Helen Dickinson news, features and comment – Page 17
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Analysis & FeaturesBudget 2021: the industry reacts
As chancellor Rishi Sunak announces this year’s Budget, industry figures from retail, wholesale, hospitality and finance share their reactions
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NewsCity snapshot: Profits evaporate at Vimto owner Nichols in face of Covid crisis
Vimto maker Nichols has experienced a dramatic slump in sales and profits as it faced the “unequalled challenges” presented by the Covid pandemic. Plus, fierce competition keeps food inflation in check, according to the latest BRC-Nielsen shop price index for February. There are also trading updates from DS Smith and Smiths News.
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Analysis & FeaturesRoadmap out of lockdown: the industry reacts
Industry figures share their reactions to Boris Johnson’s roadmap out of lockdown
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Comment & OpinionForget mass evictions, retailers are in a far stronger position than they may seem
For landlords, a tenant with a year’s worth of rent debt is still preferable to a vacant property. That’s helping retailers dictate terms
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NewsOcado loss falls to £44m after bumper retail growth
The online grocer has cut its annual loss by almost 80% amid booming sales during the pandemic, but warned growing costs will continue to constrain profitability
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NewsSupermarket chiefs call on Sunak to ‘level the playing field’ with online sales tax
The chancellor must use the Budget on 3 March to commit to reducing the burden on bricks and mortar shops, according to a letter signed by 18 retail leaders
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News65 retail CEOs heap pressure on Boris Johnson to tackle shopworker abuse
The bosses of Asda, Sainsbury’s, Morrisons, Aldi and Lidl are among those demanding new legislation to protect shopworkers
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NewsCity snapshot: Shop prices tumble as lockdown drags on
Shop prices have fallen by 2.2% this month as retailers desperately tried to entice consumers to spend money online as lockdown restrictions continued, according to the latest shop price index by the British Retail Consortium and Nielsen.
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NewsRetailers welcome new legal protections for shopworkers in Scotland
Scottish Parliament yesterday voted to support a bill to create a new statutory offence of assaulting, threatening or abusing a retail worker
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NewsBRC and Company Shop launch new Covid food waste initiative
Company Shop has become the BRC’s Sustainability Partner for 2021
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NewsRetail charity expecting record numbers of workers to need financial help this month
Retailtrust provides non-repayable grants to workers in the sector struggling to pay bills or buy enough food
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Analysis & FeaturesFour key impacts of the Brexit deal on UK food & drink
The trade deal dodges punishing tariffs, but there are plenty of changes for the UK food industry to adapt to, despite little notice
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NewsMorrisons to use car parks for Covid vaccination programme
CEO David Potts said today portable buildings would be operating from three store car parks from 11 January, with another 47 on standby
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NewsUnion calls for retail staff to be prioritised for Covid vaccine
In a letter to health secretary Matt Hancock and business secretary Alok Sharma, Usdaw urged the government to intervene to protect staff
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NewsTier 4 extension puts ‘light at the end of the tunnel further away’ warns BRC chief
Helen Dickinson was responding to an announcement from health secretary Matt Hancock this afternoon that tier 4 restrictions would apply to swathes more of England from Boxing Day
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NewsSupermarkets and manufacturers call for inquiry into port disruption
The BRC and FDF warn in a letter to MPs they face “major challenges” in building up stock for Christmas and Brexit
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NewsIceland MD ‘not concerned about shelf shortages’ in no-deal Brexit
Walker also said stockpiling would be be impossible with warehouses already full for Christmas
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NewsNo need for no deal panic-buying, retail chiefs warn shoppers
BRC chief executive Helen Dickinson said retailers were preparing for all outcomes and stockpiling extra products to ensure a continued supply of essentials
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NewsBusiness eviction and debt enforcement protections extended for final three months
Protections currently in place, against eviction, rent arrears recovery and statutory demands or winding-up petitions, are now set to continue until 31 March 2021
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NewsCity snapshot: Second lockdown boosts pre-Christmas grocery sales
Grocery sales spiked in November by 13.9% as eating and drinking out of home was restricted by the English national lockdown to boost the industry in the run-up to Christmas.