The beautiful weather which kicked off this summer season came as a huge relief to retailers, for whom the washout summer of 2012 remained a very real, unpleasant memory. Coinciding with an upturn in Britain’s economic forecasts, the sunshine saw consumers... Read More
This week it was announced that inflation has once again fallen, going from 3.3 per cent in June to 3.1 per cent in July according to the ONS. As is to be expected, consumers reacted extremely positively to the news, as this will allow households across the... Read More
Retailer Marks & Spencer has had something of a turbulent time of late, with critics claiming that its clothing line has failed to attract the attention of target audiences. However, as the autumn/winter collection has so far received positive reviews, it... Read More
Cheaper hotel rooms could be offered by online booking agencies after an on-going investigation by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) into agreements between online travel agents and hotels. The OFT looked at allegations that Booking.com and Expedia had... Read More
With many university degrees now costing upwards of £6,000 every year, more and more young people are choosing to forego further education in an attempt to seek gainful employment. However, for those who wish to attend university but simply cannot afford to... Read More
The Global Commercial Property Survey by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) showed a significant increase in investor confidence in the UAE commercial property market. The country came in second in the RICS Investment Sentiment Index. These... Read More
Investor confidence in the Australian commercial property market plunged in Q2 as the economy softened. The NAB Commercial Property Index dipped to minus 16, the third lowest level since the bank started keeping track in March 2010. This level represents the... Read More
The recent controversy over zero-hours contracts employed by firms such as Sports Direct has opened the floor to a flood of employment-related issues. Subjects such as the role of working mothers in the workplace and underemployment have been the subject of... Read More
Last week, Movehut revealed that future plans for the high street are causing controversy between local authorities and the government. Under new legislation, empty shop units on the high street could be turned into affordable housing without the requisite... Read More
The former Wickes boss leading the latest study of the high street has dismissed one of the key recommendations of the Portas Review. Bill Grimsey argues that Mary Portas’ proposal to switch the business rates multiplier from the retail price index (RPI) to... Read More
