HMV: Sales on song as billionaire owner helps turn around high street icon Retail Sales at HMV have more than doubled in the last three years as its recovery under the ownership of Canadian billionaire Doug Putman continues at pace. The high street staple has reported a turnover of £189.5m for the 12 months to 30 May, 2024, up from the £177.9m it achieved in the prior year. The [...]
Labour’s tax bombshell for high streets Opinion The government is rushing through business rates reforms for private schools without considering the wider implications for sectors we all rely on, says John Webber Twelve months ago, the Labour Party was still talking about scrapping business rates if it got into power. Whether that was a genuine plan or whether the £22m blackhole discovered [...]
National service will damage the economy Simon Neville Forcing every 18-year-old into unpaid national service will harm our already decimated hospitality, retail and leisure sectors