Lidl has followed the lead of Aldi and Tesco by announcing it will refund over £100 million in business rates relief aimed at supporting UK businesses during the pandemic. Lidl […]
jeu 17/12/2020 by Richard Wilkinson
The planned £6.8 billion takeover of Asda by the Issa brothers and private equity firm TDR Capital is the subject of a probe by the UK’s competition watchdog (CMA), after […]
mer 16/12/2020 by Richard Wilkinson
UK retailer Co-op has begun implementing facial recognition technology at 18 of its stores in a bid to reduce crime and abuse against staff. Southern Co-op was the first to […]
mar 15/12/2020 by Richard Wilkinson
Italy’s fresh produce sector is following with great interest the negotiations underway to seal a trade deal between the EU and the UK. Last week, an online conference titled “Great […]
mar 15/12/2020 by Richard Wilkinson
The British Retail Consortium (BRC) has warned that supermarkets will face over £3 billion in tariffs if the UK leaves the EU without a trade deal and that these costs […]
lun 14/12/2020 by Richard Wilkinson
UK retailer Tesco has promised to pay back the £585 million it saved from a business rates holiday aimed at helping struggling retailers cope with the Covid-19 crisis. Tesco’s chairman, […]
lun 14/12/2020 by Richard Wilkinson
UK retailer Asda has opened a new sustainability concept store. The first of what is planned to be a national project features product refill options, loose and unwrapped produce, and […]
jeu 10/12/2020 by Richard Wilkinson
The first shipment of Myanmar’s avocados have been sent to the UK by air, according to an announcement by the Myanmar embassy in the UK. The exported avocados are of […]
lun 23/11/2020 by Richard Wilkinson
Supermarket sales in the UK were up 9.3% for the August-October period. However, unlike with the first lockdown, there is no evidence of consumer panic-buying at this stage, according to […]
jeu 19/11/2020 by Richard Wilkinson
Almeria’s Association of Organizations of Fruit and Vegetable Producers COEXPHAL held a webinar last week titled ‘Brexit: practical aspects for exporters’ in which it addressed the post-Brexit scenario facing producers […]
mer 18/11/2020 by Richard Wilkinson
New owners of Asda, Mohsin and Zuber Issa, have sold off significant stakes in EG Group to an Abu Dhabi sovereign investor and two Canadian pension funds, reported to be […]
mer 18/11/2020 by Richard Wilkinson
