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UK Retail Landscape Faces Challenges as December 2023 Sales Slow Down

The total UK retail sales for the month showed a growth of 1.7 per cent, marking a substantial decline from the 6.9 per cent recorded in December 2022.

International Business Times UK

UK Grocery Inflation Stays At 4.3% Despite Decline in Food Prices

The introduction of new border checks on EU goods in April entering the UK could lead to further spikes in UK grocery inflation.

International Business Times UK

Retailers want rest of UK to follow Scotland’s example over law protecting shop staff

Holyrood imposed law creating a statutory offence of assaulting, threatening or abuse of retail workers

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UK recession fears grow as shoppers cut spending ‘to save for Christmas’

Drop in retail sales also because of consumer worries over high energy bills and mortgages, surveys suggest

The Guardian - UK

Shop theft has been building for years – here's how to tackle retail crime and keep workers safe

Retail giants like Boots, Tesco and Primark are pushing for Home Office action after violent incidents and abuse against shop staff almost doubled since the COVID pandemic. Retail crime cost UK shops £1.76 billion in the year to April 2023, according to the British Retail Consortium.

The Conversation

London Underground strikes this week called off; pound hits six-month low against dollar – as it happened

RMT says planned strike action by over 3,000 members at London tube stations on Wednesday 4th and Friday 6th October will not go ahead.

The Guardian - UK

UK food prices fall in September for first time in two years, figures show

Average food basket down by 0.1% amid fierce supermarket competition, says the British Retail Consortium

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UK food prices as big a concern for consumers as energy bills, Which? finds

Pace of food inflation continued to slow in August, data shows, but trust in supermarket sector at decade-low

The Guardian - UK

Thames Water CEO quits in shock departure; UK supermarkets deny profiteering; Brexit ‘fuelling inflation’ – as it happened

Thames Water has announced that Sarah Bentley has resigned as chief executive of the company.

The Guardian - UK

New Brexit checks will make food price inflation even worse, warns industry

Firms will have to pass on extra costs of red tape, warns Fresh Produce Consortium

The Independent UK

Food inflation slows in May after April record, survey suggests

Food inflation fell to 15.4% in the year to May, according to a survey by the British Retail Consortium and Nielsen.

The Independent UK

UK Government slated for 'weak approach' to food price cap plans

THE UK Government has been slated for its “weak approach” to introducing a food price cap which would only involve a voluntary agreement with…

The National (Scotland)

SVB collapse was ‘fastest since Barings’, Bank of England says, in call for vigilance – as it happened

Treasury committee holds hearing on the sudden collapse of Silicon Valley Bank this month

The Guardian - UK

Aldi gives fresh update on rationing fruit and vegetables after supermarket shortage

A brief statement from the retailer revealed the major change to the rationing scheme after it was brought in two weeks ago at several major supermarket chains

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