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Can Andy Burnham mend fashion's broken bridge to Europe?

Andy Burnham entered Downing Street on Monday as the UK’s seventh prime minister in a decade. On the same morning, the fashion industry received a stark accounting of what those ten years have cost. Exclusive wholesale data released by JOOR revealed how thoroughly the Brexit referendum rewired trade between UK and EU fashion businesses. EU...

Retail

BRC urges incoming prime minister to support retail sector with new manifesto

The British Retail Consortium (BRC) has published a retail manifesto calling on Andy Burnham, the UK’s incoming prime minister, to work with the sector on measures to support jobs, investment and the high street. The ‘Buy into Retail’ manifesto sets out 10 priorities, including reducing the cost of employing young people, reforming business...