Ministers could block Issa plan for £12bn merged business The Issa brothers want to merge their Asda and forecourt businesses into a £12bn retail empire
Love Cocoa plans to open 10 stores The chocolatier, set up by a scion of the Cadbury family, will open its first store in London
Churches are champing at the bit to welcome campers Churches Conservation Trust plans to double the number of churches being used as accommodation
Inflation has closed more hospitality venues than Covid 18 sites are being lost a day, with a tenth of premises lost in the last three years
Hotel Chocolat wants 50 new stores A record-breaking Christmas even has it plotting a return to the US
Pollock’s Toy Museum looks for new home The toy museum has abruptly closed the doors of its venue in Fitzrovia after 70 years
Lloyds Pharmacy to close 237 Sainsbury’s outlets The private equity-owned pharmacy will put individual branches up for sale
NewRiver confident as pressure grows on retail Shopping centre and retail park specialist has given its Q3 trading update
Landlords to lose out as Paperchase heads for second pre-pack administration The stationer has appointed administrators as it approaches second pre-pack in two years
Fashion firm Solace takes flagship Shoreditch retail space Solace London has leased around 5,000 sq ft at 7-9 Old Nichol Street, E2
