All Policy & legal articles – Page 73
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AnalysisAnalysis: Is time up for your company culture?
Company culture and acceptable behaviour have rarely been in the spotlight as they are now.
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NewsAsda staff can proceed with £100m equal pay claim
Asda workers can press on with their £100m equal pay claim against the grocer following the latest ruling in a long-running legal dispute.
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AnalysisFrom ghost town to high street of the year
How can you go from ghost town to boom town? We speak to those that have reinvented their high street to find out how they did it.
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NewsConsumer confidence in UK economy slumps to seven-year low
Consumer confidence slumped in January as concerns about personal finances and the UK’s economic outlook heightened.
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AnalysisRetail Reimagined: Mapping out the high street 2.0
The health of high streets and town centres has rarely been of such pressing concern.
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NewsM&S expands plastic waste reduction scheme
Marks & Spencer has launched a new “plastic take-back scheme” which it says will prevent non-recyclable items being taken to landfill.
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OpinionOpinion: Retail won't be valued if jobs aren't
As far as retail jobs are concerned, it hasn’t been a happy new year so far.
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NewsSir Philip Green ends legal action against The Telegraph
Sir Philip Green is to discontinue his legal action against The Telegraph to prevent “causing further distress” to Arcadia’s employees.
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NewsOnline sales tax illegal under EU law
The Government has warned that the ‘Amazon tax’ on online revenue proposed by retail bosses would be illegal under EU law.
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NewsUnderpayment and intimidation ‘rife’ in UK textiles
UK textile factories routinely fail to pay their employees the minimum wage, relying on a “culture of fear and intimidation” to enforce underpayment.
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NewsEx-Tesco director Rogberg cleared over accounting scandal
Tesco’s former UK finance boss has been cleared of fraud following the grocer’s £250m accounting scandal.
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AnalysisAnalysis: The 'new realities' facing retail in 2019
Next boss Lord Wolfson warned after the fashion bellwether’s Christmas trading update that retailers, landlords and local authorities must wake up to “the new reality” on the high street.
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NewsM&S trials plastic-free produce with no best-before labels
Marks & Spencer has launched more than 90 lines of loose fruit and vegetables that are free of plastic packaging in a trial at its Tolworth store.
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NewsRetail needs Brexit 'certainty', BRC warns
Retailers “desperately need certainty” about the UK’s exit from the EU following the meaningful vote on Theresa May’s withdrawal deal, the British Retail Consortium has warned.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Unwrapping retail's Christmas trading trends
Today brought trading updates from some of retail’s biggest names, helping to paint a picture of how the golden quarter panned out. We look at some of the key themes.
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NewsAmazon reveals annual business rates payment
Amazon has disclosed how much it pays in business rates in the UK and defended the contribution it makes to the country more generally.
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News‘Predatory online pricing’ worse than rates, says Timpson
“Predatory” pricing by online retailers is a bigger problem to bricks-and-mortar retailers than business rates, Sir John Timpson has warned.
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NewsMorrisons' Potts: Consumers 'more cautious' over Christmas
Morrisons boss David Potts believes consumers became “increasingly savvy” and “cautious” over Christmas as the UK’s Brexit date rapidly approaches.
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NewsIceland faces £21m bill from HMRC over Christmas club
Iceland has been accused by HM Revenue & Customs of breaking minimum wage rules over a staff Christmas savings scheme.
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NewsTK Maxx owner sues Mike Ashley's Sports Direct
TK Maxx owner TJX is suing Sports Direct amid claims that Mike Ashley’s business breached trademarks through the launch of its Brand Max fascia.