9/17/2025 2:05:18 PM Pricing Pitfalls: Are You Ready for the 2025 Rules? By Peter Hopton The Chartered Trading Standards Institute (CTSI) recently published a refreshed version of its Guidance for Traders on Pricing Practices...
7/17/2025 4:20:18 PM TRIP up! Trip Drink Ltd. makes 3 mistaken health claims By Peter Hopton The ASA has published a ruling on Trip Drink Ltd, the CBD drinks brand, following concerns about claims made on its website. The decision...
2/21/2025 2:29:45 PM Breaking New Ground: Diego Baronchellion on Salomon’s Retail Evolution By Lydia Christie Diego Baronchelli of French sportswear brand Salomon, talks to Lydia Christie, Head of Retail at Howard Kennedy, about the challenges of...
11/6/2024 8:38:49 AM Autumn 2024 Budget: The THREE main take aways for the Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Sectors By Aaliyah Freemantle The 2024 Autumn Budget was intended to bolster the UK economy. We will look at the three main ways in which it will impact the Retail,...
10/7/2024 3:32:40 PM The Retail Rates Challenge: A Call for Fair Reform By Alex Watt The British Retail Consortium (BRC) has today emphasised the urgent need for reform in the business rates system, and together with more...
5/24/2024 3:59:11 PM Consumer law takeaways from The Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act By Peter Hopton The Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act (DMCC) has been passed by Parliament and is expected to come into force very shortly,...
8/24/2023 7:31:41 PM Rolex has acquired Bucherer, one of the largest luxury watch retailers globally By Lydia Christie Rolex has acquired Bucherer, one of the largest luxury watch retailers globally, boasting over 100 points of sale worldwide. This...
6/30/2023 5:28:27 PM Challenging consumer behaviour in the retail sector By Annie Long According to the BRC, the retail industry (including product supply chains) is one of the largest contributors to UK greenhouse gas...
6/16/2023 3:30:03 PM BRC launch their UK Retail D&I report By Annie Long On 14 June 2023, the BRC and MBS published their annual ‘Diversity and Inclusion in UK Retail ’ report which provides insight into the...
6/15/2023 10:45:31 PM Asda fuels growth in the convenience market with acquisition of EG Group By Jim Fairlie What's happening? Asda Group, owned by the Issa brothers and TDR Capital, have announced they will acquire EG Group for £2.3 billion. EG...
5/25/2022 4:54:29 PM Commercially occupied | How does the change in the Use Class Regulations impact your dark kitchen? By Howard Kennedy Planning Permission and Dark Kitchens The Planning (Use Classes) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2020 (''the regulations'') introduced...
4/25/2022 5:46:21 PM Retail Transformation: causes and effects on business operations By Layla Dribble Howard Kennedy's Retail and Leisure team recently hosted a panel discussion exploring how businesses have been forced to reconsider their...