This week, the BCLP Retail team look at the impact of the four week lockdown for England and extension of furlough, review the scale of shop closures and key findings in LDC’s latest retail market analysis report, and discuss...more
On Saturday 31 October, the UK Prime Minister announced a second national lockdown in England and an extension of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (“CJRS”). The lockdown comes into force on Thursday 4 November 2020 and...more
11/2/2020
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Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Emergency Management Plans ,
Furloughs ,
HMRC ,
Hospitality Industry ,
Non-Essential Businesses ,
Operators of Essential Services ,
Public Health Emergency ,
Shelter-In-Place ,
UK ,
Workplace Safety
Less than two weeks after the announcement of the Job Support Scheme (“JSS”) and with just over 3 weeks until the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (“CJRS”) ends, the Chancellor of the Exchequer has, today, made an...more
In the third retail update bulletin from the BCLP Retail Team we look at the latest measures taken by the Government in the second phase of its economic response to the COVID-19 crisis. The measures include guidance on face...more
The return of customers to non-essential shops on Monday 15 June dominated mainstream news headlines this week but there were plenty of other developments that will be of interest to the retail sector. In this bulletin we...more