High street – Page 66
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NewsMinisters reject wholesale changes to business rates system
The government has strongly rejected calls that business rates are not fit for purpose and should be replaced with a new system.
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NewsCo-op, M&S and Boots send high street support for 29 towns
Leading retailers and businesses are to give their support to 29 towns in the latest stage of high street rescue efforts…
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NewsB&M Bargain valued at £2.7bn after pricing IPO
Discount retailer B&M Bargains will be worth £2.7bn when it floats on the London stock exchange next week…
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NewsBoots drops evening meals to focus on healthy 'food for now'
Boots has called time on its trial of evening meals and expanded its food for now range instead…
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NewsCosta MD's taskforce calls for long-term high street plans
A government taskforce led by Costa Coffee MD Jason Cotta has called on towns to launch new five-year plans…
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Analysis & FeaturesAn inconvenient truth: is convenience really growing?
The convenience sector is booming. Or is it? When you interrogate the numbers a little harder a different picture emerges…
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Analysis & FeaturesHot 100: the UK's hottest convenience store postcodes
The Grocer reveals the 100 ‘hottest’ locations for c-stores in the UK, plus the ‘best fit’ multiple retailer….
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NewsRegeneration trials dropped over Healthy High Streets clash
The government has scrapped plans to select a group of towns and cities to trial the most successful Portas ideas…
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NewsAlliance Boots reports 4.3% growth as Walgreens partnership pays off
Alliance Boots has reported a 4.3% rise in full year revenues…
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Comment & OpinionDigital in vogue
Of the 28 recommendations on how to save the high street by Queen of Shops Mary Portas, way back now in December 2011, not a single one mentioned anything about digital technology. In fact, in the climate at the time and for a good while after, if online was spoken ...
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NewsHigh streets to get help on digital strategy from advisory board
A new government drive will help high streets wake up to the opportunities presented by digital technology.
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NewsBerkhamsted backlash against 'lowering the tone with a Lidl'
Lidl is facing a backlash as it prepares to submit a planning application for a new store in Berkhamsted…
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NewsLondis ditches lower-tier membership offer
Londis has been turning away prospective new members as part of a recruitment strategy shake-up…
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Analysis & FeaturesBig business steps in to steer high street rescue mission
Four of big high street names are launching a new phase in the battle to save it…
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NewsHealthy High Streets plan gets big-name backing
A new coalition of government, retailers and business leaders has pledged to create 3,000 new jobs on UK high streets…
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NewsDiscounters fill the gaps on ‘resilient’ high street, study finds
A massive expansion of discount stores on the high street has led to it outperforming retail parks and shopping centres in the recovery, according to a new report by Deloitte.
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NewsHigh street darling Poundland heads out of town for new stores
Poundland will target retail park locations as it aims to open 60 new stores this year…
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NewsBHS Food will be 10% cheaper than supermarkets, says Green
BHS could be the latest entrant into the supermarket price war after Sir Philip Green vowed it would beat the big-four supermarkets by up to 10% on price.
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Comment & OpinionIs the high street's future beyond retail?
The UK’s high streets are engaged in a battle for survival…
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NewsGorilla statue bags Portas Pilot cash – but most funds still unspent
A £3,800 gorilla statue in Tiverton and £150 gift-wrapping classes in Rotherham were among the items funded by the second round of Portas Pilot spending.