All articles by Steve Farrell – Page 81
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NewsAldi invites those affected by Arcadia and Debenhams collapse to apply for jobs
The supermarket’s expansion plans are due to see 4,000 new roles created across the UK this year
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Comment & OpinionWhy has Lidl decided to publish GB financial results for the first time?
After 27 years in the UK, Lidl has chosen to publish its GB accounts as a standalone for the first time
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NewsSupermarkets will not automatically benefit from business rates relief extension in Scotland
The move is to ’ensure the relief only goes to those businesses who require it’ after supermarkets handed billions back last year
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NewsOops opens larger third store as property team seeks new sites
The latest store, in St Helens, is about 10,000 sq ft, twice the size of each of the first two branches
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NewsEU trade deal ‘not frictionless and barrier-free’, says Lidl GB CEO
Christian Härtnagel said the continuing flow of goods was down to the business’s thorough preparation, rather than the deal
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NewsLidl reports £13.6m annual loss in first separate accounts for GB business
The loss after tax came as Lidl GB invested £654m in growing the business in the year ending 29 February 2020, the newly filed full-year accounts reveal
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NewsPoundland reports sales growth boosted by new ranges and price points
The growth in the first-quarter to December came despite ’significantly reduced footfall’
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NewsWalgreen Boots Alliance appoints Roz Brewer CEO
Brewer succeeds Stefano Pessina, who is stepping down after six years to become WBA’s executive chairman
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NewsPoundland introduces ‘greeter’ role to encourage mask wearing
The greeters are tasked with asking shoppers to wear a face covering and providing a free mask if they don’t have one
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NewsLidl to give store and DC staff one-off £200 bonus
The payment recognises their ‘tireless efforts to keep the nation fed and provide a safe shopping experience for customers up and down the country’, Lidl said
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NewsIceland expands Uber Eats trial to more London stores
The trial is just one of the ways Iceland has dramatically expanded its online services during the pandemic
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NewsIceland MD Walker writes book promising to help other businesses be greener
Called ‘The Green Grocer: one man’s manifesto for corporate activism’, the book explores the Iceland boss’s ‘life and business lessons, and passion for sustainability and social change’
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NewsAldi falls short of 50 new stores a year in 2020
Delays to construction under Covid restrictions have forced Aldi to push some of the 2020 target into 2021
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Comment & OpinionSupermarkets are in an impossible position on face masks
When it comes to face mask enforcement, retailers are being told to go left, go right and stay where they are, all at the same time
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NewsRetailers welcome new legal protections for shopworkers in Scotland
Scottish Parliament yesterday voted to support a bill to create a new statutory offence of assaulting, threatening or abusing a retail worker
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NewsSupermarkets ‘at risk of discriminating against disabled people’ over face masks
The Equality and Human Rights Commission has written to supermarket CEOs warning they could be breaking the law
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NewsAldi raises minimum hourly pay to £9.55 nationally and £11.07 in London
All Aldi’s 30,000 store assistants are to benefit from the new pay rate, which exceeds the Living Wage Foundation’s recommended ‘real living wage’
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Comment & OpinionBoots sales have improved but the chemist is beset by challenges. These are the biggest
Following a dismal performance during the UK’s first lockdown last year, Boots’ latest trading update shows improvement - but there are challenges ahead
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NewsSoaring rent debt will lead to ‘ghost high streets’ without more support, warns BRC
BRC property policy advisor Dominic Curran was commenting on the latest rent payment data, which showed retail’s debt had reached £2.2bn by the end of 2020
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NewsRetail’s rent debt tops £2bn after third quarter of government protections
Between March 2020 and the end of last year, retail’s debt climbed to £2.2bn, making up more than half commercial tenants’ total debt of £4.2bn