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Michael Northcott

Michael is the editor of Retail Sector and is also Editorial Director at Mulberry Publications. He draws from experience at a wide range of well-known B2B magazines, including Management Today, Legal Business, and Retail Week. Feel free to drop him a line with any stories or feature ideas.

Business Bites

Michael NorthcottFriday, 24 April 2020, 9:33

Retail landlords reined in, France gets touch on tax havens, and insurers face biggest ever payouts

The government has banned landlords from using winding-up orders against their retail tenants, after aggressive rent collection tactics which threaten…
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Business Bites

Michael NorthcottThursday, 23 April 2020, 9:55

Scarves for face-masks will be part of the government’s post-pandemic advice

The government will advise the use of homemade facemasks once the pandemic measures are sufficiently relaxed for people to go…
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Business Bites

Michael NorthcottWednesday, 22 April 2020, 9:14

Will there be coronavirus help for small company directors who are paid by dividend?

The financial plight of limited company directors has been raised by the Tory chairman of the Treasury select committee. Mel…
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Business Bites

Michael NorthcottTuesday, 21 April 2020, 11:53

Oil prices plunge, Virgin Australia could crash land, Nasa robots controlled from the kitchen table

Oil producers in the United States will pay you to take their barrels as global demand has plummeted amid government…
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Coronavirus Featured Content

Michael NorthcottMonday, 30 March 2020, 16:22

The minimum wage increase is about to hit – and it beggars belief

As if to bang the final nail into the coffin himself, we can only assume the Treasury’s top man, chancellor…
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Business Bites

Michael NorthcottThursday, 26 March 2020, 15:01

Wetherspoons’ boss was right to withhold wages

The media and the Twitterati have had a field day vilifying the founder and owner of pub chain Wetherspoons over…
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Business Bites

Michael NorthcottTuesday, 24 March 2020, 11:17

The furloughs and loans are useless to small businesses

The small business community has been watching with great hope to see if the government will introduce measures that are…
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Coronavirus

Michael NorthcottMonday, 23 March 2020, 11:00

PM bans ‘non-essential retail’, instructs public to stay at home

The UK public are only allowed to venture out of their homes for essential supplies and one exercise outing per…
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Analysis

Michael NorthcottFriday, 13 March 2020, 12:47

BT’s boss catches it, markets rebounding, pain medication prices spike

Today I am going to rattle through a wider selection of stories than normal because the spread of the virus…
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Analysis

Michael NorthcottTuesday, 10 March 2020, 12:19

Banks to help us all out with coronavirus fallout

Once again the business pages on all major news outlets are pretty much dominated by the developing story of coronavirus…
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