Sajid Javid
This coverage analyses Sajid Javid’s influence on UK retail policy across his various governmental roles, including Chancellor of the Exchequer, Home Secretary, and Secretary of State for Business. Reporting includes his stances on business rates reform, post-Brexit regulatory alignment, and immigration policies affecting the retail workforce. Insights also cover his involvement in initiatives related to public health and community cohesion, providing valuable information for retail executives, policy analysts, and industry stakeholders navigating the evolving regulatory landscape.
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Aug- 2019 -13 AugustHigh Street
Over 50 retailers sign letter demanding business rates fix
Over fifty major retailers have come together to demand the government takes action to fix the “broken” business rates system. In a letter to the new chancellor, Sajid Javid, retailers have called on the government to put business rates “at the heart” of the promised new economic package. The letter,…
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Jun- 2018 -8 JuneHealth & Beauty
Lush removes ‘spy cops’ campaign for fear of ‘staff safety’
The cosmetics company Lush has suspended its ‘spy cops’ campaign in fear of retaliation to its staff. The campaign related to so-called UK’s ‘spy cops’ scandal where claims about undercover officers infiltrating activists groups in England and Wales were made. Lush initially launched the campaign highlighting the “small and secretive…
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4 JuneGovernment
Retailers to be forced to report suspicious purchases to MI5
The new Home Secretary Sajid Javid has announced a policy that will see retailers forced to report suspicious sales such as large amounts of chemicals along with vehicle hire. Javid said that he is aiming to remove “safe spaces” for potential terrorists, with the government to make firms report suspicious…
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