Rishi Sunak news and analysis – Page 19
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Analysis & FeaturesRecyclable food-grade plastic: the search for the holy grail of packaging
As the plastic tax looms, suppliers and scientists are working hard on a closed-loop system for food-grade polypropylene. Can it be done?
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NewsMedia Bites 25 June: Deliveroo, Morrisons, Inflation
Deliveroo has won the latest battle in the long-running legal fight over the employment status of its riders
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NewsMedia Bites 15 June: Covid, hospitality, Boxed, Meatless Farm
Boris Johnson has said that Britain must learn to live with coronavirus as he delayed the end of Covid restrictions by four weeks and insisted that July 19 would be the new “terminus date”.
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NewsVAT dispute set to further delay DRS rollout, warn drinks bosses
Circularity Scotland is fighting an HMRC ruling that VAT should be applicable to deposits paid under the scheme
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NewsMedia Bites 24 May: M&S, John Lewis, TGI Fridays
Bosses at Marks & Spencer will try to put the pandemic and a decade of woes behind the retailer next week when they reveal that it has clawed its way back into the black
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News‘Desperate’ wholesalers urge release of £1.5bn business rates relief
Legislation granting the relief has not yet been laid before Parliament and no money can be made available to local authorities
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Comment & OpinionDeliveroo share price rise shows investors aren’t bothered about gig economy workers
While CEO Will Shu and early investors have made hundreds of millions (despite the IPO flop), a damning report last month found many workers are paid less than the minimum wage
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Comment & OpinionWorkers urged to check payslips from today for new minimum rates
The new rates were announced in Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s spending review in November
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NewsVAT double whammy could ‘kill DRS’ without Treasury intervention, warn industry bosses
Leading trade bodies have written to Defra urging it to intervene on VAT being placed on the new deposits
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NewsIndustry slams government decision to block Covid-linked business rates appeals
The government had been facing hundreds of thousands of appeals on the grounds of a ‘material change of circumstance’ in the pandemic, estimated to be worth £5bn
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NewsWholesalers to get business rates relief under £1.5bn fund
The FWD dubbed the new “material change of circumstance” fund a ‘staggering u-turn’
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Comment & OpinionThe online tax debate simply highlights the problem with business rates
Although it’s later than desired, it’s perhaps a good sign that the government will be looking at the online tax in autumn
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NewsMedia Bites 22 March: Asda, Online sales tax, Deliveroo
Marks & Spencer food boss Stuart Machin has been singled out as a prime candidate to run Asda
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NewsFWD offers help with pandemic funding support
The Federation of Wholesale Distributors has pledged to help members access the latest £425m government funding
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Analysis & FeaturesHow can we stop Britain’s high streets becoming ghost towns?
The pandemic has accelerated the high street’s decline. Is government support the answer, or does the concept need a wholesale rethink?
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Analysis & FeaturesThe 30 biggest wholesalers in the UK 2021: the good, the bad and the ugly
It’s been a bloody battlefield for the wholesale sector in the pandemic. What’s happened and what’s the outlook?
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NewsMedia Bites 5 March: Deliveroo, Whisky, Amazon Fresh
Deliveroo has pressed the start button on a listing on the London Stock Exchange that is expected to value the loss-making food delivery business at more than $7bn
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NewsWholesalers miss out on sector-specific funding in Budget
Wholesaler will have to compete for a share of a wider £425m restart grant fund
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NewsMedia Bites 4 March: Budget, Amazon, Sainsbury’s
The papers are predictably focused on yesterday’s Budget, but find room to cover the opening of Amazon’s first grocery store in the UK.
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NewsSupermarkets turn down business rates holiday to avoid repeat of backlash
Tesco also called for major reform of business rates to tackle the problems of the high street