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Amazon has announced plans for an enormous UK recruitment drive, which is set to bring its workforce to more than 24,000. 5000 new UK jobs will be created by the retailer, which will include a new apprenticeship programme, helping young employees into full time engineering and logistics roles. The roles will cover...

Supermarket chain Morrisons have stated their intention to recruit more than 200 UK based suppliers, after reports show that almost half of food in the UK does not come from local sources. The report also cited uncertain economic and political climates as putting the food supply of countries at risk...

The recent announcement of the business rates as set by the government has seen considerable backlash from the community, with more than 500,000 businesses set to pay more. These are primarily individual entities such as cafes, hotels, nurseries, schools and shops who could all end up paying more than 300% higher...

Fashion boutique, Yoko London are set to open a flagship store in London. The store will be across three floors, stocked with the brand's exclusive products as well as items from their Novum and Pendulum collections. They also have a range of fine quality loose pearls and strands, which allows...

Holloway road will see its first “small format” store being trialled by DIY company, B&Q. The trial store is aimed more at casual shoppers and therefore will not stock items such as building materials. It is set to open on March 10th, being just over 3000 sq ft with a...

Supermarket chain Waitrose have topped a consumer survey regarding levels of customer satisfaction when shopping in-store. Iceland and Marks & Spencer’s also ranked highly in the survey, which was conducted by consumer group Which? The group surveyed over 7,000 shoppers, ranking stores on factors such as appearance, length of queues...

The Kingsland Drinks company is set to open a new range of wines, with the Willow & Stone range of still and sparkling wines. Products for sale will include white and rosé still wines and rosé sparling wine.  The company stated that the range of products will satisfy a “clear...

Mark Fenwick, the fifth generation chairman at the department store Fenwick, has announced he will be stepping down within the next couple of months. Lined up to take over from Mr Fenwick is ex Co-op chief executive Richard Pennycook, who will become the next non-executive chairman. Mr Fenwick will remain with the...

With 54 stores worldwide, Khaadi has announced that it will be taking a 2,283 sq ft unit at Intu Trafford making it the company’s sixth UK store. Meanwhile, restaurant company Leon will occupy a 1,940 sq ft space on Intu Trafford Regent Crescent which will be one of its first outside...

Danone, the French yogurt company has warned that it is expecting a “steep rise” in milk prices. The firm, who make Actimel and Activia commented that the rise would weigh on profits, however the company didn’t say if it would need to increase prices but they would be applying cost cuts...