COVID-19

Retail Sector Supports New Measures In Response To COVID-19

Retail Ireland, the Ibec group that represents the Irish retail sector, today said it fully supports the far-reaching new measures announced by Government...

Taoiseach Varadkar Announces Closure Of All Non-Essential Retail Outlets

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has announced the closure of all non-essential retail outlets as one of the new COVID-19 restrictions, at a press conference that to...

Aryzta Says COVID-19 Outbreak Will Have 'Material Impact' On FY20

Cuisine de France owner Aryzta has said that it is now clear that since the COVID-19 outbreak, market conditions and prospects have deteriorated and it wil...

Applegreen Outlines Cash Conservation Measures Due To COVID-19 Impact

Applegreen has outlined a number of actions to protect profitability and conserve cash, in response to 'this unprecedented and uncertain environment,' in a...

Drinks Group Pernod Sees 20% Hit To Operating Profit Due To Coronavirus

French spirits group Pernod Ricard warned on Tuesday of a hit of around 20% to its current operating profit as a result of the slump in business caused by...

Stretched British Supermarkets Step Up Hiring To Weather Coronavirus Epidemic

With food flying off the shelves as fast as exhausted shop assistants can replenish them, British supermarkets have stepped up their hiring to se...

Penneys Owner Issues Trading Update Due To Covid-19 Closures

Associated British Foods plc has issued an update on trading in its Primark & Penneys stores, further to the update issued on 16 March 2020, as a '...

Musgrave To Hire Hundreds Of New Staff Across Supply Chain And Store Network

Musgrave has announced that it will hire hundreds of new staff on a temporary basis in response to increased demand it is seeing across the company’s...