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☆ A century after debut, UK music store HMV makes Oxford Street return
  + stars: | 2023-11-24 | by ( James Davey | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +3 min
The 363 Oxford Street address hosted the very first HMV store in 1921, opened by composer Edward Elgar, and was central to the development of British popular music and culture. "We feel really good on the future of physical stores for retail," Putman told Reuters in an interview. The store will sell 8,000 different vinyl albums, 12,000 CDs, music merchandise and a wide range of music technology. HMV says its vinyl sales are significantly ahead of UK annual market growth of 18%, and account for half its physical music sales. Councillor Geoff Barraclough of Westminster City Council, which oversees Oxford Street, said the HMV store represented what they wanted to do on Oxford Street: "an experience beyond traditional retail".
Persons: Edward Elgar, Doug Putman, Putman, John Lennon, Cher, Elton John, Michael Jackson, Brian Epstein, Epstein, George Martin, Geoff Barraclough, James Davey, Jan Harvey Organizations: Black, Oxford, HMV, Reuters, Wars, Marvel, Echo, Beatles, Westminster City Council, Oxford Street, Thomson Locations: Britain's, Dublin, Antwerp, Westminster
☆ Pret a Manger was fined $1 million after an employee was trapped in a freezer for more than 2 hours and thought she was going to die
  + stars: | 2023-08-31 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
A Pret a Manger worker was stuck in a freezer at a London store for over two hours in just jeans and a t-shirt. The worker was "in a state of distress and believing she was going to die," Westminster City Council said. She was "in a state of distress and believing she was going to die," the Council said. The worker was then taken to hospital where she was treated for suspected hypothermia, the Council said. A spokesperson for Pret told Insider that the employee was discharged from hospital the same day.
Persons: Pret Organizations: Westminster City, Service, Pret's London Victoria Coach, Victoria Coach Station, Westminster Magistrates Locations: London, Westminster, Wall, Silicon, Pret, Victoria, France, Dubai, Hong Kong
☆ Struggling US downtowns could take a cue from a small town in England that gave businesses rent-free space
  + stars: | 2023-07-26 | by ( Eliza Relman | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
The UK is experimenting with offering small businesses free rent to revitalize downtown districts. Several small towns in the UK have experimented with giving small businesses rent-free shop space over the last few years. Now it's vibrant, upbeat, colourful," Hope Dean, the owner of a plant shop that was one of the 10 businesses given free rent, told The Guardian. Some US cities have pursued similar downtown revitalization initiatives. Denver offered free rent and services valued at $20,000 to businesses willing to use empty space in the city's downtown, and San Francisco has offered free rent and grant money to pop-up businesses in its downtown.
Persons: Hope Dean, We're, Matt Soffair Organizations: Service, Legal, General Investment Management, Guardian, Times, Westminster City Council, Oxford, BBC, Denver Locations: Poole, Wall, Silicon, American, Westminster, London, San Francisco
☆ Fact Check-Sand on streets to protect horses, soldiers during King Charles’ coronation
  + stars: | 2023-05-11 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
An image of King Charles’ coach passing through London’s streets where patches of sand are visible was shared with the misleading suggestion that the sand temporarily filled potholes for the coronation day. A Westminster City Council spokesperson told Reuters that sand was used to cover drain holes and roads for the safety of the horses and is a standard practice. “The council works closely with the armed forces ahead of major events such as this to ensure the safety of horses and soldiers”, the spokesperson added. Reuters’ pictures from Queen Elizabeth’s funeral proceedings in Sept. 2022 show a similar use of sand on the roads (here), (here), (here). Sand was used to cover drains and inspection covers on the ceremonial coronation route for safe passage of horses, not cover potholes.
☆ A man died after being crushed by a pop-up street urinal in central London
  + stars: | 2023-01-28 | by ( Alia Shoaib | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
A man working on a telescopic urinal in London was killed after being crushed beneath it. The urinals are stored underground during the day and are raised to street level at night. The pop-up toilets are stored underground during the day and are raised to street level at night for people to use, an initiative designed to discourage urination on the street. "We have been on site supporting our contractor and the emergency services and will assist all investigations in any way we can." A second telescopic urinal has also been shut down by the council as a precaution, according to LBC.
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