All Policy & legal articles – Page 129
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OpinionComment: Relieving rates burden would be real retail fix
Bill Grimsey and Mary Portas may have more in common than either would care to admit. Both have passionately articulated the vast challenge that faces high street retailers.
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NewsHolograms and 'mood pricing' just around the corner, says Grimsey Review
A high street that adjusts prices to customer’s moods and enables them to shop through holograms is just “around the corner” according to the Grimsey Review.
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NewsMary Portas hits back at criticism of the Portas Review in Westminster meeting
Mary Portas believes Government reviews should come with a “health warning” after she received “a bashing” for her work to try and save UK high streets.
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NewsPickles throws weight behind town teams in high street revival campaign
Communities secretary Eric Pickles has thrown the Government’s weight behind town teams, an idea championed by Mary Portas to offer training and support to revive ailing town centres.
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AnalysisAnalysis: How do the Grimsey and Portas reviews compare?
Former Focus boss Bill Grimsey has revealed his 31 recommendations to save the high street. But how does the “alternative” review compare to retail expert Mary Portas’s 28-point review for Government published in 2011? Retail Week takes a look.
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AnalysisThe Grimsey Review: 31 recommendations to Government
The Grimsey Review is to make 31 recommendations to the Government when the review of the high street, which is led by former Focus boss Bill Grimsey, is published on Wednesday. Here, Retail Week lists the action points.
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OpinionComment: The tired business rates system needs some political TLC
Any taxation system has to be fair, transparent and the burden should be equally borne irrespective of sector. Sadly these traits are currently missing from the business rate system.
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NewsGrimsey Review warns 20,000 stores face closure
Twenty thousand stores face closure over the next 12 months, with five or six big names at risk, according to analysis in the Grimsey Review of the high street.
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OpinionComment: The OFT needs to remove ambiguity in price promotion laws
Last week, six furniture stores and carpet retailers came under scrutiny from the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) for their pricing strategy.
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OpinionComment: Are Sales practices destroying trust in retail?
OFT blasts carpet and furniture stores for misleading price cuts’, read the website of one national newspaper last Friday, before then reporting ‘Retail chiefs blast OFT over carpet and furniture price-fixing probe’.
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NewsBusiness rates income to exceed council tax for first time in 10 years
Business rates income in Great Britain is forecast to exceed council tax for the first time in 10 years in 2015.
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NewsOFT furniture pricing probe blamed for retail park footfall decline
The Office of Fair Trading’s probe into furniture and flooring retailers’ promotional tactics has been blamed for an “unusual” decline in footfall on retail parks including the critical bank holiday weekend.
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OpinionComment: Converting shops to residential - who stands to win and lose
The Government has published a consultation entitled ‘Greater flexibilities for change of use’ that proposes new permitted development rights and introduces flexibility to the use of existing retail buildings.
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NewsEric Pickles attacks ‘draconian’ parking rules
Eric Pickles has attacked local councils for “draconian” parking policies that have caused motorists to abandon the high street.
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NewsBRC ‘concerned’ over OFT furniture price probe
The BRC has expressed “concern” over the OFT’s investigation into furniture prices including “totally impractical” deadlines the watchdog has set ahead of one of the sector’s busiest trading weekends.
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NewsBreakfast briefing: Retail news on HMV, Clarks and Irish supermarkets
Retail news round-up August 23, 2013: Four Irish HMV stores to reopen, Clarks to launch mobile local shopping tool, Irish stores receive compliance notices for overcharging customers
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NewsUPDATED: Six of the UK's largest furniture retailers to be investigated over Sales
Carpetright has confirmed it is one of the six furniture retailers that are being investigated by the Office of Fair Trading over their Sales practices.
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NewsOnline sales tax calls dismissed by the Treasury
The Treasury has dismissed calls for a tax on online sales stating that it would damage the sector’s growth and harm job creation.
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NewsBreakfast briefing: Retail news on House of Fraser, Karen Millen, Phones 4U and Debenhams
Retail news round-up August 19, 2013: House of Fraser considers stock market return, Karen Millen introduces tailoring service, Phones 4U to expand, Joules profits rise and the Treasury dismisses online sales tax calls
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OpinionComment: What the recent positive economic data says about a retail recovery
In recent weeks, our newspapers have been awash with positive indicators suggesting the difficult economic climate is starting to improve.