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The Business, Innovation and Skills Committee are to launch an inquiry into Britain’s retail industry. The inquiry comes after the collapse of a number of major high street retailers in the past few months.
The Committee will examine the Government’s support for the industry – in particular its response to the Portas Review.
It has been reported that the £10m government fund, set up last year to help revive the high street has barely been touched – reports suggesting as little as 7% of the money has actually been spent.
Councils have been criticised for sitting on the money rather than using it to deal with the crisis.
The Committee will also explore the “impact of on-line sales and direct sales on high street retailers”.
Its findings could help highlight the issues faced by the retail sector; however whether these issues are actually addressed remains to be seen…
H&M is the latest retailer to confront its landlords about this ‘two tier retail market’ in an attempt to explore and negotiate more favourable terms.
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Ann Summers is the latest retailer to have entered into new voluntary deals with the majority of their landlords, rather than using the CVA process.
We previously reported on the High Court decision of S Franses Ltd v The Cavendish Hotel (London) Ltd in which it was held that a landlord’s motive could not prevent it from successfully utilising ‘ground (f)’ under s30(1) of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 to oppose a lease renewal.
The FCA are encouraged to find that the implementation of the new rules has encouraged financial institutions to manage whistleblowing cases and concerns fairly, consistently and in a manner that protects the individual whistleblower.
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