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Clothes stores are ramping up plans to reopen - and big discounts could be on offer.more

The UK's consumer watchdog has asked the government to bring in emergency laws to stop retailers profiteering during the coronavirus pandemic.more

From today in Poland, restaurants, cafes, bars, hair and beauty salons are again open to customers. As the Polish Health Minister Łukasz Szumowski pointed out, Poland is still far from the end of the epidemic, but "maybe we have a hole in its course".more

The coronavirus pandemic and epidemic restrictions introduced by the Finnish authorities contributed to a significant increase in the sale of alcoholic beverages in liquor stores - in April this year sold by 23% more liters than in the previous year.more

The dispute in the British government is growing whether as part of negotiations with the United States last week on a trade agreement to significantly reduce tariffs on agricultural products from this country - reports the Financial Times.more

Hormone-fed beef and chlorine-washed chicken should remain banned in England after Brexit, the government has been warned. more

Fast-food giant McDonald's has said it hopes to reopen all of its drive-through outlets in the UK and Ireland by early June.more

The second half of May will be the time when, I hope, hair salons will be opened, 'said Deputy Prime Minister Jadwiga Emilewicz today. She added that at the same time as the hair salons, restaurants will also be opened.more

Garden centres in England will be allowed to reopen next week as one of the early steps to ease coronavirus lockdown measures, a senior government source has told the BBC.more

This weekend saw the first step in a four-stage de-escalation plan to bring Spain out of lockdown, one of the strictest in Europe. 'Phase zero' began with adults being allowed outside of their homes for an hour of exercise every day for the first time in 48 days. more

The UK and US have begun negotiations on an "ambitious" post-Brexit free trade deal. International Trade Secretary Liz Truss formally opened the talks on Tuesday during a video conference call with US trade representative Robert Lighthizer. more

UK high streets are on the "brink of collapse" as the eight-week countdown to the next quarterly rent instalment begins, the #RaiseTheBar campaign has said.more

After lifting restrictions on the use of services and trade, Poles will primarily go to hair and beauty salons - according to the survey "What are we waiting for after the pandemic."more

Wetherspoon's is starting to plan for a reopening of its pubs and hotels 'in or around June', the company has announced.more

Polish hotels and shopping malls will reopen on May 4 and pre-schools will have the option to open on May 6, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said on Wednesday (Apr 29), part of efforts to ease restrictions imposed to curb the spread of the new coronavirus.more

Another beef processor has been shamed after it reportedly imported tonnes of Polish beef into the United Kingdom.more

Supermarket chain Aldi has launched a new voucher scheme to make it easier for volunteers to buy food on behalf of vulnerable people and those who are self-isolating in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.more

More expensive cereal for the baking industry. This week, the prices of bread, pasta and cereal will increase, by 10-20% on average. - writes today "Gazeta Wyborcza".more

Non-essential shops could ban couples and close down changing rooms in a bid to lower the coronavirus risk after lockdown comes to an end. more

During the epidemic of coronavirus, the smuggling of cigarettes and alcohol to Poland decreased, mainly due to closing borders and limiting traditional distribution channels, however, we see attempts at illegal trade in cigarettes, e.g. on the Internet - said Magdalena Rzeczkowska, the head of the National Tax Administration in Poland.more

UK retail sales fell a record 5.1% in March as many stores shut up shop in the face of the coronavirus lockdown.more

As much as 75 percent residents of our country live in fear that coronavirus is transmitted on food bought in stores - according to a study by scientists from the Faculty of Health Sciences of the Medical University of Warsaw in cooperation with the PR HUB agency.more

6 out of 10 companies recorded a decrease in revenues in mid-April, and 11 percent companies report that they lack the funds to survive the month - according to a study carried out on Wednesday commissioned by the Polish Institute of Economics and the Polish Development Fund. Microfirms are in the most difficult situation.more

Supermarket and shop workers deserve to be paid a minimum of £10 an hour after coronavirus, a union leader has argued.more

Wholesale companies normally only deal with restaurants, food retailers and leisure attractions, but have now started to offer their products to individual shoppers, as a result of a dramatic decrease in demand from their usual clientele.more