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Retail & High Street
14:38, 25 MAR 2020
Thousands of Ƶ retailers may have closed for good as coronavirus lockdown bites
Boris Johnson
The stark warning comes from the Centre for Retail Research
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England's largest fish auction to close as chippies shutter down in eye of coronavirus storm
Yorkshire & Humber
Demand collapses making fishing a potential loss-maker - quotas will be held for better times
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Full list of Ƶ retailers and businesses closing to 'protect' shoppers, staff and future
Retail & High Street
Many retailers will continue to trade online and offer non-contact delivery options
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Sports Direct shuts stores after backlash forces U-turn
Boris Johnson
Mike Ashley's sports equipment retailer had sent a message to staff saying that it was providing an essential service
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JD Sports delays full year results as it shuts shops in Ƶ, Europe and US
Retail & High Street
The FTSE 100-listed firm was due to publish results for the year to 1 February next month but delayed it to the second half of May
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Greggs to close all its shops to help social distancing efforts as battle to beat coronavirus goes on
Retail & High Street
Food-on-the-go giant Greggs has announced that it is to shut all of its shops.
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Pork processor creates 100 jobs as supermarket demand soars with growing demand for home cooking
Employment
Karro Food Group has permanent and temporary roles available at Scunthorpe site
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Shop local app LoyalFree offering new delivery options to help during coronavirus measures
Retail & High Street
App is designed to boost footfall while enabling businesses to reward regular customers with discounts, freebies and offers
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Northumberland marmalade maker strikes gold with Fortnum & Mason deal
Ford
The royal grocer is also using the marmalade to make a posh sandwich to sell in its world famous food hall
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Topshop, Topman, Dorothy Perkins and all other Arcadia stores shut due to virus
Coronavirus
Parent company Arcadia said stores had shut at 4pm today – and would remain shut until the crisis had passed
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Hays Travel lays off 900 and puts some staff on half pay as it loses hundreds of thousands of pounds a day
Retail & High Street
Company is suffering from unprecedented slump in travel industryduring coronavirus pandemic
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Manchester city council announces business rates payment delay to help businesses through coronavirus outbreak
Economic Development
Authority has urged businesses to pay what they can and seek advice, where possible, from banks and business support
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A decade of bank and building society losses for Devon
South West
Number of branches is plunging across the country
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Asda and Lidl to hire thousands of people impacted by Covid-19 outbreak
Employment
"During these difficult times everyone has to work together to help"
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List of Butcombe Pubs and Inns to temporarily close over Covid-19
Food and Drink
The sites are closing from today as coronavirus crisis goes on
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Clarks to temporarily close stores over coronavirus outbreak
Marks & Spencer
The shoe seller is shutting all branches in the Ƶ, Ireland and the US
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Government issues list of “key workers” whose children can remain at school next week
Coronavirus
It comes as the global death toll for Covid-19 tops 10,000
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Mike Ashley’s retail empire warns over profits amid coronavirus outbreak
Manufacturing
The billionaire owner of Frasers Group is also understood to have joined a raft of retailers in asking landlords for rent cuts
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Next CEO Simon Wolfson on dealing with worst-case three month shutdown, staying level-headed - and life post-virus
Retail & High Street
“At some point this will pass... the most important thing is to manage ourselves through this crisis healthily and in a safe way”
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Free crowdfunder and tech tools launched to help small South West businesses survive Coronavirus
Enterprise
Campaign has been set up quickly in response to growing crisis
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Ƶ department store chain Harvey Nichols to close its stores in latest Covid-19 shutdown
Retail & High Street
Latest retailer announces drastic measures as the coronavirus crisis continues to hit the high street hard
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Car retailer Pendragon posts big losses
Retail
In 2019 the company closed 22 underperforming Car Stores and says it is better managing used vehicle
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Next clothes chain braces for up to £1bn drop in sales
Coronavirus
£4.2 billion turnover group said the outbreak could see full-year sales plunge by 25 per cent in a worst case scenario
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Joules calls on Government for “more urgent action” to help retail workers in “challenging and uncertain times”
Coronavirus
Lifestyle brand says it has £16m cash in the bank but cuts interim dividend to save further £700,000
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