Nottingham
This coverage focuses on retail developments and trends in Nottingham, a key city within the UK retail landscape. Reporting includes store openings and closures, high street and shopping centre activity, redevelopment projects, footfall trends, and local market dynamics — all analysed for their implications on retail performance, customer behaviour, and commercial opportunities. The content is designed for retail managers, executives, and professionals overseeing operations and strategy in regional retail markets.
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Feb- 2021 -26 FebruaryHealth & Beauty
Boots to axe 300 jobs in Nottingham head office
Boots has confirmed its plans to get rid of 300 jobs in its Nottinghamshire head office, citing the pandemic as a major factor in its decision. The health and beauty retailer’s head office, based in Beeston, is set to lose 10% of its workforce with various position levels expected to…
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Oct- 2020 -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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Jul- 2020 -17 JulyShopping Centres
Intu slashes 46 head office roles
Intu has slashed 46 roles across its London head offices, following its collapse into administration at the end of June. A spokesperson for the joint administrators confirmed the news, and said that a further 15 roles have also been cut at Intu Broadmarsh in Nottingham, which was the result of…
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10 JulyGovernment
Usdaw ‘disappointed’ PM fails to back shop worker protection law
Retail trade union Usdaw has criticised the prime minister for failing to back a new law to protect shop workers from violence. The trade union has called for a firm commitment from the government to take all available actions to tackle the issue. The news comes as Usdaw revealed one…
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May- 2020 -20 MayCoronavirus
Deliveroo expands partnership with Majestic Wines to 80 locations
Deliveroo and Majestic Wines has announced the expansion of its delivery partnership to cover 80 UK sites across the UK, alongside an expanded range on offer. Majestic Wines has unveiled a specially curated range of more than 50 wines, champagnes and spirits, available to order on the Deliveroo app. The…
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19 MaySupermarkets
Aldi trials grocery home delivery with Deliveroo
Aldi has announced it has teamed up with Deliveroo on trailing an on-demand grocery home delivery service in the UK. Aldi has started to offer a “rapid delivery” from its Daleside Road store in Nottingham, before extending the trial to a further seven stores across the East Midlands in June.…
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Feb- 2020 -6 FebruaryHigh Street
63% of midlands shoppers want to support independents, survey reveals
A new survey on the shopping habits of residents in Birmingham, Derby, Leicester, Lincoln and Nottingham has revealed that 63% of all respondents consider it “highly important to support local businesses and independent retailers”. Retail PR group Cartwright Communications, which conducted the survey, said that at a time when “empty…
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Oct- 2019 -18 OctoberClothing & Shoes
M&S to open 60,000 sq ft store in Nottingham near year
Marks and Spencer will open a new 60,000 sq ft store at British Land’s Giltbrook Retail Park, Nottingham, in the summer of 2020. The announcement comes less than two weeks before M&S opens a major new store in Cornwall – it’s first clothing store opening in the South West for…
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Aug- 2019 -8 AugustAnalysis
How Games Workshop is standing up against the UK’s high street woes
In what is still an incredibly turbulent time for the retail market, fantasy miniatures retailer Games Workshop has seen explosive growth in recent years and remains defiant against a tide of CVAs, job cuts and declining profits sweeping the UK’s high streets. And it shows no real signs of slowing…
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May- 2019 -29 MayHealth & Beauty
Boots could close up to 200 stores
Boots owner Walgreen Boots Alliance (WBA) have plans to close up to 200 underperforming stores, according to Sky News. The health and beauty retailer which employs more than around 56,000 people, saw profits fall by more than 18% last year. The potential closures would see just under 10% of Boots’…
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