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Government covers the policies, regulations, and political developments impacting the UK retail industry. This section reports on government initiatives, legislative changes, taxation, employment law, and sustainability policy, analysing how they affect retailers’ operations and strategic planning. Retail Sector’s Government coverage provides retail leaders, compliance teams, and business owners with informed insight into regulatory trends and public-sector engagement shaping the commercial environment across the retail sector.

Government

Government covers the policies, regulations, and political developments impacting the UK retail industry. This section reports on government initiatives, legislative changes, taxation, employment law, and sustainability policy, analysing how they affect retailers’ operations and strategic planning. Retail Sector’s Government coverage provides retail leaders, compliance teams, and business owners with informed insight into regulatory trends and public-sector engagement shaping the commercial environment across the retail sector.

Londoners “betrayed” as plans to pedestrianise Oxford Street scrapped

The mayor of London has described the shelving of plans to pedestrianise Oxford Street as a…

Retailers ‘mis-using’ CVA rent reductions, say landlords

Real estate association, the British Property Federation (BPF), believe that retailers have…

Retailers to be forced to report suspicious purchases to MI5

The new Home Secretary Sajid Javid has announced a policy that will see retailers forced to…

ASA wants Viagogo adverts blocked as it battles with ticket vendor

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has told search engines including Google and Bing…

Human error could cost businesses £17.5m as GDPR looms

With the arrival of General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) businesses who mishandle…

Mystery surrounds ownership of 57,227 UK companies

Around 57,227 British companies are still not complying with new measures brought in to…

Named and shamed: Underpaid retail staff among 200,000 to receive £15.6m back pay

HMRC has identified £15.6m in pay owed to more than 200,000 of the UK’s lowest paid workers,…

Asda-Sainsbury’s merger: Committees pen letter fearing ‘dominance’

The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (EFRA) and Department for Business, Energy and…

Mike Ashley complains against chairman of 2016 select committee

Mike Ashley has filed a complaint against the former MP who led the parliamentary inquiry…

Shop that sold illegal tobacco ‘wants its licence back’

A shop that was banned from selling tobacco and alcohol is reapplying for a new licence, it…