Hugh Radojev

From "disappointing" to "clobbered", the retail backlash to last month's Budget has only grown with every passing day. The next question is what the sector will do in response?

Discounter Lidl says it is "on track" to increase its investment in British food to £21bn by the end of the year, exceeding its original five-year target by 40%.

New consumer data from YouGov shows that customers are getting back into the Christmas spirit in 2024.

Supermarket giant Morrisons has announced it has paid down a further £200m of debt and extended the maturity of its revolving credit facility to 2030, reducing its overall levels of debt.

Huel's sales for the 2024 financial year surged past £200m for the first time, as its profits more than tripled to £13.8m in the year. It also completed construction of its in-house manufacturing facility in Milton Keynes.

Leaders from across the sector have signed a letter calling on the government to phase in changes to national insurance contributions to ease the burden on the retail from the Budget.

Deliveroo is calling on the government to include its riders in the upcoming Crime and Policing Bill to protect them from abuse and violence from customers.

In the latest escalation of the public war of words between the two retailers, Frasers has this morning publicly called for Boohoo founder and chair Mahmud Kamani to step down.

HMV has become one of the first retailers to publicly suspend new store openings across the UK, saying the Budget has made the environment too risky to invest.

Consumer confidence has risen three points in November, as the public moves on from the "potentially worrying impact" of the Budget and Trump's election in the US.