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Boris Johnson has said workers will be able to return to the office after 19 July when Covid restrictions are due to end. Government guidance that people who can work from home should, is set to end with other restrictions. Some firms said they were looking forward to "seeing our great towns...

Asda is to introduce a permanent hybrid working model for head office staff once Covid-19 social distancing restrictions are lifted. While the supermarket has invested in its head office to make it Covid-secure for staff members who need to work from an office during the pandemic, it has also encouraged its...

Dutch homewares retailer Hema is to close all six of its stores in the UK as it looks to focus more on its core markets of the Netherlands, Belgium and France. The company has been operating in the UK since 2014 and, according to its website, also has a presence in...

AO World has said it expects to be operating in five countries within the next five years, including its existing markets of the UK and Germany. The company said investments made this year will support this ambition as it looks to more double the size of the business The news comes as...

Gap Inc has confirmed plans to close all 81 of its stores in the UK and Ireland with the estimated loss of more than 1,000 jobs. The US retailer said the stores would close between late August and the end of September this year but it would continue to operate its...

Asda has made its online product range of more than 30,000 grocery products available for delivery in just one hour. The new Express Delivery service has been launched at three Asda stores this week following a successful trial. Customers living within a three-mile radius of the supermarket’s Halifax, Rotherham and Poole stores...

Primark increased its third quarter like-for-like sales by 3% compared to the corresponding period two years ago when sales were at pre-Covid-19 levels. In a trading statement, Primark owner Associated British Foods said stores in the UK, Republic of Ireland, France and Italy all delivered very strong sales increases. The retailer’s...

Sofology has introduced a furniture rental service called Loop in partnership with the Fat Llama product rental marketplace. Launching with the brand’s new Virtue upholstery collection, the service offers customers access to sofas, armchairs and footstools that have all been made in the UK from sustainably sourced materials. Once items are returned,...

Dixons Carphone has signed a new multiyear partnership in which Vodafone will become its exclusive mobile network partner. Under the contract, Vodafone will underpin Dixon Carphone’s new mobile offer that is due to launch later this year and its existing mobile virtual network, iD Mobile.   With 300 stores across the UK, Dixons...

The Morphe cosmetics brand has opened its first Welsh store at the St David’s shopping destination in Cardiff. Founded in 2008 in Los Angeles, Morphe sells its own range of make-up products as well as items from brands such as Iconic London, SUVA Beauty, Frank Body, NABLA Cosmetics, P.Louise, Beauty Bakerie...