All articles by Steve Farrell – Page 80
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NewsIceland restores delivery availability to near pre-coronavirus levels
It comes as rivals’ online services continue to struggle under the weight of demand during the Covid-19 emergency
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NewsHigh streets to benefit from new £6m government fund for coronavirus support
The money is for local projects to help high streets ‘through the uncertainty’ of the pandemic…
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NewsAldi becomes second supermarket to join the Slave-Free Alliance
The alliance was launched in 2018 with the aim of permanently eradicating slavery globally
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NewsLidl opens central London store as part of £500m expansion
Lidl is planning over 40 new London stores by 2025, taking the total inside the M25 to around 130
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Comment & OpinionBy tying landlords’ hands, the government has stored up a crisis for retail
The government should look closely at a ‘furloughed space grant scheme’
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NewsLidl publishes new supply chain human rights policy after pressure from Oxfam
Lidl has also committed to publishing a gender policy covering both employees and supply chains by next year
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NewsASA rejects Morrisons’ claim over Iceland turkey crown comparison
Morrisons claimed the ad was misleading because Iceland’s turkey crown was frozen and of lower quality than its own
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NewsAldi launches voucher scheme for volunteers shopping for the vulnerable
The vouchers can be bought by the self-isolating at vouchers.aldi.co.uk and posted to a volunteer
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NewsRetailers warn over ‘disastrous’ business rates revaluation plans
The next revaluation of business rates will take place on 1 April next year
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NewsMarks & Spencer to offer staff home testing for coronavirus
M&S said today it was offering home-testing for staff and their families across the whole of the UK
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NewsLandlords urge government to tackle retailers ‘exploiting’ rent holidays
The government yesterday banned landlords from issuing statutory demands or winding-up orders against retailers unable to …
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NewsPoundland to reward staff with extra week’s holiday
The variety discounter has also committed to staying closed on Boxing Day and New Year’s Day
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NewsPoundstretcher slammed by staff over lack of safety provisions
Some stores have had no hand sanitiser since February, an area manager said
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NewsPoundland reports soaring sales of pregnancy tests under lockdown
Weekly sales of its £1 pregnancy tests have risen 25% since the first week of lockdown in March
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NewsM&S to provide more clothing for discharged hospital patients
M&S has been delivering the clothing packs to the NHS Nightingale Hospital in London since earlier this month
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NewsM&S Food MD Stuart Machin reassures farmers while urging government to help dairy
In a letter to farming unions, Machin has reasserted M&S’s commitments while calling on the government to do more
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NewsMany retailers weeks from collapse unless government pays rents, warn industry leaders
Companies that were viable before the coronavirus outbreak will be forced to file for administration if the government doesn’t step in
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NewsM&S, Lidl, Aldi and the Southern Co-op step up help for community projects hit by coronavirus
The retailers are partnering with community charity Neighbourly to help projects such as food banks, homeless shelters, elderly care and youth clubs
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NewsM&S boosts food box deliveries using clothing & home DC
The boxes are now being picked and despatched from M&S’s main distribution centre in Castle Donington
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Comment & OpinionThree key moves Tesco made to fill empty shelves after panic buying
It’s not always obvious what hard work has gone on behind the scenes, but Tesco has released case studies which indicate the scale of the effort