All Policy & legal articles – Page 66
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NewsBrightHouse to pay customers £15m after FCA probe
BrightHouse will reimburse customers to the tune of £14.8m after agreeing a compensation package with the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).
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NewsBrexit: Business groups warn of 'serious' jobs risk
The UK’s five biggest business lobby groups have urged the Government to secure a Brexit transition deal in order to maintain jobs and investment.
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NewsDebenhams dismisses claims of 'immoral' supplier demands
Debenhams has hit back at accusations that it demanded “immoral” discounts from its suppliers, following reports over the weekend.
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NewsBRC calls for business rates freeze as inflation bites
The British Retail Consortium (BRC) has called for business rates to be frozen as UK inflation reaches a five-year high.
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NewsRoyal Mail wins strike injunction at High Court
Royal Mail has won an injunction preventing postal workers from striking for 48 hours next week in a protest over pensions, wages and jobs.
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NewsAldi and Iceland join retailers defying £1 coin cut-off
Aldi and Iceland have joined Poundland and Tesco in defying the Royal Mint deadline, accepting the old £1 coin until the end of the month.
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OpinionTesco and Poundland prove it pays to take a stance
As Poundland and Tesco give their two pence on the deadline for shoppers to spend their old £1 coins, are other retailers missing a trick by not speaking up?
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NewsTesco joins Poundland to flout old £1 coin deadline
Tesco has confirmed that it will ignore the Royal Mint deadline and accept old £1 coins for a week after they cease to be legal tender.
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NewsMorrisons sued by staff over personal data breach
Morrisons is being sued by over 5,500 of its employees after their personal details were leaked online by a former colleague.
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NewsPoundland to ignore deadline over old £1 coins
Poundland will ignore the Royal Mint’s deadline and continue to accept old £1 coins after they cease to be legal tender at the weekend.
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OpinionMalcolm Walker: Retailers, help me fight litter!
My last column inspired Allison Ogden-Newton, chief executive of Keep Britain Tidy, to beat a path to my office, clearly sensing a kindred spirit. I learned a lot.
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DataData: How Brexit vote is changing retail’s workforce
Uncertainty surrounding the future of EU workers following the Brexit vote could drive up employment costs and shelf prices, a new report has warned.
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NewsAmazon hit with £222m tax bill after three-year probe
The European Commission has ordered Amazon to pay €250m (£222m) after finding that it benefited from an illegal tax arrangement with Luxembourg.
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NewsShop prices herald imminent return of inflation
Shop prices are “teetering” on the edge of inflation, with deflation at its shallowest in four years.
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NewsTesco execs accused of ‘cooking books’ in fraud trial
Three former Tesco executives have been accused by prosecutors of “cooking the books” and bullying subordinates into compliance on day one of their fraud trial.
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NewsFormer Co-op boss Pennycook named new BRC chairman
Former Co-op chief executive Richard Pennycook has been appointed as chairman elect of the British Retail Consortium.
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NewsFood prices to spike under ‘no deal’ Brexit, BRC warns
The average price of food imported from the EU will rise by almost a quarter if Britain leaves the EU without a tariff-free trade deal.
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NewsSports Direct challenged by MPs over courier payments
MPs have challenged Sports Direct over “deeply troubling” allegations from a whistle-blower that the retailer underpays its couriers.
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NewsMayfield: Government needs to do justice to Brexit talks
Sir Charlie Mayfield had said that the government needs to do justice to the complexity surrounding the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union.
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OpinionOpinion: Rates have retailers staring down the barrel
It almost beggars belief that the row over business rates continues to rage on.