Tag: Coronavirus
Dramatic change to shopping habits since first lockdown, say retail leaders
Shopping habits have “changed dramatically” a year on from the first empty shelves and shuttered high street stores, according to retail experts.
Helen Dickinson, chief...
SSP taps shareholders for £475m as sales remain slow in airports...
Upper Crust owner SSP will ask shareholders for close to half a billion pounds to tie it over until the travel market recovers from...
ATM transactions have plunged by 43% during the ‘coronavirus year’
The number of ATM transactions plunged by 43% during the “coronavirus year”, according to Link, the UK’s main cash machine network.
Link said the sharp...
Greggs head office to adopt hybrid working model
Greggs has become the latest business to say it will not expect staff to continue coming to its head office five days a week,...
ScS pledges £1.3m furlough repayment after record first half
ScS vowed to return some of the furlough money it has claimed from the Government as the sofa seller swung to a profit in...
Shoppers venture out as UK closes in on lockdown anniversary
Footfall around the UK’s retail sites was up 7% last week, but is still heavily depressed compared to its pre-pandemic levels, new data has...
Lateral testing now available to all businesses, including those with fewer...
As part of the government’s roadmap to cautiously lift restrictions, businesses of all sizes, including those with fewer than 50 employees, can register from...
Stop guessing – Just ask. What online must learn from the...
The retail winners of 2020 have enjoyed a phenomenal rise in online sales. But don’t get too smug about it. Consumers moved online because...
New Pay As You Grow facility will enable more flexible repayments...
The British Business Bank, the UK’s economic development bank, today announces further details of Pay As You Grow, which helps UK smaller businesses that...
Boohoo sales soar during Covid
Online fashion retailer Boohoo today reported surging sales during the recent Covid-19 pandemic. Sales which had been expected to increase by 29% actually came...