High Street Retailers

Treasury Committee urges MPs to reform ‘broken’ business rates

The government has been urged to fix the “broken” business rates system as it is continuing to affect high street…

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What does Brexit mean for the high street jeweller?

2018 has been a tumultuous year for the UK high street and Brexit is now just over the horizon, bringing…

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Missing opportunities in bespoke manufacturing

Time was when many high street retailers would have had their own in-house jewellers who could undertake repairs, alter existing…

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Business rates could be changed to help retailers, says Greg Clark

Secretary of state for business Greg Clark has admitted that business rates could be changed in order to help high…

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Retail sales fall for fifth consecutive month

Retail sales fell for the fifth month in a row in June, data from BDO’s High Street Sales Tracker has…

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Independent retailers feeling ‘optimistic’ about high street future

More than half of the nation’s independent high street retailers are optimistic about the future of their local high street…

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90% of retailers to ‘struggle’ with upcoming accounting rules

Britain’s retailers look set to emerge as the most exposed to new lease commitments, according to analysis by Aptitude Software,…

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Fighting back against the algorithms

Now that the show season has cooled down, we head into the final quarter of the year, and begin gearing…

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High street ‘dinosaurs’ left behind by digital age

High street retailers who don’t keep up in the digital age will be left behind, according to new data from…

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High street struggles to ‘meet demand of time-poor and tech-savvy customers’

High street retailers are struggling to meet the demand of time-poor and tech-savvy customers, according to a new study new…

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