British Retail Consortium

BRC: Retail sales growth slows in May

Retail sales growth slowed down in the month of May, according to the latest figures from the British Retail Consortium…

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Cash use down by 14% over the last five years, says BRC

By Helen Dickinson, director general of the British Retail Consortium Customers are using less cash than ever as retailers make…

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BRC welcomes European Parliament vote on card payment fees

The British Retail Consortium (BRC) has welcomed a vote by MEPs for an overhaul of the European payments market, which…

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Three-month retail sales growth ‘in line’ at 2.8%, says BRC

The three-month average growth in retail sales to the end of February was 2.8 per cent, according to the latest…

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Data shows rise in retail employment despite record decline in shop numbers

Retail employment was shown to have risen by 0.6 per cent in the BRC-Bond Pearce Retail Employment Monitor (REM) for…

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ONS releases flat November retail sales figures

Following statistics from the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has also released damning figures…

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Starbucks pays up but business rates will still rise

Starbucks’ acceptance to pay increased corporation tax has done little to soften the news that business rates will not be…

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Could rise in retail sales signal a stronger UK economy?

Better-than-forecasted sales figures have helped to raise hopes that the UK’s recession may not be as deep as first feared.

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New ‘Portas Pilots’ offered BRC support

The British Retail Consortium (BRC) is offering a practical support package to the latest wave of ‘Portas Pilots’.

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Rain-hit retailers to thank for inflation fall

The price-cutting by retailers has caused the Consumer Price Inflation (CPI) to fall to its lowest level for two and…

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