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Old 12-08-2018, 14:15   #166
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Re: House of Fraser in trouble...

To me the business rate system as it stands is not fit for the 21st century..

https://www.citymetric.com/business/...gh-street-4087

https://www.jewelleryfocus.co.uk/234...it-for-purpose

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/699549...ts-kill-shops/

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business...usiness-rates/
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Re: House of Fraser in trouble...

Totally agree. Legislation always catches up with technology and business rates do need to be addressed. Otherwise, shopping centre owners will just sell up.
Unfortunately, the Government's energies are taken up with other things at the moment.
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Re: House of Fraser in trouble...

More job losses and store closures on the way this week.

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The DIY chain Homebase is expected to reveal the closure of up to 80 stores this week as job losses from Britain’s high streets total more than 30,000.
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Re: House of Fraser in trouble...

They're talking about taxing online retailers more to level the playing field. Trouble is, many pay little or nothing in tax to the UK as it is!

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Totally agree. Legislation always catches up with technology and business rates do need to be addressed. Otherwise, shopping centre owners will just sell up.
Unfortunately, the Government's energies are taken up with other things at the moment.
Yes, Brexit has taken up most of the Government's time. In some situations this has been a bad thing, yet in others it's been a good thing as it's stopped them from meddling!
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They're talking about taxing online retailers more to level the playing field. Trouble is, many pay little or nothing in tax to the UK as it is!
Depends on the company. Amazon UK are NOT the retailer. AO are a retailer. Some with a "high street" presence, also have online ordering, eg Argos, PC World, Currys, John Lewis.
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Depends on the company. Amazon UK are NOT the retailer. AO are a retailer. Some with a "high street" presence, also have online ordering, eg Argos, PC World, Currys, John Lewis.
Good point. Easy to say but harder to implement.

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Mike Ashley’s Sports Direct on Monday hired property giant CBRE to oversee House of Fraser’s property portfolio, fuelling rumours some stores may close.
https://www.standard.co.uk/business/...-a3910076.html

Hopeully, there may be a reprieve for some of the stores that the old management was scheduled to close. Maybe Den will still have a House of Fraser nearby for his Chrimbo shopping.
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Good point. Easy to say but harder to implement.

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As others have predicted:

https://www.standard.co.uk/business/...-a3910076.html

Hopeully, there may be a reprieve for some of the stores that the old management was scheduled to close. Maybe Den will still have a House of Fraser nearby for his Chrimbo shopping.
That remains to be seen Andrew as my hunch is quite a few stores will still close and sadly thousands of jobs will go as Mike Ashley has a reputation as a asset stripper.
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Re: House of Fraser in trouble...

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Homebase will close 42 stores putting 1,500 jobs at risk.

The new owner of the DIY chain Hilco Capital is due to unveil the plans later today in the latest blow to the high street.

Last week, Sky News reported that we could expect the firm to announce that it was closing 62 branches but it's believed that the true figure is less.

The firm is expected to outline a Company Voluntary Agreement (CVA) today that will include plans to close roughly 40 of it's 246 branches.

The precise number of jobs at risk is also unknown until is it announced what stores will be closed, but experts are speculating that it could be as much as 1,500 - or about 10 per cent of the workforce.
Fewer branches closing but that's about the only good thing here.
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That remains to be seen Andrew as my hunch is quite a few stores will still close and sadly thousands of jobs will go as Mike Ashley has a reputation as a asset stripper.
Well, those 31 condemned House of Fraser stores like yours would have closed by now under the previous management so he's given them a bit of a stay of execution. It's also important to remember that the shops are rented so he doesn't really have many assets to strip. Maybe just a few Mannequins!
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House of Fraser has cancelled all online orders after an ongoing row with the retailer's warehouse operator over pay delayed deliveries.

The troubled retailer has wiped thousands of customers' orders that have not already been sent out.

Controversial Sports Direct owner Mike Ashley stepped in last week to save the retailer from going bust, buying the chain for £90million cash but its online side of the business has already struggling to keep going.

The chain took its website offline and furious customers were fuming over delayed or failed deliveries.

The retailer will be automatically issuing refunds to customers who placed orders that haven't been processed yet.

The disruption is down to a dispute between a key warehouse for the retailer run by XPO Logistics and Sports Direct over delivery payment terms, according to The Times.
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That remains to be seen Andrew as my hunch is quite a few stores will still close and sadly thousands of jobs will go as Mike Ashley has a reputation as a asset stripper.
Well Den, it looks like you are fortunate in that your local House of Fraser had been saved. https://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/new...e-been-1935232
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Well Den, it looks like you are fortunate in that your local House of Fraser had been saved. https://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/new...e-been-1935232
Well we shall see Andrew as to what plays out as there has been a stay of execution but the vexed question is for how long.
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Well we shall see Andrew as to what plays out as there has been a stay of execution but the vexed question is for how long.
No company lasts forever, Den. My hope was for you to be able to do your Christmas shopping there if you wanted and this is now looking the case.
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No company lasts forever, Den. My hope was for you to be able to do your Christmas shopping there if you wanted and this is now looking the case.
Now Andrew you must realise our Christmas shopping consists of a few oranges , some Christmas stockings and some candies and nuts.
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Now Andrew you must realise our Christmas shopping consists of a few oranges , some Christmas stockings and some candies and nuts.
And a Sports Direct mug. 😉
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