"Today's consultation represents a failure of vision by the PSR. Their proposed remedies fall well short of the robust measures needed to tackle the harms that have arisen from the dominance of the card scheme operators."
A spokesperson for Walgreens Boots Alliance said at the time: Evolving the store estate in this way allows Boots to concentrate its team members where they are needed and focus investment more acutely in individual stores with the ambition of consistently delivering an excellent and reliable service in a fresh and up-to-date environment.
The Chancellor's announcements regarding business rates were underwhelming; lacking significant reform and instead offering inadequate relief measures that jeopardize the retail, hospitality, and leisure sectors.
After a six-year legal struggle, the Employment Tribunal ruled that the company had failed to justify paying its predominantly female sales consultants lower hourly wages than their male-dominated warehouse counterparts.