Part-Time
This coverage examines the role of part-time work in the UK retail industry, with reporting on employment trends, workforce management, labour market challenges, and policy developments. Designed for retail executives, HR managers, and operations leaders addressing staffing strategies, employee engagement, and productivity in a sector reliant on flexible labour.
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Aug- 2023 -3 AugustNews
Tesco becomes first supermarket to offer right to request flexible working
Tesco is granting colleagues new flexible working rights almost a year ahead of an expected change in the law from the government. The supermarket is giving its more than 300,000 colleagues, from the shop floor to its offices, the right to request a flexible working pattern from their first day…
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May- 2023 -31 MayNews
Amazon launches new term-time contracts for parents
Amazon has launched an innovative new contract that offers parents, grandparents and guardians of school-age children the choice to work term-time only. The new contracts guarantee time off for the six-week Summer break, as well as the two-week Easter and Christmas holiday periods, without affecting the comprehensive range of benefits…
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18 MayHigh Street
Shoezone to open Bury town centre store this May
Shoezone will launch a brand new, relocated store in Bury on 20 May, officially opening at The Rock, Unit E. 05. The new store, which will be open from 9am until 7pm Monday and Saturday and 10:30am until 4:30pm on Sundays, will offer opening offers, as the brand will also…
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9 MaySupermarkets
Lidl to add over 1,500 warehouse staff amid new distribution centre plans
Lidl GB has announced that it is recruiting over 1,500 warehouse colleagues across its existing regional distribution centre (RDC) network, while confirming plans to build a new RDC on a 35-acre site in Gildersome, Leeds. It said the plans submitted to Leeds City Council for a 54,000m2 build represent a…
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Oct- 2022 -5 OctoberSupermarkets
Lidl GB to recruit over 1,000 roles
Lidl GB has revealed it will be recruiting for over 1,000 new hourly paid roles over the next five months. The roles will span across stores and warehouses and include customer assistants, cleaners and warehouse operatives. It said new recruits will earn a minimum of £10.90 an hour outside of…
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Aug- 2022 -8 AugustNews
Amazon workers plan further strikes over 35p pay rise
Amazon workers are preparing for a further wave of strikes in British warehouses in the coming days as disagreement over pay and conditions escalate, according to the Telegraph. The announcement comes as workers at Amazon’s warehouse in Tilbury, Essex, walked out over what the GMB Union described as a “pathetic”…
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3 AugustHigh Street
Poundland targets 25 new sites amid wide-ranging price cuts
Poundland has confirmed it is set to open 10 new and relocated stores before the end of September, with up to another 15 in the pipeline by the end of the year. The new openings stretch from South Wales and southern England to the north of Scotland, and its store…
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1 AugustFeatures
Recession and retailers: a ‘cleansing effect’?
“Incomes are being squeezed, consumption is under pressure, interest rates are rising, and there’s a lot of uncertainty. These are classic ingredients for recession,” says Ian Stewart, Deloitte’s chief economist. According to Deloitte’s UK CFO Survey Q2 2022, finance leaders have assigned a 63% probability of experiencing a recession within…
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Jul- 2022 -21 JulySupermarkets
Aldi to create thousands of jobs in logistics
Aldi has announced its plans to create around 1,000 logistics roles across the UK over the next 12 months. The news comes as the company looks to expand its distribution, transport and maintenance teams at its 11 Regional Distribution Centres nationwide. The new logistical roles will include both full-time and…
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20 JulyEconomy
Brazel’s win to place financial burden on thousands of employers
The Supreme Court has today (20 July) ruled that employees who only work for part of the year are entitled to the same holiday pay as colleagues who work the full year, which could lead to umbrella companies liable for thousands of claims for backdated holiday pay, law firm Irwin…
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