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UK economic growth slows, ONS reveals

UK economic growth slowed down in July, growing by 0.1% compared with 1% in June 2021, according to the latest…

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Costa Coffee to increase staff pay by 5%

Costa Coffee has announced that all 14,500 of its store team members in UK company-owned stores will receive a 5%…

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61% of shop workers subjected to offensive behaviour, study finds

Some 61% of shop workers have experienced some form of offensive behaviour while working for their current employer, for whom…

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Morrisons warns of ‘industry-wide’ inflation as profits drop 37.1%

Morrisons has forecasted “industry-wide” price increases across the retail sector during the second half of FY22, as HGV driver issues…

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Ted Baker Q2 revenues rise 50%

Ted Baker has reported that a 50% YOY increase in group revenues for the 16-week period from 25 April 2021…

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Ikea faces disruption to 1,000 UK product lines

Ikea is reportedly facing issues with supplying roughly 1,000 product lines to UK customers as a result of Brexit and…

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Accelerating retail transformation to drive growth

Retailers have faced a tough year. Stay-at-home orders and the resulting shift to online saw buyer behaviour altered. Consumers across…

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WH Smith anticipates lower profitability for 2022

WH Smith has anticipated that the levels of profitability for the year ending August 2022 will be at the lower…

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Central England Co-op backs Usdaw anti-abuse campaign

Central England Co-op has backed a campaign by The Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers (Usdaw), “Freedom From Fear”…

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UK rejects industry demand for EU truck driver visa

The government has reportedly rejected calls to install temporary visas which would allow HGV drivers from the EU to help…

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