What’s on the retail horizon?
There are a number of significant legal and regulatory changes on the horizon in 2024 which will shape the retail landscape.
Our Retail Horizon Scanner is designed to help retail businesses in the UK stay up to date by giving an overview of the legal developments in the sector.
Check out our LinkedIn page where we provide more detailed updates throughout the year.
Please contact one of our retail experts to talk about what these changes mean for you and your business.
A company has been fined £146,700 after an employee was hit by a…
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The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has fined a company after a subcontractor fell through a skylight…
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South West Water has been issued with a record fine for supplying water that was…
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A construction company has been fined after a man drowned after falling into an…
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Two construction companies have been fined £79,300 after a scaffolder fell through a…
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The contractor was working on a refurbishment project that involved cutting through five…
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The teenager was working for a clinical waste management company when his…
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The company was fined £150,000 after the employee was struck by the…
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The self-employed handyman claiming to be on the Gas Safe Register carried…
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The company was fined £30,000 after failing to protect its workers from…
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A business owner who was uninsured has been given a 12-month suspended…
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The maintenance worker suffered fatal injuries whilst trying to repair an industrial…
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A landscaping and civil engineering company has been fined £125,000 after a…
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The RAIB (Rail Accident Investigation Branch) has released a publication detailing a…
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The new Principles of Workplace Health and Wellbeing Leadership has launched on 24…
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The employee was working as a labourer on site when he fell…
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The Environment Agency has secured an Enforcement Undertaking from Anglian Water Services…
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A driver was injured when his 20-tonne tipper truck fell off the…
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While replacing steps at a residential property, the worker fell more than…
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HSE has published its annual work-related fatal injuries statistics for Great Britain.…
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The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has issued its first ever Prohibition…
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The Environment Agency’s powers will continue to be strengthened as part of…
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A 12-year-old girl was injured after she was hit by falling shards…
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PackUK will introduce a resubmission deadline of 1 September 2026 which will…
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A property management company has been fined, and its director handed a…
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A major property developer has been fined £300,000 after it polluted a…
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A water company has been fined £7.1 million following several major pollution…
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An increasing number of product recalls highlights a rising (and worrying) trend…
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The worker was killed after he was found crushed by a 1.6…
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A construction company has been fined after a worker fell from a…
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On 28 July 2026, the HSE held its Annual General Meeting (AGM)…
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The employee was dismantling an internal steel frame when she was struck…
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The Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) has issued an improvement notice to…
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Environment Agency (EA) has completed two Enforcement Undertakings (EU) against Severn Trent…
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A construction company has been convicted of breaching Regulation 6(3) of the…
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Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has prosecuted Network Rail after a…
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A worker at a chemical manufacturing company suffered hand injuries when it…
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A plastic packaging company has been prosecuted by HSE after a worker…
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A bricklayer was seriously injured after the upper floor of a house…
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A London construction company and its director have been fined after workers…
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A waste and recycling company has been fined £400,000 after a 22-year-old…
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A clinical waste disposal company has been fined after a nightshift worker…
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A manufacturing company has been fined after an employee suffered serious injuries…
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A company company has been fined £267,000 after five leaks of extremely…
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In June 2020 whilst working on replacing a damaged pipe in a…
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Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has prosecuted an animal feed manufacturer after…
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