All articles by Ian Quinn – Page 230
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NewsPortas and MPs attack local authority action on high streets
The efforts of both national and local government to tackle the problems of town centres has come under strong attack from MPs and the former high street tsar today. The Communities and Local Government Select Committee claimed the National Planning Policy Framework was being mishandled by councils, with local planning ...
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NewsSupport grows for tax on sugary drinks
Health advisers for Mayor of London Boris Johnson have swung their weight behind calls for a tax on sugary drinks, after new figures claimed the introduction could save London boroughs alone nearly £40m in costs to the NHS.
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NewsCampaign calls for 2% duty cut on wine and spirits
Chancellor George Osborne is being urged to cut duty on wine and spirits by 2%, with a campaign claiming it would remove an unfair tax burden of British drinkers and give a £1.5bn boost to the public finances in 2015.
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NewsCommunity Shop opens social supermarket in south London
A group of leading supermarkets this week began selling their food at 70% discounts to feed the poor, in an initiative which could become a new model for tackling hunger across the UK
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NewsTesco trials food-to-go Pickbox lunches at Canary Wharf store
Tesco has launched a new food-to-go concept to make lunchtime meal deals simpler and quicker…
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NewsSuppliers 'failing to take lead on obesity', survey finds
Food and drink companies are being sidelined in the debate over obesity, with a new study showing…
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NewsNick Canney becomes UK & Ireland MD at Innocent
Smoothie maker Innocent has ramped up its executive team as it seeks to reverse falling UK sales…
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Comment & OpinionPlugging the black hole(s)
The £263m accounting scandal might, in the long run, not prove to be the most important black hole CEO Dave Lewis has to fix if he…
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NewsTesco profits warning: what the analysts say
After Tesco revealed its annual profits would be no higher than £1.4bn, we round-up who is saying what
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NewsTesco in new profits warning as Dave Lewis promises not to cut corners in January
Tesco issued a profit warning today as CEO Dave Lewis “reset” the business to focus on service, availability and more competitive prices…
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NewsArchbishop of Canterbury and MPs call on on supermarkets to do more to tackle food poverty
Supermarkets have been urged to step up their battle against food waste, after a report by MPs and church leaders claimed supply chain inefficiencies in terms of redistributing surplus food was letting the poor go hungry.
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NewsMatt Simister exonerated as Lewis rebuilds senior Tesco team
Group food sourcing director Matt Simister is set for a dramatic return to Tesco on Monday…
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NewsTesco's new lab to showcase latest in-store tech and new apps
Tesco has opened the doors to a new laboratory to demonstrate the power of the latest in-store technology…
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NewsPizza and ready meals might get government's 5-a-day logo
The Department of Health is considering allowing thousands of products…
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Comment & OpinionGeorge of the (retail) jungle
As usual there was plenty of bluster coming from the dispatch box at today’s Autumn Statement
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NewsTesco Direct Click & Collect orders subject to two-day delays
Tesco suffered another blow this week as its non-food website buckled under the volume of Christmas orders.
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NewsFull review of business rates announced by Osborne in Autumn Statement
The government will conduct a full review of the structure of business rates, although it will not report until the budget in 2016.
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Comment & OpinionLewis ticking off his ‘to do’ list
Such was the scale of its problems and so abrupt his arrival, that some analysts had not even finished writing their “to do list”
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NewsTesco shakes up senior management team as Matt Simister returns after suspension
Tesco CEO Dave Lewis has revealed a new management line up in the wake of the crisis over its £263m accounting scandal and, temporarily at least, is taking over day to day leadership of the UK operation.
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Analysis & FeaturesIs the UK oversaturated with supermarkets?
Choosing where to shop for your groceries in historic Canterbury is no easy task…