All Policy & legal articles – Page 178
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AnalysisThe rising cost of accepting card payments
Retailers are reeling from escalating charges for card transactions but now the pressure is on banks to stop raising fees, says Alison Clements
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NewsAsda purchase of Netto cleared by OFT
Asda has been given the green light to acquire Netto after the Office of Fair Trading cleared its takeover of the discount grocer.
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NewsDo more to back enterprise, BRC chairman Luke Mayhew tells Government
British Retail Consortium chairman Luke Mayhew has warned that the Government risks causing “collateral damage” to business unless it encourages enterprise and cuts red tape as well as making cuts.
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OpinionTime for a gesture of goodwill
The way business rate increases are calculated makes no sense and is unfair on retailers
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NewsRetailers warn over business rate rises
Looming increases in business rates could threaten the ability of retailers to create jobs, the BRC warned today.
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NewsRetailers start raising prices ahead of VAT increase
Retailers are beginning to put up prices before the rise in VAT in January as they prepare for significant inflation next year.
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NewsRetailers cut waste sent to landfill by 50%
Retailers are sending half as much rubbish to the dump as they did five years ago and have slashed carbon dioxide emissions.
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NewsRetailers dismayed by service charges
Service charges and alteration consents have emerged as retailers’ key landlord relationship concerns.
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BRC seeks assurances on local enterprise partnerships
The British Retail Consortium has welcomed opportunities for business to become involved in local decision making but warned that ‘localism’ should not be allowed to harm national companies.
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NewsSainsbury’s Justin King to advise Prime Minister
Sainsbury’s chief executive Justin King is understood to be among the business leaders to become advisers to Prime Minister David Cameron.
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OpinionRetail surgery: What are the implications of the VAT rise on the taxes we pay on our shop leases?
What are the implications of the VAT rise on the taxes we pay on our shop leases?
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OpinionMy advice to Sir Philip Green
Taking the axe to public servants who hold back retailers would be a good start
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BRC restructures policy and public affairs operations
The British Retail Consortium has restructured its policy and public affairs operations to better represent retailers on matters such as European regulation.
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NewsRetailers urge Government to tackle petrol prices
Retailers are urging the coalition Government to urgently tackle the rising petrol prices.
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Opinion
Government goes Green
Philip Green’s appointment as the government’s efficiency guru should strike fear into the corridors of power.
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NewsSir Philip Green appointed government efficiency czar
Sir Philip Green has been appointed to lead an efficiency review of government spending.
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OpinionWatchdog is bad news, but grocers will cope
It was begun during one administration’s tenure and completed under another’s, but you probably couldn’t tell: the Government response to the consultation on creating a grocery ombudsman - or adjudicator as it is now termed - is classic British fudge.
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NewsSupermarket adjudicator not needed, grocers insist
A supermarket adjudicator is unnecessary, grocers have insisted.
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NewsGovernment moves closer to setting up grocery ‘ombudsman’
The Government has moved closer to introducing legislation to set up a Groceries Code Adjudicator (GCA), its version of what was previously dubbed the ‘supermarket ombudsman’.
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AnalysisRetail Employment Monitor
The British Retail Consortium’s new tool will analyse job figures and aims to improve understanding of the role of retail as an employer