All Mary Portas: High street review articles
-
AnalysisFrom horsemeat to the Crystal Methodist: most memorable moments of the decade
Retail Week looks back at the most groundbreaking retail stories of the 2010s.
-
AnalysisInfographic: Christmas ad costs and Pre-tax profits
Words and numbers, November 17, 2017: John Lewis’ Christmas ad cost, Archie Norman on M&S’ new focus, plus Mary Portas’ failed high street campaign, and New Look.
-
NewsEnd of business rate relief a 'huge blow' for small high street retailers
The Government’s failure to extend its business rate relief scheme has been branded a “huge blow” for small high street retailers.
-
AnalysisVideo: Mary Portas on her new book and life in retail
Mary Portas talks about her new book ‘Shop Girl’, her roots in retail and the health of the industry in an interview with George MacDonald.
-
NewsHigh streets may be seeing a resurgence as they react to modern shopper
High streets may be seeing a resurgence as they adapt to modern consumers’ shopping needs.
-
OpinionComment: Now is the time to commit to business rates reform
If a week is a long time in politics, then 24 weeks – the period that has passed since we published The Road to Reform – must be the retailer’s equivalent of an aeon.
-
NewsBusiness rates reform backed by majority of MPs ahead of general election
Business rates reform is gaining considerable support from MPs as the BRC urges political parties to commit to “fundamental reform”.
-
NewsGovernment rejects idea to replace business rates with a sales tax
The Government has rejected calls to replace business rates with a tax on sales, as suggested by the retail inquiry.
-
NewsAlliance Boots UK health and beauty boss to co-chair Government high street forum
Alliance Boots UK heath and beauty boss Simon Roberts has been appointed to co-chair the Government’s Future High Streets Forum.
-
NewsMPs call for urgent overhaul of the business rates system
The Government must act in order for high streets not to “wither” and become “social deserts” said the chair of the Retail Inquiry MP Adrian Bailey.
-
NewsKnicker factory behind Portas' lingerie business collapses into administration
The factory which made the knickers for Mary Portas’s Kinky Knickers lingerie business as part of the retail expert’s bid to revive UK manufacturing has collapsed into administration.
-
NewsBusiness secretary blasts Labour's business rates reduction plan
Michael Fallon has said Labour’s plans to cancel a corporation tax cut to reduce business rates for small firms is like “robbing Peter to pay Paul”.
-
NewsHigh streets minister urges local authorities to improve commercial focus
High streets minister Brandon Lewis has called for local authorities to think more commercially and invest in their town centres.
-
AnalysisAnalysis: Government's business rates delay sparks retail anger
A delay to the Government’s next rates revaluation has angered retailers and property professionals alike, with many believing it will lead to more pain on the high street.
-
NewsHigh Streets Minister calls Grimsey review 'a load of crap'
The newly appointed High Streets Minister Brandon Lewis has lambasted Bill Grimsey’s independent review of the high street, calling much of the report “a load of crap”.
-
NewsUK town centres "absolutely" a Government priority, insists new high street minister
The new minister for the high street Brandon Lewis has insisted that UK high streets are “absolutely a priority” for the Government.
-
NewsFears Government shunning high street as junior minister appointed
Junior minister Brandon Lewis has been given responsibility for the high street after Mark Prisk’s sacking, prompting fears the Government is not taking town centre regeneration seriously.
-
NewsRetail leaders concerned for Future High Streets Forum after Mark Prisk is sacked
Retail leaders have expressed frustration at Prime Minister David Cameron after Mark Prisk was sacked yesterday amid a Cabinet reshuffle.
-
NewsHigh street minister Mark Prisk loses role amid Cabinet reshuffle
Housing minister Mark Prisk, who has responsibility for the high street, has been asked to step down as part of a Cabinet reshuffle.
-
OpinionComment: Winning the battle of the high street needs engagement from Westminster
It was perhaps appropriate that Bill Grimsey chose the Churchill Dining Room in the House of Commons to officially launch his review of the high street.