30 Jul, 2020 If you think the high street is hard, try being an airport retailer... By AlixPartners Grim but not unexpected news from Heathrow's retail results. With passengers numbers reduced by over 90% the impact on retail across its...
30 Jul, 2020 Careful choices required in the post-Covid legal landscape By Kathryn Britten The article in the Times illustrates how legal experts expect the current level of disputes to pick up in coming months. There are a...
30 Jul, 2020 Sustainability and sustaining a business go hand-in-hand By Dan Coen This is an interesting development from Primark. As a business Primark was hit particularly hard by the Covid-19 lockdown measures due to...
29 Jul, 2020 Will healthy eating campaigns excerbate the impact of lockdown? By Andy Searle Interesting but not unexpected news from Greggs. Something of a high street staple, Greggs performance over the last few months reflects...
29 Jul, 2020 What does Amazon's latest move mean for the UK's grocery sector? By Brian Schneider Big news in the UK grocery world.With retailers already tackling the challenge of moving to online and the complexities involved, not to...
29 Jul, 2020 Diversity in dispute resolution leads to better outcomes By Kathryn Britten The report by the Cross-Institutional Task Force on Gender Diversity in Arbitral Appointments and Proceedings provides recent statistics...
29 Jul, 2020 How extreme will aggregation be? By James Worsnip The FCA test case on business interruption wraps-up this week. One of the critical points is whether all of the elements of the pandemic...
24 Jul, 2020 Creating a secure ecosystem in financial services By Tim Roberts It used to be widely imagined that fintechs were attackers, lined up in opposition to incumbent financial institutions. Some are, but it...
23 Jul, 2020 Pivoting is one thing, profiting is something else entirely... By Matt Clark Dan Coen Amelia Green Throughout the pandemic and lockdowns much attention has been given to the success of the grocery industry in ramping up their online...
22 Jul, 2020 To smile or not to smile By Brian Schneider It seems like nowadays if you’re not super nice, you’re rude. If someone gives you a smile and you aren’t in the mood to smile back,...
22 Jul, 2020 Why disputes strategy will need to change in the post-COVID world By Kathryn Britten We need to build on the lessons learned from the 2007-2008 financial crisis This article was co-authored by Helen Mahy CBE, chair of The...
20 Jul, 2020 Banking on the cloud By Tim Roberts The need to reduce fixed operating costs and the demand for digital channels and services are both driving the move to cloud in banking...