All Coronavirus articles – Page 20
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NewsBudget: Business rates holiday extended and new recovery grants revealed
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has extended the business rates holiday for a further three months and will offer non-essential retailers new recovery grants of up to £6,000 per store.
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NewsChancellor to extend furlough scheme until September
The chancellor is expected to use today’s Budget to extend the furlough scheme through to the end of September.
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NewsShop prices fall in February as consumers limit spending in lockdown
Shop prices continued to fall in February, reaching the lowest rate of deflation since May 2020.
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NewsHotel Chocolat’s digital offer in strong position ahead of crucial Easter trading
Hotel Chocolat boss Angus Thirlwell says the retailer’s digital push during the pandemic has left it in a much stronger position heading into the crucial Easter trading period than last year.
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OpinionEbay UK boss Murray Lambell: ‘Online and offline – it isn’t a binary game of winner takes all’
Over the past year, many have tried to pit ecommerce against physical stores. And with the regrettable loss of some big brands from our high streets it’s an easy assumption to make.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Retail’s wishlist for the chancellor ahead of the Budget
Following a year of unprecedented financial pain brought on by the coronavirus pandemic, retailers lay out what they would like to see in Wednesday’s Budget.
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VideoFace time: Why eBay is ‘putting purpose front and centre’ post-Covid
eBay UK’s head of social impact, Chris Gale, tells Retail Week about the launch of the etail giant’s new ‘eBay for Change’ programme, the consumer appetite to support social enterprises and the importance of “putting purpose front and centre” following the pandemic.
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NewsSainsbury’s boosts pay and awards Covid recognition payment for frontline staff
Grocery giant Sainsbury’s has issued a pay rise for all its frontline staff alongside a third one-off recognition payment for their work during the ongoing coronavirus crisis.
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NewsPets at Home ups profit guidance again after strong fourth quarter
Pets at Home has upped its profit guidance for the second time in under two months, hailing continued strong trading in the fourth quarter of its current financial year.
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OpinionKatie Bickerstaffe: ‘Why M&S is unlocking the power of alumni’
Few would argue the benefits that come from an engaged workforce, particularly in retail, which is fundamentally a people business and the UK’s biggest private-sector employer.
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VideoRetail Question Time with Theo Paphitis and Richard Walker
In the first edition of our new video series Retail Question Time, Ryman, Robert Dyas and Boux Avenue owner Theo Paphitis and Iceland managing director Richard Walker discuss government aid for the industry during the pandemic, business rates reform, their hopes for next week’s Budget – and why they both oppose high-speed rail link HS2.
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Opinion‘Tough choices about which staff to retain will soon come to a head’
Boris Johnson’s statement to the nation on Monday contained good and bad news for retailers. The good news is that non-essential retail will be allowed to reopen from April 12 barring a reversal in infection and vaccination trends.
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NewsBoots plans to axe 300 roles at Nottingham HQ
Boots is set to cut 300 jobs across various functions at its Nottingham head office as it grapples with “changing consumer behaviours” in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
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NewsPrimark positive over plans for April 12 reopening with 'worst behind us'
Primark finance boss John Bason has said the retailer believes it is “more than likely” it will reopen stores on April 12.
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OpinionErin Brookes: ‘There is no doubt that further retail consolidation is coming’
Green shoots of optimism may be germinating, but it is certain that the last 12 months have left an irreversible imprint on the UK’s retail industry.
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NewseBay launches multimillion-pound programme backing social enterprises
eBay has launched a multi-million-pound programme to create jobs and opportunities in parts of the UK that have been hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic.
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AnalysisRetailers wary of April 12 timeframe for store reopening
Retailers have voiced disappointment that they will not be able to fully open their doors again before April 12 and concerns about the possibility of the post-lockdown timeframe changing again.
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Opinion‘Road to freedom will still be a long journey to retail normality’
The country, and therefore retail, is on a “one-way road to freedom” as prime minister Boris Johnson put it when he unveiled a route out of lockdown.
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OpinionRhian Bartlett: ‘Great value doesn’t have to come at the cost of quality’
You can’t have your cake and eat it, or so the saying goes. As a grocer, that’s meant that you can be known for low prices or for premium products – but you can’t be great at both.
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NewsNon-essential retail to open on April 12 if Covid conditions met
Non-essential retailers will be allowed to reopen shops in April, alongside gyms, hairdressers and outdoor hospitality, if strict conditions are met, according to plans set out by the prime minister.