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Helen Dickinson OBE

  • BRC chief: Red tape ‘weighs heavily’ on retailers

    Retail

    Helen Dickinson, the boss of leading trade body the British Retail Consortium, believes red tape “weighs heavily” on retailers. She speaks to Felix Armstrong about food inflation, workers’ rights and her meeting with the Chancellor. Helen Dickinson was six weeks into her job as chief executive of the BRC when the horsemeat scandal landed on [...]

    Helen Dickinson in a professional setting discussing business trends and strategies for economic growth on a news website
  • Retail jobs at risk from Labour’s employment reforms

    Retail

    Retailers could cut hours and make redundancies as a result of Labour’s Employment Rights Act, a survey of business leaders has found.  Employment costs have shot up the list of concerns cited by retail chief finance officers (CFOs) and finance directors since the start of the act’s implementation, according to a survey by trade body [...]

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  • Hard to swallow: food inflation rises for fourth month in a row

    Economics

    Food inflation rose for a fourth consecutive month in May, with the British Retail Consortium (BRC) warning a new packaging tax and the government’s workers’ rights overhaul will fuel further price rises in the coming months. The cost of food rose by an average of 2.8 per cent year on year in May, up from [...]

    Talk of upcoming 'trolley wars' has made investors nervous
  • Budget tax hikes branded a ‘land grab’ by retail tech boss

    November 25, 2024

    Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ Budget was a “land grab” that demonstrated “short-term thinking” and will hamper the already struggling retail sector, the UK boss of a retail tech firm has said. Roy Horgan, who is the UK chief executive of Euronext-listed Vusion Group, said rises to employer National Insurance contributions (NICs) would be inflationary and prevent [...]

  • Retail chief Dickinson warns that food price rises are on the horizon

    August 5, 2024

    Helen Dickinson OBE, chief executive of the British Retail Consortium (BRC), said leading indicators in the commodity market mean another bout of food inflation in the next six months looked likely.

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