Consumer confidence has weakened and is set to continue to deteriorate further in the coming months. Consumer confidence, as rated in the GfK index, fell to an all-time low of -41 in June 2022,...

Do you use contractors who regularly provide services to you via an intermediary such as their own limited company or an agency? Maybe such contractors are engaged in the workshop or back office or...

A wide range of topical tax matters are currently affecting retailers, not least of which come from HMRC’s VAT enquiries which are putting dealers under fire. Indeed, there has been a marked...

Tesco’s share price tumbled 2.4% after lawyers Leigh Day announced it was bringing a case on behalf of female staff on the shopfloor and tills, who believe they should be paid the same as male...

Jeremy Thomson, Mazda UK’s managing director, is encouraging his franchise holders who run the brand’s 132 outlets to move towards a competitive commission-free salary structure for sales staff...

2016 was a bumper year for political and legal changes which saw big changes to company law by the implementation of parts of the Small Business Enterprise and Employment Act (SBEE); the biggest...

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You may have noticed a recent flurry of comment pieces in the specialist motoring and technology press on the subject of millennials and their perceived indifference towards cars and car ownership. If...

Retailers need to listen to their younger employees if they want to better retain staff and understand customers in the future. That was the core message from the recent ‘Preparing your people for...

A chat with a retailer and reader of Auto Retail Agenda this week raised a very interesting point about the new National Living Wage – the new name for the UK’s minimum wage. We were initially...

For the automotive industry, everything starts with the sale of a new car. New car sales are a powerful driver of all market sectors. Thus the present run of new-car market growth is transforming the...

Obesity could be covered by EU discrimination law if a case brought in the European Court of Justice is successful. The case involves a 25 stone child-minder who was dismissed because his obesity...

The Government has long been concerned about the £74 million annual cost of running the employment tribunals and the Employment Appeal Tribunal. In attempt to discourage potentially frivolous claims,...

The Government has promised to reduce the regulatory burden on business and to free up the labour market and one such move last April was to increase the time employees had to be in employment before...

New penalties of up to £5000 look set to be introduced for employers that don’t follow the rules when dismissing staff and end up losing an employment tribunal. So, what can you do as a...

The number of part-time workers in the UK has hit a record high as more people are forced to take on shorter hours. Part-time employment now represents more than a quarter of the workforce. There has...

Two thousand jobs in South Wales have been safeguarded after Ford confirmed it will pump £1.5bn into the industry. Plans to turn the Bridgend engine plant into a European leader in low-carbon...

Inchcape has successfully overturned an Employment Tribunal ruling, in a case that involved the practise of ‘bumping’ and which could have an important effect on future employment...