The Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government has announced that an additional 50 towns will benefit from the £1 billion Future High Streets Fund. Towns across England – from Dudley to Dover and Scarborough to Stockport – will join 50 successful areas already shortlisted to develop plans to reinvent their high streets. The funding
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The seismic socio-economic shifts which are posing such a challenge for Britain’s high street retailers are being strongly felt by the country’s 600 or shopping centres, many of which are facing an existential crisis. With London’s flagship Westfield shopping centre the latest to be hit be CVAs and retail-related disasters now a regular occurrence, it’s
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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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According to figures released under the Freedom of Information Act (FOI), 15.9% of all shops and retail outlets in the UK now lie empty
The Giftware Association will hold its AGM on June 18 at the new location of Nottinghamshire Golf Course, where industry experts will discuss the plight of the high street and also how our industry is changing and adapting to be ever present and socially conscious in a socio-economic world. You are more than welcome to
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Retail sales grew for the first time since November 2018 in the year to April, according to the latest monthly CBI Distributive Trades Survey. The survey of 110 firms, of which 55 were retailers, showed that sales volumes rose for the first time in five months, likely supported by the later timing of Easter this
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