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Jan- 2018 -15 January
Card payment fees no longer chargeable by small firms
Small businesses will not be able to charge customers for using credit or debit cards, after new EU legislation took…
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12 January
HMRC report names retail gender-pay-gap culprits
An HMRC report listing gender pay figures for period 2016-17 has revealed the names of 39 companies in the retail…
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11 January
Carphone Warehouse fined £400,000 for security data breach
Carphone Warehouse has been fined £400,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), after a data breach allowed unauthorised access to…
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10 January
Mayor greenlights £1.4bn Croydon regeneration scheme
The Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has approved a major development as part of long-term plans to regenerate Croydon town…
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10 January
Plastic bag charge set to affect all retailers
The 5p plastic bag charge could be applied to all retailers as part of new government plans to protect the…
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8 January
Retailers vow to control acid-attack ingredient sales
Some of the country’s largest retailers and independent business leaders have pledged not to sell the most harmful corrosive substances…
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Nov- 2017 -23 November
Retail associations respond to ‘encouraging’ Autumn Budget
A number of retail associations have responded positively to the Chancellor’s Budget which was revealed yesterday (22 November). The British…
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