Deliveroo hits the streets with West End grocery store October 3, 2022 Online delivery app Deliveroo has opened the doors of its first brick and mortar grocery store on New Oxford St. Shoppers will be able to order groceries through digital kiosks, via the Deliveroo app for collection or home delivery. The Deliveroo HOP shop will be open from 8am to 11pm. The range of 1,750 products [...]
Exclusive: City insider urges retail not to make knee-jerk cuts in ad budgets September 27, 2022 Recent figures show retail is feeling the effects of the cost of living crisis. Latest figures from the Office for National Statistics show a 0.5 per cent drop in spending last month, with a 1.6 per cent decrease in food sales. As a result, many businesses are under so much pressure they have no choice but to [...]
M Canary Wharf is both fun and elegant September 26, 2022 M restaurant has launched its newest incarnation in increasingly buzzy Canary Wharf, making the most of all the sky, steel and views over the water with floor to ceiling windows showcasing aspects and angles of the London skyline I had never seen before. Lights hang like flocks of seagulls above booths and tables designed to [...]
Revealed: These are Britain’s most popular companies to work for September 21, 2022 New research has revealed the top companies Brits want to work for the most. The data shared with City A.M. analysed the top searches for jobs and careers on Google, to see which private sector companies Brits are keenest to work for currently. Tesco came out as the most popular company, with the multinational supermarket seeing [...]
John Lewis posts £92m loss after ‘unprecedented cost inflation’ September 15, 2022 John Lewis Partnership has posted a £92m loss before tax, blaming shoppers spending less due to inflationary pressures in the first half of the year. This was versus a £69m profit compared to the same period last year, although the partnership said on Thursday it was “not unusual for us” to make a loss in [...]
Pubs to remain open on Monday for Queen’s funeral September 14, 2022 Pubs across the country will be opening their doors on the day of the Queen’s funeral, as waves of mourners flock to the capital. The UK’s largest pub group, Stonegate, said its managed venues would remain open on the bank holiday on Monday. A spokesperson said that “where possible” would screen the funeral, following the [...]
McDonald’s is latest to shutter on Monday for Queen’s funeral September 14, 2022 Fast-food giant McDonald’s is the latest retailer to close its doors on Monday for the Queen’s funeral. The restaurant chain’s UK arm announced it would close until the early evening as up to a million descend on central London to say goodbye to Her Majesty. Earlier this week, Lidl, Waitrose and Sainsbury’s and Tesco were among [...]
Letters: A plastic face off at supermarkets September 14, 2022 [Re: Let’s be honest, reusable plastic bags are terrible for the environment, yesterday] Matthew Lesh is right to say we often turn to small things in the face of hopelessness. If our leaders are not stepping up to deal with climate change, then individuals must. But I think the shift towards reusable items generally is [...]
Lidl joins Sainsbury’s, Tesco and Primark to shut shops for Queen’s funeral September 12, 2022 Top supermarkets and retailers including Lidl, Waitrose and Sainsbury’s are set to shut their UK stores on the day of Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral. Major retailers B&Q and Primark will also close shops for the bank holiday to mark the Queen’s state-funeral next Monday. Some supermarkets are also working on plans to cut some of [...]
Brits ditch the loungewear and head back to the office: John Lewis September 5, 2022 Non-wired bras, velour tracksuits, jigsaws and wall-mounted desks have fallen out of favour with British shoppers as they put the lockdown lifestyle behind them, annual John Lewis sales figures suggest. The retailer’s annual How We Shop, Live And Look report suggests customers are “casting off the trappings of a life in lockdown” with sales of [...]