Pooja Shrivastava

Ashton Primary School in Preston has teamed up with SPAR during the season of goodwill to donate delicious food to the city's Foxton Centre.

The upcoming “grocery tax” could hit hard-pressed Britons in the pocket, adding up to £56 annually to household shopping bills and costing families as much as £1.4 billion a year, state reports on Sunday (22) citing a recent analysis.

Retail trade union Usdaw today (23) called on the shopping public to show respect for shop workers, stating that the busy pre-Christmas shopping period leaves retail workers exhausted and in need of a proper break.

Bestway Group is turning to a company voluntary arrangement (CVA) to exit about 35 vacant shops which previously traded as Bargain Booze and Wine Rack off-licences, stated recent reports.

Retailers could find themselves facing a New Year spending squeeze as public confidence in the state of the economy took a nosedive, show recent industry data.

Dec 24, 2024 Abdul Khalique Bhatti, one of a trio of visionaries who established the highly successful Bestway Group, passed away recently.

Retailers across Britain have warned of potential price increases and store closures following a bleak Christmas trading period, as consumers grapple with relentless cost-of-living pressures.

Police are hunting for knifemen who struck at two convenience stores in the space of eight hours in Uttoxeter in East Staffordshire on Sunday (22).

The Scottish Government must urgently act to support the country's struggling high streets, Labour has said, citing an analysis' findings that more than 10,000 retail jobs were lost in a year.

Fujitsu should have shown more "remorse" since failings of Horizon IT system emerged, minister Gareth Thomas has said while claiming that all those who had applied for compensation would have received "80 per cent of the amount" by March 2025.