, says BRC
The BRC has said the UK retail industry has a much lower gender pay gap than many other industries but that “a single figure on its own is not a reflection” of the industry’s diversity.
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OpinionOpinion: What the latest Brexit impasse means for retail
Tuesday’s marathon cabinet meeting finally confirmed, as many of us suspected, that the current configuration of the prime minister’s Brexit deal will not get through this parliament.
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OpinionTheo Paphitis: Look behind the headlines on gender pay data
As I said in 2018 when the first gender pay gap data was released, we must be aware that statistics are not always black and white and there is a danger in viewing them as such.
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NewsRetailers implore MPs to tackle business rates 'madness'
Retailers have called on the government to tackle the “madness” of the business rates system to stop it from “strangling our high streets”.
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OpinionJacqueline Gold: Why Ann Summers is taking on Google
Receiving the Retail Activist award at the Retail Week Awards last month was one of the proudest moments of my career.
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NewsTesco boss Lewis urges Government to save retail jobs
Tesco boss Dave Lewis has urged the Government to do more to help the high street to save thousands of retail jobs.
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NewsWaitrose's Collins: Retailers and consumers 'pent up' by Brexit
Waitrose chief executive Rob Collins has said the ongoing uncertainty around Brexit is leading to “pent up business activity” from consumers and retailers waiting to be released.
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NewsWaterstones staff demand ‘real living wage’
Staff at bookseller Waterstones have launched a petition calling for payment of a ‘real’ living wage.
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NewsCo-op to pay £1.3m costs following supplier code breaches
The Co-op has been forced to pay £1.3m in costs and apologise to its suppliers after the Groceries Code Adjudicator found it had made breaches in relation to delisting and variation of supply arrangements.
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NewsRetail ‘left behind’ by Government strategy, MPs warn
The Government must do more to engage with retail and other industries that risk being “left behind” by its industrial strategy, MPs have recommended.
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Retail VoiceMaking tax digital: dispelling the five biggest myths
It’s not long until tax goes digital, yet HMRC’s new scheme is clouded with confusion. Katie Powell of Sage separates fact from fiction for retailers.