Latest Headlines – Page 895
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NewsManchester Gin switches bottles to predominantly recycled glass
The new packaging features an average of 55% reclaimed material
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NewsClosed retailers pressure shopping centres to shut too, threatening supermarket stores
Shops ordered to close by Boris Johnson are refusing to pay shopping centre service charges
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NewsSainsbury’s grants tenants one-month rent holiday
The supermarket announced yesterday it was offering tenants the option to pay rent monthly instead of quarterly
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NewsCity snapshot: Intu misses out on rents as shopping centres shut
Intu received barely 29% of rents due on its UK properties as most retailers turned down the shutters due to the coronavirus pandemic. Plus, Casino posts annual profits growth, UK retail sales slow in February and all the rest of the latest news from the City.
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NewsMedia Bites 26 March: Supermarkets/coronavirus, Retail rents, SSP Group
Britain’s supermarkets have admitted they cannot cope with the sharp increase in demand for online food ordering and said customers who are able to will have to keep shopping in stores.
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NewsCoronavirus: EISA calls for tax relief threshold increase to boost investment in SMEs
The Enterprise Investment Scheme Association is urging the government to ramp up tax benefits for investors in SMEs
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NewsCoronavirus: Parfetts urges suppliers to keep local shops stocked up
Joint-MD Greg Suszczenia warned against suppliers prioritising major supermarkets over the wholesale sector
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NewsMondelez signs up to two plastic waste reduction initiatives
The Cadbury owner is now a signatory of the New Plastics Economy Global Commitment and a member of the UK Plastics Pact
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NewsCoronavirus: booze retailers and brands allowed to stay open
The government has updated its list of premises that are allowed to remain open
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NewsCoronavirus: produce sector warns of May labour ‘crunch point’
The news comes despite 8,000 applications from British workers in recent days
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NewsSainsbury’s trials sale of Brakes catering-sized products
Sainsbury’s is currently selling catering-sized packs of Brakes own-label food in 10 stores in Kent
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NewsCoronavirus and adverse weather threaten apple juice supplies
Unwilling to buy from China, importers could turn to Poland, where there are concerns about mild temperatures
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NewsAsda and Tesco become latest retailers to limit customer numbers in stores
Asda said it would be placing colleagues at the front of stores to “limit the number of customers” coming in
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NewsIceland delivery vans set alight in act of ‘mindless vandalism’
The vans were set alight outside Iceland’s Southmead stores following clashes between youths and police
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NewsSainsbury’s moves to immediate supplier payments
The supermarket said support would also be available to suppliers in financial distress as a result of the ongoing uncertainty
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NewsCoronavirus: 94% of Brits support supermarket sales restrictions
Older consumers showed particularly strong support for the restrictions, found a YouGov survey, while Londoners were the most dubious
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NewsCity snapshot: SSP braces for £135m coronavirus revenue hit
As travel halts across Europe and Asia, SSP Group expects group revenues to fall between £125m and £135m
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NewsMedia Bites 25 March: UK supermarkets, Pharmacies, Retail sector
Supermarkets start introducing measures to protect customers and staff, pharmacies urge shoppers to only buy what needed while the coronavirus outbreak batters an already weakened retail sector
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NewsIceland to issue store staff with face masks
It’s one of a range of measures from the frozen food specialist to help slow the spread of coronavirus
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NewsSpecialist pate makers Patchwork and Pyman to merge
North Wales-based Patchwork Pates and Devon-based Pyman Pates are to merge to scale up and meet demand for premium British pates and meat-free alternatives.