Recruitment
This coverage examines recruitment trends and challenges in the UK retail sector, focusing on hiring strategies, talent shortages, workforce planning, and employer branding. Reporting highlights how retailers attract and retain staff while adapting to market pressures and evolving employee expectations — offering insight for executives, HR managers, and professionals managing retail staffing.
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Feb- 2023 -6 FebruaryEconomy
Trade bodies urge Govt to reform ‘broken’ apprenticeship levy
Four trade bodies within UK retail and hospitality, including the BRC, have called on the government to reform the “broken” apprenticeship levy system, as so far, £3.5bn has reportedly expired before businesses could make use of it. This call on the government comes as businesses were also unable to meet…
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Jan- 2023 -17 JanuaryOnline & Digital
THG lowers profit guidance as it launches new strategy
THG has revealed it now expects its EBITDA to come in between £70m-£80m, down from £100m-130m, due to lower full-year sales outturn. During the full-year period ended 31 December 2022, the online retail group said the guidance comes despite record sales of £2.25bn, boosted by +9.4% increase in THG Beauty…
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17 JanuaryNews
Lush sales soar 13.1% in December
Lush UK and Ireland has announced sales of £40.5m in December, exceeding forecasts and beating 2021’s sales by 13.1%, and up 11% versus pre-pandemic sales in 2019. Throughout the year, Lush invested £7.4m in growing its retail estate across UK and Europe through new shops, relocations and refits, with the…
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12 JanuaryDIY
Halfords lowers guidance as lack of technicians hampers growth
Halfords has lowered its full-year profit guidance after it revealed that a challenging labour market meant a lack of skilled technicians combined with a weak tyre market hampered growth. In a trading update for the 13 weeks to 30 December 2022, it confirmed group revenues increased 38.3% and 12.6% LFL…
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Nov- 2022 -23 NovemberDIY
Halfords H1 profits fall to £29m amid ‘softening’ trade
Halfords has reported that underlying profit before tax fell by 49.9% to £29m in the first half of the year, down from £57.9m the prior year, despite a “resilient” performance in the period. The group also downgraded its full-year guidance after a “softening” of trading in discretionary areas of spend,…
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Oct- 2022 -31 OctoberHigh Street
Wilko increases staff pay to £10
Wilko has announced it has increased its entry level hourly rate to £10 – 50p above the national living wage. The pay increase comes after a successful national ballot of team members undertaken by the GMB trade union. The retailer said it is committed to an additional market forces temporary…
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24 OctoberHealth & Beauty
Boots to recruit 10,000 workers over Christmas
Boots has announced a recruitment dive for over 10,000 seasonal roles in its stores, warehouses and operations in a bid to support demand for the festive period. The roles will be available across retail, warehousing and operations to cater to all job-seekers looking for work in the run up to…
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11 OctoberEconomy
Unemployment at lowest level in 50 years as pay levels fall
The UK unemployment rate dropped to 75.5% for June to August 2022, down 0.3 percentage points from the previous quarter (March to May 2022), and this marks the lowest level of unemployment rates since December to February 1974. According to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), rising inflation has caused…
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6 OctoberSupermarkets
Aldi to recruit 3,000 Christmas roles
Aldi has announced that it is set to create around 3,000 new jobs ahead of the festive period this year as it prepares for its “biggest-ever Christmas” as customers are switching over to the supermarket. Over 2,000 temporary and permanent store positions are being made available to help replenish stock…
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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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