Новости за 06.05.2020

Britain’s economy is on course for an unprecedented 7% quarterly contraction after measures to slow the spread of the coronavirus forced company closures across the country last month, a survey showed on Tuesday.

The fashion company has been warned by the UK’s advertising watchdog over unclear advertising claims and the misleading use of a countdown clock.

The e-commerce platform, which sells ethically-sourced clothing for men and women, has secured a £300,000 investment from GC Angels to improve its transparency credentials.

The company is using its global supply chain to airfreight 25 tonnes of medical-grade personal protective equipment at a cost of £2 million. This includes 150,000 face masks, 950,000 surgical gloves and 24,000 gowns.

Richemont’s luxury fashion e-tailers Net-A-Porter and Mr Porter have restarted deliveries from their UK sites almost six weeks after having halted them shortly after the lockdown began.

There are fears that fashion retail could see a wave of job losses in the summer as the UK government is reportedly preparing to wind down its Job Retention Scheme (JRS) from July.

Hammerson has been frustrated in what it thought was a done deal for seven of its retail parks with that £400 million deal now permanently off, although it can now access the £21 million deposit that had been paid.