Dunelm joins UK retailers seeking rent reductions, delays

The chain, which also said it was drawing down all of its available credit to ride out the pain of the UK-wide shutdown, joins a growing list of companies who say they are seeking lower rent or simply will not pay when it comes due.Burger King boss Alasdair Murdoch, who closed 500 stores on Tuesday, told the BBC’s Today programme he would not be paying rent this week as he prepares to cover staff wages until government support begins to flow to the company in late April.คำพูดจาก สล็อตเว็บตรง

Wagamama owner Restaurant Brands said last week that as part of its own cutbacks to survive a complete collapse of business that may last weeks or even months, it was assuming it would b…

EU eyes another go at more unified European business taxation

The Commission will present a plan on Tuesday including this proposal and other measures for adjusting the EU’s business taxation to make it more up to date with the modern world, where cross-border business, often carried out via the Internet, is commonplace.The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) is to agree in June on global rules on where to tax large multinational corporations like Google, Amazon, Facebook, Apple or Microsoft and at what effective minimum rate.

The deal is aimed at stopping governments competing with each other through lowering tax rates to attract investment and at creating a way to tax profits in countries where the customers are rather than where a company sets up its office for tax purposes.The Commission wants to use the OECD dea…

Masks to be compulsory in English stores from July 24

In a U-turn on previous policy, face masks will be compulsory for all shoppers, however the rules won’t apply to store staff.Those who fail to adhere to the new guidance will face a fine of up to £100, or £50 if paid within 14 daysคำพูดจาก สล็อตเว็บตรง. Enforcement will be carried out by police rather than retail staff.

Face masks have been compulsory in Scotland since last week and around 120 countries, including Germany, Spain, Italy and Greece now require coverings to be worn in public places.Some people are exempt from the new rules, such as children aged under 11, people with disabilities and those with breathing difficulties. Additionally, face coveri…

Myanmar garment workers demand sacked colleagues get jobs back

Staff from Fu Yuen Ltd factory, on the outskirts of the commercial capital of Yangon, have been demonstrating alongside other labour activists since August, after 30 members of a trade union were fired.Shouting slogans outside the Yangon regional government compound, about 100 protesters demanded to meet Chief Minister Phyo Min Thein, a protégé of Myanmar’s civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

After nightfall, the minister invited a group of workers inside for talks, which ended with protesters agreeing to disperse in return for a second meeting on Tuesday afternoon.“We are thinking a lot how we can help you,” Phyo Min Thein told them in the meeting, live-streamed on Facebookคำพูดจาก ส…

Most content consumers receive from brands is irrelevant – report

It comes as 21% of Britons say they’ve given away more of their personal data to brands since the start of the pandemicคำพูดจาก สล็อตเว็บตรง. Of the 2,000 adults surveyed, young people aged 18-34 were most likely to believe they’ve divulged more personal information since the pandemic (28%), contrasting with 17% of over 55s.“The research shines a stark light on the fact that brands are still struggling to utilise effectively the personal data provided by consumers to tailor relevant and engaging communications”, the report said. 

And so 44% of UK consumers said they expected more from brands after having shared their personal data than they currently receive.And tha…

Pandemic to paradise- Chinese tourists return to Bali after three years

Exploring “turtle island”, taking day trips to neighbouring Lombok and hitting Bali’s famed beaches, the world’s biggest-spending tourists were back after the Lunar New Year kicked off and Beijing reopened to the world last month.”I am especially happy to travel because, before the pandemic, I was someone who liked to travel a lot, going all over to see the sights, experience different cultures and people,” Li Zhao-long, a 28-year-old internet company worker from Kunming in southwest Yunnan province, told AFP.

“Three years on, being able to come from China to Indonesia, I am extremely happy and overjoyed.”Chinese holidaymakers have endured years of lockdowns and travel restrictions driven by Beijing’s fervent pursuit of its “zero-Covid” policy, followed by a sudden reopening and a…

Timberland Europe expands distribution centre in Almelo

Aspen Real Estate Investments announced that its developing the approximately 13,000 square-metre expansion in collaboration with APF International and Timberland Europeคำพูดจาก สล็อตเว็บตรง. Upon completion, the distribution centre will have a floor area of 52,000 m2.Developer, Aspen Real Estate Investments, said that the expansion of the distribution center will allow Timberland Europe to further facilitate current and future growth, while at the same time, taking the next step towards further optimisation and modernisation of the logistics processes by implementing a new high-tech order picking system.คำพูดจาก

Sympatex wins injunction to stop Gore Tex’s sustainability claim

Gore announced at ISPO Munich 2017 plans to ban the ecologically controversial PFCs from the majority of its laminates by 2020คำพูดจาก สล็อตวอเลทล่าสุด. The chemicals are often used in the outdoor industry for their waterproofing and dirt resistant properties, both in durable water repellent coatings and in waterproof membranes.Sympatex considered Gore’s claim that its clothing are largely produced without any PFCs of environmental concern to be “truth-perverting” and pursued legal action.

“We decided to take this step after several requests to correct this truth-perverting statement have been vain for weeks”, said Rüdiger Fox, CEO of S…

UK footfall recovery continues in July, but it’s a slow climb upwards

And it was the reopening of pubs, cafes, and restaurants that was key, which may not have a direct impact on fashion shops, but is an important part of encouraging consumers into physical shopping destinations.In high streets, where the vast majority of hospitality outlets are located, the rise in footfall over the week reached 16.5%, which was good news, although we shouldn’t get carried away yet as total UK footfall still remains at just under half the level of that in early July 2019.

Those figures come from specialist tracker Springboard, which also said that in shopping centres, the increase in footfall was only 7.8%, although this is a positive result in light of the fact that far fewer hospitality outlets are located within these centresคำพูดจาก

U.S. Commerce Secretary says Trump-Xi talks will address trade imbalances

Ross was speaking at a signing ceremony in the Chinese capital for commercial deals worth about $9 billion on Trump’s visit.Trump has ratcheted up his criticism of China’s massive trade surplus with the U.S. – calling it “embarrassing” and “horrible” last week – and has accused Beijing of unfair trade practices, fuelling worries of increased tension between the world’s two largest trading countries.

“Addressing the imbalance in China trade has been the central focus of collaborative discussions between President Trump and President Xi and achieving fair and reciprocal treatment for the companies is a shared objective,” Ross said.Data on Wednesday showed China’s exports to the U.S. rose 8.3 percent in October on the year, while imports grew 4.3 percent. That led…