All Property and Planning articles
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NewsLidl drops electric vehicle charging rates for loyalty members
The discounter has reduced the charging rate from 62p/kWh to 59p/kWh for electric vehicle drivers with Lidl Plus.
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NewsCo-op grows university franchise estate by 50% with four new deals
The new partnerships are with Queen Mary University of London, the University of Leicester, the University of Sheffield and Durham University
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NewsTesco scuppers Lidl’s plans to provide town with 260 jobs
The store opened earlier this year, but because delay cost Lidl its development partner the 260 additional jobs have yet to be delivered
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NewsGrape Tree passes ‘important milestone’ with 200th store opening
It means Grape Tree has met the goal set by founder Nick Shutts to reach the milestone by 2026, as part of a major UK expansion plan
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NewsHeart of England Co-op to install EV chargers at nine stores
Nine of its 40 convenience stores have been selected for the initial rollout, with each location having between two and four charging points
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NewsPoundstretcher boasts of 15 store openings in three months
It comes after Poundstretcher was granted rent reductions to zero on a number of existing stores
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Analysis & FeaturesInside organised crime’s grip on UK high streets
Organised crime gangs are exploiting Britain’s high streets on an industrial scale - and legitimate retailers are paying the price
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NewsIceland Foods expands Channel Islands presence with first Alderney store
It is the latest Iceland store to open as part of its supply partnership with Alliance stores
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NewsM&S Food opens new, bigger airside store at Heathrow T5
The new airside store at Terminal 5 is in a more prime location, at the entrance to the departure lounge
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Analysis & FeaturesThe juiciest revelations in the CMA’s decision on Aldi and Lidl
Behind a front of ‘nothing to see here, we’re just the same old limited-range discounters’, it turns out Aldi and Lidl have changed rather fundamentally over the past 15 or so years, with potential regulatory consequence
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NewsAldi and Lidl understated range size by 40%, according to CMA
The revelation is in the CMA’s 80-page decision that Aldi and Lidl are no longer limited assortment discounters and should face the same competition rules as large grocery retailers such as Tesco and Sainsbury’s
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NewsAndy Burnham unveils new curbs on vape and betting shops
The PM is tightening up planning rules that have made it easier for vape and slot machine shops to spread rapidly
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NewsMowi secures permission for 2,075-tonne salmon farm in Scotland
The Bergen-based multinational has secured planning consent from Comhairle nan Eilean Siar and an environmental permit from the Scottish Environment Protection Agency
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NewsAldi and Lidl should face same rules as rivals, CMA decides
The provisional decision has been delivered alongside a new call for views
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NewsWynnstay to double fertiliser blending capacity at Scottish site
The agricultural group has taken a long-term lease for a ‘substantially larger’ production facility in Montrose, north of Dundee, and has signed a contract for new machinery
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NewsRetail footfall ‘under pressure’ as heatwave stifles high streets
High streets, particularly those in bigger cities, were the worst affected as shoppers chose to stay at home to escape the continued heatwave
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InterviewsHamza Hussain: the UK’s youngest supermarket MD
Abu Bakr’s Hamza Hussain is the 23-year-old supermarket MD with plans to take on the big four and create the ‘Asian Asda’
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NewsAldi and Lidl nearly equal in race for UK space, data shows
The figures represent Lidl’s preference for slightly larger stores, as well as it creeping up on Aldi in store numbers
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NewsWestmorland to bring ‘proper food’ ethos to Cheshire with £65m Tatton Services
The development for Tatton Services is a partnership between Cumbrian family business Westmorland and the Tatton Estate
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NewsAldi wins four-year battle with Lidl over Horncastle store
Both had submitted bids to open stores in Horncastle, but planners decided two discount supermarkets would be too harmful to the town centre