All Coronavirus articles – Page 44
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CVA rent cuts are usually addressing out-of-date charges, argues BRC
The consortium was responding to fresh claims from the British Property Federation that retailers are abusing CVAs
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Comment & Opinion
Canny Morrisons CEO David Potts deserves credit for his thoughtful and speedy leadership
There is much more to Morrisons’ success than simply a Covid windfall
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Rishi Sunak announces £4bn extra funding for businesses forced to close
Grants of up to £9,000 will be awarded per property to retail, leisure and hospitality businesses
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Morrisons to use car parks for Covid vaccination programme
CEO David Potts said today portable buildings would be operating from three store car parks from 11 January, with another 47 on standby
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Grocery websites fail as supermarket bosses urge against panic buying
Aldi CEO Giles Hurley wrote to customers late last night urging them not to buy more than usual, while supermarket websites struggled under weight of demand
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Union calls for retail staff to be prioritised for Covid vaccine
In a letter to health secretary Matt Hancock and business secretary Alok Sharma, Usdaw urged the government to intervene to protect staff
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Comment & Opinion
Brexit deal, HFSS consultation, grocery honours: what you might have missed over Christmas
2021 already looks like it might be another bumpy ride for the food and drink sector
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Aldi reports record Christmas as Covid restrictions drive demand for booze and premium ranges
The discounter has reported a 10.6% year-on-year rise in sales in the four weeks to 24 December
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Aldi extends immediate payment terms for small suppliers until the end of 2021
It means suppliers whose turnover with the discounter is under £1m will continue to have payments processed as soon as invoices are submitted
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Knighthood for Dave Lewis as New Year’s Honours List recognises food industry’s work in the pandemic
Lewis is one of a number of supermarket figures to be recognised in the New Year’s Honours List
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City snapshot: Covid Primark closures cost ABF a further £220m
Associated British Foods has said the tightening of coronavirus restrictions will cost the group an extra £220m on top of the previously announced £430m. Plus, the FTSE starts the year strongly after Brexit deal and all the rest of the latest news from the City.
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The biggest retail tech advances of 2020
The coronavirus pandemic has demanded solutions to new problems, and ones that can be applied swiftly
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Podcast
The Grocer’s Dairymen Podcast: Davina Bruce, McQueen’s Dairies
In this special podcast series we speak to six inspiring dairy heroes who went the extra mile to keep Brits’ favourite dairy products on shelves and in fridges during the coronavirus pandemic. In our sixth and final episode, we chat to dairy hero and milkwoman Davina Bruce about her 40 year career delivering milk to the people of Fife, and how she put off retirement to keep her community supplied over lockdown
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Tier 4 extension puts ‘light at the end of the tunnel further away’ warns BRC chief
Helen Dickinson was responding to an announcement from health secretary Matt Hancock this afternoon that tier 4 restrictions would apply to swathes more of England from Boxing Day
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24 trade groups demand government compensation over border chaos
In a letter to Defra Secretary George Eustice, the head of groups including the FDF, Scotland Food & Drink and the Provision Trade Federation described the situation as a ‘catastrophe’
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Border reopening ‘too late’ to stop food shortages
The FDF said there would be ‘significant disruption’ on the shelf starting next week
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Tesco looks to head off panic buying as it extends product restrictions
Tesco brought back a raft of restrictions in September and yesterday announced the list of products had been expanded
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JJ Foodservice urges customers to keep calm over border disruption
’The timing could not have been any worse’ but the company was working around the clock to maintain supplies, said JJ COO Mushtaque Ahmed
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Plans to test drivers at Dover risk spreading Covid, haulage chiefs warn
The government proposals were a “knee-jerk” reaction that would result in the mixing of drivers who would otherwise be socially distanced in their cabs, according to Road Haulage Association policy director Duncan Buchanan
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Food leaders demand compensation from ‘bungling’ government over Dover chaos
‘You didn’t have to be Mystic Meg to know what was coming,’ FDF CEO Ian Wright tells BEIS committee