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Of loopy trading laws and lawyers' largesse

All shops, bar a few puzzling exceptions, must stay closed on Good Friday and Easter Sunday. Otherwise the ever-vigilant inspectors from the Department of Labour will be despatched to offending retail... read more

Garden centre chain fined over Easter trading vows to continue

A nationwide garden centre chain that "cynically'' flouts trading ... disregard and defy the law''. Oderings were fined $10,000 on each charge plus court costs totalling $1328.90. The Christchurch-bas... read more

A New Year's resolution we can all agree on - UK avoiding ‘no deal' Brexit

Any breach of the spirit of the Good Friday Agreement risks walking back two decades’ worth of social, economic and political progress. In short, for the island of Ireland, leaving the EU without a de... read more

Updates: MPs vote tonight on Theresa May's proposed Brexit deal

Retailers and traders welcomed the tax announcements in the ... Do not affect or supersede the provisions of the Good Friday or Belfast Agreement of 10 April 1998 in any way whatsoever; they do not al... read more

Federal Government to push for longer retail trading hours, cheaper books, under competition overhaul

The Federal Government will push for changes to retail trading hours and remove restrictions on the parallel imports of books as part of changes to competition laws. But it has again ... only for Chri... read more

FTSE 100 closes higher as markets hope for potential US/China trade spat end

On Friday, sentiment was boosted by reports surrounding ... is trade related optimism,” reported Dean Popplewell at Oanda. UK retail sales for December were not expected to be good – and they weren’t. ... read more

Holiday sales help TFG buck retail weakness

TFG (The Foschini Group) said Black Friday sales and good trade ... the firm said in a trading update. Shares in TFG turned positive after its sales figures, rising 3.24%. Later on Thursday peer Truwo... read more

Closed Brexit deal crisis: May fights on after Raab resigns – as it happened

Raab’s letters states: “No democratic nation has ever signed up to be bound by such an extensive regime, imposed externally without any democratic control over the laws to be applied ... would breach ... read more

Why I think JB Hi-Fi Limited is the best retail share to own in 2019

based on market concerns that higher than anticipated Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales in November may have come at the cost of lower trading during the December festive period. According to ABC Ne... read more

Few defiant over Easter trade laws

Hamilton retailers remain largely supportive of Easter trading laws preventing them from opening on Good Friday and Easter Sunday, though a few are prepared to cop a $1000 fine to open. Oderings Garde... read more

Trade Hopes Lift Global Markets

The FTSE is comfortably trading ... off across Friday. Theresa May refusing to budge on her red lines is doing little to support the pound, whilst dismal retail sales data reminded the markets that th... read more

Public holidays shopping hours about protecting small businesses, SA Government says

"If a trader wants to trade and if families want to shop and if workers are prepared to work, then why should the laws prevent that from occurring?" Mr Lucas said. But the State Government said it had ... read more