Newspage Raws

Questions we’ve put to Newspage’s experts, with their answers. Search by keyword or topic and by date, newest or most answered first.

5 Raws in designer

8 January 2026 · 4 expert responses
Source: Kate Allen, Finest Stays
The little-known tax that could hit you with a bill for selling on Vinted or renting a holiday home
FROM holiday homes to selling a second-hand jumper on Vinted, a single piece of regulation is now casting a very wide net. DAC7 is an EU tax transparency directive designed to ensure income earned through online…
15 September 2025 · 4 expert responses
Retail sales down 0.1% in 3 months to August and retailers' woes in key Christmas run-up amplified by design theft epidemic
RETAILERS are under the cosh, with sales down 0.1% in the three months to August and experts concerned about additional taxation in the November Budget hitting consumer spending following dire public sector borrowing…
20 June 2025 · 6 expert responses
The state of the UK high street
Retail sales fell sharply in May after consumers were hit by a raft of “Awful April” higher bills that bit deeply into household budgets. There has been extensive coverage in recent years about the slow death of the…
22 May 2025 · 5 expert responses
How's the UK retail sector faring
Ahead of tomorrow's official retail sales data, which will be published >> here << at 07:00, we're looking for views from retailers about how business is for them at present. A handful of questions below… feel free to…
17 January 2025 · 3 expert responses
Retail sales fall 0.3% in December amid "a tough trading environment"
Retail sales volumes are estimated to have fallen by 0.3% in December 2024, following a small rise of 0.1% in November 2024, according to official data published this morning. While clothing and household goods…