Alan Monahan writes: Retailers are among those who have reported that they are struggling to meet their growing payroll obligations. The average Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) employers will pay an extra £2,600 this year as a direct result of the combined impact of this week’s increase in the National Living Wage (NLW), consequential National
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Xystos has launched a new bath and body Gardener’s Range from Woods of Windsor, which director Tom Sykes describes as “ideal for gifting and self-purchase”. The fresh floral accord of Blackberry & Thyme opens with refreshing notes of green tea and ripe blackberry followed by a heart of rosemary, thyme, mimosa and white jasmine –
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Alan Monahan writes: I wonder how many of our retailers have enjoyed strong Mother’s Day sales. I was interested to see that despite the growing scale of the opportunity more than half of shoppers surveyed by marketing firm Savvy said that Mother’s Day products in shops were “boring and lacked inspiration”. Retail expenditure is
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Help for Heroes (H4H), the Charity founded to provide lifelong support to Service Personnel and Veterans with injuries and illness sustained while serving in the British Armed Forces, has announced that Tesco has expanded its online Help for Heroes personalisation range with a number of seasonally relevant new products ready for the lead-up to Mother’s
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Tesco is coming under intensified scrutiny for its £3.7 billion merger with wholesaler Booker, which was revealed from apparently out of the blue at the end of January and seemed designed to strike fear into the hearts of beleaguered suppliers. While Tesco is the UK’s largest supermarket chain, Booker Group plc is the country’s
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The UK Fashion and Textiles Association (UKFT) has released encouraging industry figures showing UK exports of apparel and textiles were worth £9.1bn in 2016, rising from 8.5bn in 2015. 2016’s figures are up 28 per cent% in the five years since 2012. Apparel exports alone have risen 41 per cent to £6.2bn in this five
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