Commenting in response to the Chancellor’s Budget,delivered on Wednesday, March 3, the Horticultural Trade’s Association (HTA) issued the following statement: “Optimism that Covid will be beaten sees the country moving into recovery and it is good news for horticultural businesses that the support they need, in the form of the extension to the Furlough scheme,
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Alan Monahan writes: And so to Harrogate. Next week I will be happily heading to the Home & Gift Buyers’ Festival in the spa town as I have done for the past 23 years. Driving to North Yorkshire, my spirits will be lifted as I re-enter the time warp that is Harrogate in the knowledge
Chancellor Philip Hammond’s Spring budget was meant to squash the doom and gloom and present a picture of hope for the British economy, with a forecast that envisaged more growth coupled with less inflation and debt in the year ahead. For the retail sector his March 13 speech set a new date of 2021 for
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Following a business campaign led by the British Retail Consortium (BRC), the Chancellor Philip Hammond has announced in his Budget of November 22 2017 that the move from RPI to CPI indexation will be brought forward by two years to April 2018. The new measures could help British businesses save £2.3bn over the next five
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Selfridges claims that the pre-Halloween launch of its Christmas window in London’s Oxford Street is a first for any department store worldwide. Some 1,000 metres of red velvet have been used for its ‘With Love From’ theme. Inflation has been blamed for a fall in UK retail sales in September. The Office for National Statistics
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Chancellor George Osborne gave no indication in his Autumn Statement that he has listened to the demands of retailers or intends to freeze business rates for 2013, leaving Britain’s hard-pressed shop keepers to face a £175million bill next year. This is despite the fact that a poll conducted across the three main political parties on
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