Thousands of Argos customers are to share more than £500,000 of e-gift card payments, after the firm failed to remind people they could shop around when taking out an extended warranty.
Argos has also agreed to fix the way it sells extended warranties to customers and provide a goodwill gesture to those who may have missed out on a better...
Growing a small business in 2021 will pose its challenges. There seems to be more new small businesses cropping up than ever before, specifically because various online platforms are becoming more popular. For example, small businesses and particularly those that are operating online are excelling in sales by using careful digital marketing techniques. If you have a physical business...
Asda bosses have lost a Supreme Court equal pay fight with store workers.
More than 40,000 Asda store workers, about two-thirds of whom are women, brought equal pay claims after complaining that staff working in distribution depots unfairly get more money.
Asda bosses said store jobs were not comparable to distribution centre jobs.
The store workers, who are represented by law firm...
Asda bosses are waiting for a ruling on a Supreme Court equal pay fight with store workers.
More than 40,000 Asda store workers, about two-thirds of whom are women, have brought equal pay claims after complaining that staff working in distribution depots unfairly get more money.
Asda bosses say store jobs are not comparable to distribution centre jobs.
Store workers, who are...
Retail sales volumes recovered slightly in February but not enough to offset heavy falls a month earlier, new data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has suggested.
Volumes rose 2.1% but only partially recovered on the 8.2% fall in January, with sales still down 3.7% on a year earlier and before the Covid-19 pandemic impact.
Clothing retailers reported the largest...
Santander has announced plans to close 111 branches by the end of August in response to the ongoing shift by customers towards mobile and online banking.
The trend has been accelerated by the pandemic, although branch transactions fell by a third over the two years before the virus crisis and declined by a further 50% in 2020, said the banking...
Scandal-hit retailer Boohoo has slashed its supplier network by more than 400 firms amid an overhaul after allegations over working conditions for factory staff.
The online fashion firm revealed a list of 78 approved suppliers across 100 factories – a significant drop on the estimated 500 suppliers previously identified in an independent review of the business by Alison Levitt QC.
It...
A record proportion of Christmas shopping was carried out online in December, according to card spending figures from a trade association.
As people spent more time at home, online spending accounted for around a third (33.8%) of the total value of credit and debit card spending in the UK in December. This was up from 28% in December 2019.
Online card...
UK retailers are being encouraged to check exporting rules under the new free trade deal with the EU, following a big increase in online shopping over the last year.
Demand for online shopping has grown since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, with 36% of UK retail sales made online in January this year. This is up from 20% in...
Working in the construction industry isn’t without risk, with construction roles being determined as one of the UK’s most dangerous job roles. As a site manager, it’s your job to make sure that nobody gets injured or killed while working for you- and that’s a huge responsibility.
While you can never prevent every single accident from happening, there are actions...
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