All High Street articles – Page 74
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NewsLabour plan to cut business rates welcomed by retail leaders
Labour’s plans to cut business rates for small businesses in 2015 and introduce a subsequent freeze have been welcomed by retail leaders.
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Comment & OpinionHigh streets need a reality check if they are to be reformed
To innovate is not to reform” said Edmund Burke, a distinction that would-be saviours of the Great British high street usu…
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Comment & Opinion
Digital tools can help turn around our high streets
The debate over the future of the high street needs to move away from being a public spat between Mary Portas and Bill Grimsey.
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Analysis & FeaturesGrimsey's Bill for high street revival? That'll be £500m
And Mary Portas was seen as contentious. Bill Grimsey’s levy plan is under fire as a “swingeing tax”…
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NewsThorntons sales climb as fmcg shift gathers pace
Thorntons’ transformation from a retail chain to an fmcg supplier continues apace as its total sales rose 5.6% to £26.8m in its fourth quarter.
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NewsThorntons is top of the bill in week of recoveries
In a good week for recovery stories, Thorntons topped the bill…
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NewsPortas will 'humiliate' Pilots in new TV show
A new TV series starring Mary Portas will do little more than humiliate the businesses featured, claim retail leaders…
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Analysis & FeaturesSir Terry's new plan to save 'medieval' high streets
As Mary Portas updates us on her Pilots on C4, ex-Tesco boss Sir Terry Leahy has other ideas to save the high street, fronting a new campaign for the Telegraph…
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NewsPortas Pilots feedback app to help share ideas
A new smartphone app to review the Portas Pilots is the latest tool in the battle to save the British high street…
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Comment & Opinion
After Portas, do the town centre personality test
Despite the cold Easter, visitor numbers rose more than 6% on UK high streets over Good Friday and Easter Saturday…
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NewsATCM and Future High Streets Forum ready for action
This week marked the launch of two initiatives to get the government’s high street rescue plan back on track…
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NewsEx-Thorntons chairman blasts planned closure of Belper
The former chairman of Thorntons has criticised the company for closing its shop in Belper…
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NewsPortas Pilots review delayed as process descends into farce
Business leaders warned the government’s plans to save the high street were descending into chaos this week…
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NewsIntroducing the new saviour of the High Street - it's Tesco
The government has turned to Tesco in its bid to save the ailing British high street…
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NewsBRC boss: Portas politics won't save our towns
The government’s bid to save the high street under Mary Queen of Shops star Mary Portas…
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Analysis & FeaturesAre we making progress on the UK high street front?
This week, the BRC published the sixth major study to appear since the launch of the Mary Portas Review …
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ProfilesThe Butchery SE23 pops up in Forest Hill as Portas Pilot
On an icy Saturday morning in south-east London’s Forest Hill, dozens of shoppers are queuing up to buy meat…
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NewsTesco lists Thorntons Continental range
Thorntons has rolled out its Continental chocolates – previously only in its own stores – to Tesco.
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NewsTesco lists Thorntons Continental range
Thorntons has rolled out its Continental chocolates – previously only in its own stores – to Tesco….
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Comment & Opinion
Decimating town centres? Or benefiting them?
Do the costs of food store development in town centres outweigh the benefits? It’s time we moved on from the dogmatic…