Retail Trust
This coverage focuses on the Retail Trust’s role in supporting the UK retail workforce through wellbeing initiatives, financial assistance, and advocacy. Reporting includes updates on services such as the 24-hour helpline, counselling sessions, financial aid, and supported living facilities for retired retail employees. Additionally, the content highlights the Trust’s campaigns addressing workplace challenges, including training programs to combat in-store abuse and initiatives to improve mental health support amid industry pressures. This information is curated for retail professionals interested in employee wellbeing, organisational support mechanisms, and sector-wide workforce resilience.
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Oct- 2023 -27 OctoberNews
Lakeland partners with Retail Trust for new staff wellbeing measures
Kitchenware and homeware retailer Lakeland has begun working with retail industry charity the Retail Trust to protect the wellbeing of its 1300+ members of staff. They will be given access to a range of personalised mental health resources thanks to the new partnership, including counselling and cognitive behavioural therapy for…
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24 OctoberNews
Retailers raise over £500m for good causes throughout the year, BRC finds
A new report by the British Retail Consortium (BRC) has found that retailers and their customers raised £540m for good causes in the last financial year. The report – Supporting Charities, Communities and Customers – provides an analysis of UK retailers’ charitable giving for the first time. It also finds…
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Jun- 2023 -19 JuneNews
Boohoo plans for boardroom coup at Revolution Beauty
Boohoo has announced that it has notified the board of Revolution Beauty of its intention to vote against the reappointment of Bob Holt, Derek Zissman, and Elizabeth Lake at the upcoming AGM which has been convened for 27 June 2023. Boohoo, which is the beneficial owner of approximately 26.6% of…
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19 JunePeople Moves
Damian Hopkins awarded CBE for services to retail
Damian Hopkins, the founder and CEO of PDS Radius Brands, has been awarded the honour of CBE, in King Charles III’s inaugural Birthday Honours List on Saturday (17 June) for his services to the retail and fashion sector. Hopkins’ career in retail and fashion spans over 25 years, in which…
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16 JuneHigh Street
WHSmith partners with Retail Trust to boost staff wellbeing
WHSmith is introducing new measures to support its employees’ health and happiness after partnering with retail industry charity the Retail Trust to help boost staff wellbeing. The group’s 12,000 plus employees and their families now have access to a range of personalised resources including the Retail Trust’s wellbeing helpline, counselling…
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May- 2023 -19 MayShopping Centres
Dobbies increases support for team members’ mental health
UK garden centre retailer Dobbies will be increasing the mental health support of its 4,000 team members by training more mental health first aiders across its business. As part of the retailer’s continued commitment to the wellbeing of its team, it has increased the number of mental health first aiders…
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Apr- 2023 -3 AprilNews
Boohoo appoints new non-executive director to board
Online fashion Retailer Boohoo has announced the appointment of Alistair McGeorge as an independent non-executive director of the board. McGeorge will succeed Brian Small as the group’s deputy chairman and will act as interim chair of the audit committee until the search for an additional non-executive director is complete. He…
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Nov- 2022 -23 NovemberHigh Street
Dreams provides £5m cost of living support package for staff
Bed retailer Dreams has announced that it is providing support for its staff during the cost of living crisis, starting with a £5m package as part of its “people first strategy”. The company plans to advance a pay raise that was due in April 2023 to December 2022. The pay…
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Oct- 2022 -27 OctoberHigh Street
Shop workers report rise in customer abuse, Retail Trust says
The cost of living crisis has reportedly led to a rise in the number of retail staff facing abuse from customers, according to ITV news. In figures shared by the Retail Trust, it reported that 70% of retail workers had said that abuse had “gotten worse” in the past two…
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Mar- 2022 -28 MarchHigh Street
Retail Trust launches anti-harassment initiative
The Retail Trust has partnered with law firm Foot Anstey’s retail and consumer team on a new initiative to support retailers in their efforts to foster safer working environments for employees. It comes as the trust said that preventing harassment in the retail environment is becoming a “touchstone people and…
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