Starbucks to reopen stores for takeaway and drive-thru this week May 11, 2020 Starbucks will begin a phased reopening of drive-thru and takeaway-only stores with social distancing measures in place this week. The coffee shop giant said stores will begin reopening from Thursday after the government eased the lockdown restrictions to allow more traffic on the roads. Starbucks said it will offer a “near complete” drinks menu and [...]
Coronavirus: Digital is at the heart of SME recovery May 9, 2020 Gary Turner is co-founder of Xero Behind the sobering statistics around businesses in financial distress, thousands of SMEs are making radical changes to their working models through digitisation. Businesses that have been traditional at the core are now discovering that digital processes offer far greater scalability and resilience, and as a result of Covid-19 I [...]
B&Q reopens all 288 stores after social distancing measures implemented April 30, 2020 B&Q has reopened all of its UK stores from today after implementing new social distancing measures. The DIY retailer said all of its 288 stores were now open following temporary closures when the UK coronavirus lockdown was announced last month. Hardware shops were included on the government’s list of essential retailers that are allowed to [...]
Coronavirus: When are supermarket opening times for NHS and pensioners? April 17, 2020 As the UK heads into lockdown because of the coronavirus outbreak, supermarkets have enforced tighter restrictions and changed opening hours. Prime Minister Boris Johnson yesterday ordered all “non-essential” shops to close, leaving supermarkets one of the few stores to remain open. In recent weeks supermarkets have struggled to keep shelves replenished as consumers embarked on [...]
Competition watchdog revokes ban on Takeway.com and Just Eat integration April 16, 2020 Just Eat Takeway has been given the go-ahead to integrate the two food delivery businesses after the UK’s competition watchdog revoked an order to keep the firms separate. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) issued an initial enforcement order in January, which prevented the two food delivery firms from integrating their businesses. Amsterdam-based Takeaway.com bought [...]
How mobile payments platform, Wirex, continues to lead the future of digital banking April 14, 2020 Pavel Matveev, co-founder and CEO of Wirex, spoke with City AM’s James Bowater, to discuss how their unique fintech business is leading the future of digital banking and explains why they are here to stay. Despite the uncertain financial climate and the scepticism that many have around cryptocurrency, we at Wirex are continuing to work [...]
Just Eat Takeaway orders soar 50 per cent amid coronavirus lockdown April 9, 2020 Just Eat Takeaway orders soared 50 per cent in the first quarter of the year as more people opted for food deliveries after governments imposed restrictions on movement due to the coronavirus crisis. Just Eat Takeaway also said it suffered “severe” denial of service attacks in the week beginning 16 March which affected hundreds of [...]
Domino’s Pizza switches to ‘contact-free delivery’ but suspends dividend payments March 27, 2020 Domino’s Pizza Group has announced it will continue to trade by providing “contact-free delivery” but has stopped its collection service due to the coronavirus pandemic. Britain’s biggest pizza delivery firm said it had seen increased demand and would now only be making contactless deliveries amid the coronavirus crisis. In a trading update released this morning, [...]
War with the Beeb is now harder to fight March 25, 2020 The coronavirus crisis bombards us with radical, sweeping change on a daily, if not hourly, basis. Economic rules are being redrawn, our social fabric is being tested and businesses are facing disruption on a scale unimaginable just weeks ago. Amid the tsunami of change, it’s worth pausing to consider the smaller ripples that may pass [...]
Waitrose and Lidl impose stricter coronavirus measures in supermarkets March 24, 2020 Supermarkets are ramping up measures to protect staff and customers amid the coronavirus outbreak as the UK heads into lockdown. On Monday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson ordered all “non-essential” shops to close, leaving just supermarkets and pharmacies among those still open. Supermarkets have struggled to keep shelves replenished as Brits stockpiled goods amid the outbreak, [...]