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Fashion retailers brace for limited reforms as business rates overhaul hangs in the balance

As UK retailers prepare for the Autumn Budget 2025, the fashion sector is bracing for what could be another round of partial, short-term measures rather than the sweeping reform it has long demanded. Business rates, widely regarded as one of the most structurally damaging costs for physical retail, remain at the centre of industry concerns....

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John Lewis allocates 36 million pounds to comply with NMWR

The John Lewis Partnership, the employee-owned group which oversees department store group John Lewis and Waitrose supermarket, announced today that it has set aside 36 million pounds after finding out it may not have complied with the government National Minimum Wage Regulations. In a statement released on Tuesday, alongside its annual report,...

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French Connection and Foot Locker named & shamed for failing to pay minimum wages

The government has stepped up once more and named & shamed 48 additional firms, which include the likes of French Connection and Footlocker, for failing to pay all members of staff the National Minimum wage, which currently stands at 6.50 pounds per hour for 21 year olds and over. The news comes not long after the the government published a list...