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Bira welcomes the Government’s decision to increase discount rates for small retailers

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The British Independent Retailers Association (Bira) has welcomed the Treasury’s decision to increase discount rates for small retailers from one-third to 50 per cent. Bira, which represents the thousands of retail businesses across the UK, says the move will save its members on average £12,000 per year. The victory follows Bira’s three-year campaign to review

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Celebrating Down Your High Street with Bira

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Independent retailers recently united in London to celebrate the ongoing success of the national online selling platform, Down Your High Street (DYHS), where they were joined by event organisers Network & Chill and partners The British Independent Retailers Association (Bira). The networking event provided a deeper understanding of the DYHS platform, which now has 600

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Retail Reflections: Black Friday’s ‘best deals’; bira and that business rates reduction

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Alan Monahan writes: The Black Friday phenomenon is almost upon us once again, with the clock ticking down to what has been described as ‘Britain’s biggest shopping day’ – November 23rd. It’s reckoned that a total of £4.75 billion will be spent by UK consumers, with 47% of that in online purchases.   I’m not

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Retail news round-up: Call for two-tier VAT system; looking for value; squeeze on non-essentials

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As an incentive for people to shop in person and for online retailers to lease physical stores, international property firm Colliers International suggests that the government should create a two-tiered VAT system where shoppers would be charged 15% for purchases in stores and 22.5% for online transactions. Meanwhie, Tesco chief executive David Lewis has again

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Boom in independent store openings as multiples decline

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  Up to the minute research by the Local Data Company (LDC) and the British Independent Retailers Association (bira) shows that traditional independent shops opened significantly more shops than in the same period last year, whilst the national chains (with more than five stores nationally) continued to see a fall. Key growth sectors have been

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