All High Street articles – Page 71
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NewsThorntons spearheads Christmas plans with Snowman and Gruffalo
Thorntons is pinning its Christmas hopes on an expansion of its The Snowman and The Gruffalo licences
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NewsHigh streets enjoying convenience retail resurgence, report claims
High streets are experiencing a “retail resurgence” due to the convenience culture sparked by austerity Britain, a government report claimed today.
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NewsGreggs on course for first half profit jump
Greggs expects to post a 40% rise in first half operating profit after sales rose by 3.1%
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NewsBRC shelves business rates alternatives proposals
The BRC has shelved its proposals for alternatives to the business rates system, including a radical plan for a new energy tax, after admitting that it is too soon to be suggesting a format for a ready-made replacement.
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NewsMajestic Wine opens new depot to power expansion
Majestic Wine will open a new distribution centre in Hemel Hempstead on Monday…
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Comment & OpinionHigh streets minister Brandon Lewis defends government action
Sir: Your recent article (‘High street contest a gimmick says Labour,’ The Grocer, 21 June, p8) is as cynical as it is mis…
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NewsQD Stores opens its first Thingmebobs in Swaffham
QD Stores has opened its first Thingmebobs store since acquiring the discount chain in January 2013…
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NewsBritain's best high street competition a 'gimmick'
The government has been accused by of “tinkering around the edges” with “gimmicks” for best high street…
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NewsBritain’s best high street sought in new competition
The government is to launch a competition to find the best high street in Britain, as part of a new branding exercise by high streets minister Brandon Lewis.
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Comment & OpinionRates reform dashed
Westminster has been accused of being a zombie government of late and, certainly, there was little sign of ministers springing to life to tackle the issue of business rates reform yesterday.
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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 ...