Liverpool
This coverage focuses on retail activity and developments in Liverpool, including store openings and closures, investment projects, consumer trends, and regional market performance. Reporting highlights how retailers adapt strategies to Liverpool’s economic and cultural landscape — offering insight for executives, managers, and professionals overseeing retail operations in this key UK city.
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Mar- 2021 -12 MarchOnline & Digital
Very Group prepares for hybrid working model
Very Group has announced that it will be adopting a hybrid working model going forward for all its employees. The Littlewoods.com and Very.co.uk operator renovated its Liverpool-based headquarters to accommodate its 2,100 members of staff oscillating between working on site and at home. The renovations, carried out by Greenmount Projects,…
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Dec- 2020 -22 DecemberNews
Matalan sells head office for £25m
Matalan has completed the £25m sale of its head office in Knowsley, Liverpool to a company already owned by the retailer’s founder. In a statement the discount retailer said that the sale represents the “planned completion of transactions” set out during the financing activity undertaken in June, following the “significant…
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Nov- 2020 -26 NovemberCoronavirus
New Tier system announced
The Government has announced a new Tier system for when England leaves lockdown on 2 December, with only areas in Tier 1 allowed to revert back to the ‘rule of six’. Making the announcement to the House of Commons, health secretary Matt Hancock revealed that the new Tier 3 restrictions…
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20 NovemberSupermarkets
Aldi expands delivery trial to 130 stores
Aldi has announced it is expanding its on-demand delivery trial with Deliveroo to 130 stores across the UK, with the service set to now be available in Scotland and Wales. Last month, the supermarket chain confirmed it had expanded the trial to 42 stores, including sites in Bristol and Liverpool.…
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Oct- 2020 -23 OctoberCoronavirus
Liverpool leaders call on public to support local retailers
Liverpool’s business leaders have called on everyone across the region to “unite and support local”, in a bid to help businesses survive the latest set of Tier 3 restrictions. Led by Liverpool ONE, Liverpool BID, Visit Liverpool and Marketing Liverpool, the ‘Help Campaign’ is urging businesses and local people to…
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22 OctoberOnline & Digital
Sky set to open first retail stores
Sky has announced it is launching its first ever bricks-and-mortar retail shops across the UK, in a bid to “bring Sky’s leading customer service and innovative pay TV, mobile and broadband products to the UK high street, under one roof”. Its first shops are set to open later this year,…
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21 OctoberEntertainment
Geek Retreat plans on opening 100 more stores
Games and fantasy company Geek Retreat has confirmed its plans to open another 100 stores over the next two years according to the BBC. The new 100 store plan is predicted to create around 600 new jobs. The retailer said it plans on opening sites in Bournemouth, Northampton and Liverpool…
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20 OctoberCoronavirus
Manchester moved into Tier three
Prime minister Boris Johnson has announced that Manchester will be placed into Tier 3 Covid-19 restrictions, after talks between mayor Andy Burnham and the UK government collapsed. As a result of being placed under Tier 3, pubs and restaurants must close unless they are supplying substantial meals and outside household…
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15 OctoberCoronavirus
London to move to Tier 2
London and Essex will face tougher Tier 2 Covid-19 restrictions from Saturday (17 October), including a ban on the mixing of households indoors, local MPs have been told. According to the BBC, health secretary Matt Hancock is set to update MPs on the latest measures in the Commons later today.…
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12 OctoberCoronavirus
PM unveils three-tiered lockdown system
Prime minister Boris Johnson this afternoon announced a new three-tier lockdown system that will see some hospitality businesses in the North-West forced to close from Wednesday. Under the new system, different rules for regions will be classified as being on ‘medium’, ‘high’ or ‘very high’ alert depending on the rate…
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