The bosses of department store retailer, John Lewis, are deciding which of their 50 department stores may never reopen again after reporting that it is ‘highly unlikely’ they will all survive the lockdown. 400 of the groups staff were already made redundant following the UK lockdown on March 23, with a further 14,000 put on
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A survey of 5,500 people in 11 countries by investment bank Jefferies has concluded that over half of people in the UK hope to back out on the high street within two weeks, but about 80 per cent expect it will take another month before this is really possible. Serious concerns about jobs and finances,
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A partnership between the British Medical Association (BMA) and John Lewis Partnership has brought together a wellbeing area for staff and volunteers at the NHS Nightingale Hospital in east London, housed within the Excel exhibition space. The wellbeing area, which is within the main part of the hospital, is the designated place where staff can
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Small and medium enterprises are fighting for survival after high street retailers cut off cash flow and all future orders. The policies adopted by some of the UK’s major stores compounds the problem faced by by smaller limited companies, many of which fall between the cracks of the Government’s financial support packages for businesses and
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Alan Monahan writes: When it comes to Christmas, grandads are apparently bottom of the country’s shopping lists. Indeed, people buy more gifts for their pets! But had Barclays interviewed me for their survey which yielded this information I would have told them that I must be the exception. I find my wife’s festive generosity positively
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Alan Monahan writes: You’ll know that these days it’s not enough just to go shopping. You are also invited to enjoy the ‘experience’. Open a newspaper or magazine and THAT word jumps out of the page as stores and trade shows demonstrate how they are reinventing themselves in the wake of dwindling customer numbers and
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