Responding to the Chancellor’s Budget, Helen Dickinson, Chief Executive of the British Retail Consortium, said: “The Chancellor has listened to many of our concerns and we welcome the extension of key business funding schemes. Action to support the retail industry will be vital to reviving the economy – including business rates relief, restart grants and
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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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Research analyst, GlobalData, has found that £1.5bn has been freed up for retail survivors in 2018, as the UK non-food retail sector becomes reliant on the demise of weaker operators to maintain growth for the survivors. The company estimates at least £1.5bn will be released by failing retail businesses in 2018 with just three of
Alan Monahan writes: I suspect that to nobody’s great surprise businesses remain totally let down by CCA, the new Business Rates Appeals System. I’ve touched on this before, but now rating experts at Colliers International, the commercial property people, have solid evidence that it is clearly not working and is causing distress to retailers In
Retail Reflections: Businesses don’t rate appeals’ system; we’re closed – it’s raining! Read More »
Chancellor Philip Hammond’s Spring budget was meant to squash the doom and gloom and present a picture of hope for the British economy, with a forecast that envisaged more growth coupled with less inflation and debt in the year ahead. For the retail sector his March 13 speech set a new date of 2021 for
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The revelation this weekend that the conservative party put aside concerns about the impact of business rates rises on the high street has prompted renewed calls for a fair deal for British retailers. The Sunday Telegraph reported on February 19 that The Department for Communities and Local Government noted retailers were being “completely clobbered”
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