Partner Mike Lewis at Sherrards explores the effect of CVAs on landlords. With consumers reducing their spending on non-essential items, retailers are experiencing a tough trading environment on the high street. Many retailers are entering into Company Voluntary Arrangements (CVAs) to give them some respite. Since 2017, CVA’s have been used by large retailers such …
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Chop’d Limited
Chop’d’s owners have taken their first successful store, selling fresh and locally sourced salads, in London’s Leadenhall Market in 2004, and opened a further 12 stores in Manchester, Leeds and elsewhere in London. Sherrards’ retail team have worked with Chop’d on this strategic expansion, advising on their acquisition of targeted premises. Terry Fendt and Stephanie …
Retail goes Pop at Christmas
The rise of the ‘pop up’ shop in shopping centres and high streets throughout the UK has kept the retail team at Sherrards working flat out in the run up to Christmas. Led by Terry Fendt and Stephanie Kierans, they have provided the legal advice on 28 pop up stores for long standing client Menkind …
Retail Focus: Minimum Wage
If you work in the Retail sector take note, the Sherrards Employment Team have a series of blogs coming your way explaining all there is to know regarding employment law in the retail sector. First we focus on the National Minimum Wage. Retail and Low Pay In their 2014 Report, the Low Pay Commission revealed that …
Alliott Group members hold discussions in Denmark
Following on from the Alliott Group EMEA conference in Rome, Managing Partner Alasdair McMillin took the opportunity, while in Copenhagen, to meet with Danish Law firm member Hans Christian Galst, Senior Partner of Svejgaard | Galst | Qwist (www.svega.dk). Alasdair comments, “We took the opportunity to discuss our firms’ warm relationship and some developments in the Danish retail and …