All High Street articles – Page 9
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NewsPizza Express launches first grab & go concept in Tesco
The pizza chain will trial its first food-to-go pod in Tesco Extra
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NewsGail’s Bakery sales surge ahead of rumoured buyout
Analysts have speculated the company could be worth up to £500m
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NewsDave’s Hot Chicken releases UK menu as it gears up to open in December
The menu will be available to customise with six different spice levels
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NewsEsquires Coffee chain to double estate with strategic work-from-home locations
The chain is investing in suburban and regional outlets on the back of the hybrid work boom
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NewsWendy’s launches first loyalty app in the UK
The new app will allow customers to cut queueing times both in store and in drive-thrus
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NewsCity snapshot: Lacklustre footfall strikes another blow to retailers
Retail footfall fell again as a later-than-usual Black Friday and low consumer confidence meant customers were hesitant to hit the shops. Also, Heineken launches plans to build the Gulf’s first major commercial brewery in Dubai.
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NewsPets at Homes shares tank amid profit warning and worries of 'subdued' market
Pets at Home saw more than £200m wiped off its valuation this week as investors raced to sell-off shares after the chain warned of a “unusually subdued” pet retail market
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NewsOut of town retailers damaging high streets, warns Lords committee
The Built Environment Committee has made a series of recommendations for boosting high streets, while giving its support to the government’s business rates reform plans
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NewsWH Smith set for major food ramp-up with new own labels and cafés
‘We’ve got lots of plans in the pipeline,’ WH Smith Travel MD Andrew Harrison told The Grocer
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NewsSupermarkets already rethinking investment plans as business rates bill gets second reading
The proposed changes could add hundreds of millions in tax on large supermarkets
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NewsScottish Retail Consortium calls for business rates relief for shops amid ‘spiralling’ statutory costs
The letter to Scottish Finance Secretary Shona Robison says the increase in employers’ national insurance in the UK budget has added £190 million in annual costs to Scotland’s retailers
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NewsMedia Bites 25 November: Allan Leighton, Amazon strikes, more budget fears
The top story over the weekend was Asda hiring ex-boss Allan Leighton
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NewsYouMeSushi plans to double estate with new franchise plans
The sushi chain is planning to double the number of its sites in the next three years
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NewsKFC rows back on Better Chicken Commitment pledge claiming industry is not ready
Animal protection charity The Humane League UK has called for a protest at KFC’s headquarters in Woking next week
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NewsWendy’s pursues expansion in the UK with new franchise agreement
The chain will open six new sites in the south west of England
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NewsWH Smith expands food offer with ‘first-ever’ Christmas range
The first festive range from WH Smith includes ‘Christmas classics’ alongside ‘new flavours’ such as Miso Chicken
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NewsRetail will be hit with additional £7bn in costs from next year, industry chiefs warn Chancellor
Costs including rising employers’ national insurance will make job losses and price rises inevitable according to the letter orchestrated by the BRC, which calls for a meeting with Rachel Reeves to discuss measures to reduce the impact
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Comment & OpinionWhy physical retail will be punished by government’s business rates reforms
Rather than promising to level the playing field between online giants and the high street, Labour should have simply said it planned to make the biggest businesses pay for a tax cut for smaller ones
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Analysis & FeaturesWhy the Post Office isn't working for today's postmasters
As the public inquiry into the Horizon IT scandal comes to a close, can the Post Office turn itself around and, most importantly, earn back the trust of its postmasters?
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Comment & OpinionBusiness rates reform: how Labour’s plan to ‘deliver stability’ will save the UK high street
Last week, the UK government took the “critical step” to permanently level the playing field between high streets and their competitors, as exchequer secretary to the treasury James Murray explains.