Friday 15 January 2021 Business / Lucy Powell Lucy Powell comments on Supreme Court ruling in favour of small firms receiving payments from business interruption insurance Continue Reading
Tuesday 12 January 2021 Business / Lucy Powell Lucy Powell comments on British Retail Consortium 2020 figures Continue Reading
Wednesday 30 December 2020 Brexit / Lucy Powell Boris Johnson not being honest about barriers to trade – Powell Continue Reading
Saturday 26 December 2020 Lucy Powell Not such a Merry Christmas as majority of Britain’s pubs and bars miss out on billions in sales – Lucy Powell Continue Reading
Wednesday 16 December 2020 Business / Lucy Powell Labour calls on Govt to use the £2 billion cash handed back by supermarkets to help hard-hit high street businesses Continue Reading
Wednesday 9 December 2020 Business / Lucy Powell Labour tells government to get a grip as ports chaos threatens Christmas orders Continue Reading
Wednesday 9 December 2020 Business / Lucy Powell Lucy Powell comments on Institute of Directors survey showing more than a quarter of businesses unclear on Brexit readiness Continue Reading
Tuesday 1 December 2020 Business / Lucy Powell Last-minute payment for pubs forced to close will leave most more than £3,000 a month worse off Continue Reading
Tuesday 1 December 2020 Business / Lucy Powell Lucy Powell responds to Debenhams talks collapsing Continue Reading
Monday 30 November 2020 Business / Lucy Powell Business grants scheme ‘betrayal’ will level down, Labour warns Continue Reading
Sunday 22 November 2020 Business / Lucy Powell Labour calls on Ministers to set out clear blueprint for business ahead of 2nd December or risk many going bust in Winter crisis Continue Reading
Thursday 19 November 2020 Lucy Powell Labour warns businesses face ‘triple whammy cash crisis’ as Chancellor’s ‘sleight of hand’ on lockdown support revealed Continue Reading
Friday 13 November 2020 Lucy Powell / Steel Lucy Powell comments on the possible sale of Tata Steel’s continental European Steel business Continue Reading
Thursday 22 October 2020 Business / Lucy Powell Half of businesses have operating costs exceeding turnover according to ONS survey Continue Reading
Friday 16 October 2020 Business / Lucy Powell Government is washing its hands of hospitality industry – Lucy Powell Continue Reading
Friday 9 October 2020 Business / Lucy Powell Lucy Powell responds to reports of notice of administration at Edinburgh Woollen Mill Continue Reading
Friday 9 October 2020 Business / Lucy Powell Labour condemns ‘smash and grab raid’ on struggling businesses Continue Reading
Tuesday 6 October 2020 Business / Lucy Powell Lucy Powell comments on the warning by UKHospitality that pubs, clubs and restaurants are set to lose more than 500,000 jobs by Christmas Continue Reading
Monday 5 October 2020 Lucy Powell Lucy Powell comments on SMMT figures showing the worst September for UK car sales this century Continue Reading
Thursday 1 October 2020 Business / Lucy Powell Lucy Powell MP responds to British Chambers of Commerce’s quarterly economic survey findings Continue Reading
Wednesday 30 September 2020 Brexit / Lucy Powell Government must deliver on promised trade deal with the EU – Lucy Powell Continue Reading
Tuesday 29 September 2020 Business / Lucy Powell Business Minister admits businesses shut out of Government support are still “viable” Continue Reading
Sunday 27 September 2020 Lucy Powell Sunak’s scrap heap – more than a million jobs at risk in sectors the Chancellor has dismissed as “unviable” Continue Reading
Monday 7 September 2020 Business / Lucy Powell Labour warns blanket withdrawal of furlough scheme threatens future of high streets and night life Continue Reading
Friday 4 September 2020 Business / Lucy Powell Lucy Powell comments on news that Co-op is creating 1000 jobs and opening 50 new stores Continue Reading
Thursday 27 August 2020 Lucy Powell Govt warns workers should return to office – Lucy Powell responds Continue Reading
Thursday 27 August 2020 Business / Lucy Powell Tories turning their back on “levelling up” pledge by failing to support struggling automotive sector Continue Reading
Saturday 22 August 2020 Business / Lucy Powell Labour warns of ‘shuttered streets, and jobs meltdown’ in renewed call for fightback fund to save businesses and livelihoods Continue Reading
Tuesday 18 August 2020 Business / Lucy Powell M&S job losses are devastating for workers and threat to our high streets – Lucy Powell Continue Reading
Wednesday 5 August 2020 Business / Lucy Powell Lucy Powell reacts to the Annual CIPD/High Pay Centre report findings on CEOs pay Continue Reading
Tuesday 4 August 2020 Business / Lucy Powell Lucy Powell reacts to news Pizza Express may close 67 outlets and cut 1,100 jobs Continue Reading
Monday 3 August 2020 Lucy Powell Lucy Powell responds to news that Hays Travel may cut 878 jobs Continue Reading
Monday 3 August 2020 Business / Lucy Powell Lucy Powell reacts to HSBC and DW sports job losses Continue Reading
Friday 24 July 2020 Business / Lucy Powell Lucy Powell comments on latest retail figures Continue Reading
Monday 20 July 2020 Business / Lucy Powell Lucy Powell responds to the Business Secretary’s announcement on grants for aerospace research and technology Continue Reading
Thursday 16 July 2020 Business / Lucy Powell Lucy Powell on analysis on airlines breaking the law on cancelled holidays Continue Reading
Thursday 9 July 2020 Business / Lucy Powell Lucy Powell comments on the announcement of store closures and job losses at John Lewis and Boots Continue Reading
Tuesday 23 June 2020 Business / Lucy Powell 1 in 6 automotive jobs threatened – Lucy Powell Continue Reading
Monday 15 June 2020 Lucy Powell Labour calls on government to save the high street and publish plan to support hospitality sector reopening Continue Reading
Thursday 11 June 2020 Business / Lucy Powell Lucy Powell comments on job losses in the aerospace industry at Bombardier Continue Reading
Tuesday 9 June 2020 Business / Lucy Powell Lucy Powell responds to confirmation that non essential retail will re-open on 15 June Continue Reading
Sunday 3 May 2020 Business / Lucy Powell Lucy Powell comments on news that Rolls-Royce is slashing up to 8,000 jobs Continue Reading
Saturday 25 April 2020 Business / Lucy Powell Response to reports that Tata steel is seeking a bailout Continue Reading
Wednesday 22 April 2020 Business / Lucy Powell Lucy Powell on travel operators and airlines refusing to refund consumers Continue Reading