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UK Retail Industry Rejects Gove Claim About Fresh Food Shortages

The British Retail Consortium (BRC) has rejected claims by prominent government figure Michael Gove that there would not be fresh food shortages in the eve...

Arla Foods Sees Revenue Growth Due To 'Rare Stability' In Dairy Market

Arla Foods has said that a period of 'rare stability in the otherwise volatile global dairy market' helped it increase both revenues and profits in the fir...

Worries Mount For UK Consumers, Businesses As Brexit Crisis Builds: Study

Confidence drained away from British businesses and consumers in August as the Brexit crisis deepened, according to surveys that suggested the political ru...

McColl's Retail Group Sees Like-For-Like Sales Down In Q3

UK convenience retailer McColl's has posted a 2.2% decline in like-for-like sales in the third quarter of its financial year. In a trading update, the c...

The UK Food System & Brexit – What Could Possibly Go Wrong...? Analysis

While newly-appointed UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is bullish about the UK's chances in the event of a no-deal Brexit, stockpiling, 'panic buying' and e...

Irish Retail Sales Witness 'Steady' Growth In Q2 2019: Retail Ireland

Irish retail sales values saw 2.4% growth in the second quarter of 2019, while sales volume grew by 4.1% in the same period, according to Retail Ireland, t...

UK Retail Sales Collapse At Fastest Pace Since 2008: CBI

British retail sales plunged in August at the fastest pace since December 2008, according to a survey published on Thursday that added to signs of a slowin...

Irish Businesses Most Exposed To Brexit Aren't Ready, Government Warns

Some of the Irish businesses most exposed to the risk of Britain crashing out of the European Union in 10 weeks are not very well prepared, Ireland's gover...