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Jun- 2025 -16 JuneBusiness
Sign-ups double for National Pet Shop Day 2025
National Pet Shop Day is set to return on 12 July with more than 400 independent retailers already signed up, more than twice the number at the same point last year. The initiative, launched in 2024 by pet healthcare manufacturer Johnson’s Veterinary Products, aims to highlight the role of independent…
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Apr- 2025 -10 AprilRetailers
Johnson’s unites with PIF and Bira on National Pet Shop Day
Johnson’s Veterinary Products has announced that it is partnering with the Pet Industry Federation (PIF) and British Independent Retail Association (Bira) for National Pet Shop Day. The event will return on 12 July 2025 following a successful first running in 2024. More than 200 pet shops participated in the inaugural…
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Mar- 2024 -15 MarchEconomy
High street faces ‘unprecedented challenge’ says BIRA
The British Independent Retailers Association (BIRA) has said that the UK High Street is facing “unprecedented challenges” following the release of new data on retail occupancy. High-profile retail restructuring and administrations have resulted in a net of 14 store closures a day during 2023, according to research from LDC and…
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Mar- 2022 -24 MarchIndustry News
Retail responds to ‘underwhelming’ Spring Statement
Both Bira and CBI have expressed disappointment in the chancellor’s Spring Statement, with Bira having declared it is “underwhelmed with the offerings for independent businesses”. In his speech yesterday, Rishi Sunak outlined a series of measures to help combat the rising cost of living in his latest spring statement, including…
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21 MarchIndustry News
Bira predicts strongest Mother’s Day in 2 years
The British Independent Retailers Association (Bira) has predicted the strongest Mother’s Day trading in over two years. Following the lifting of restrictions early this year, the head of Bira believes this will be the strongest trading period of the year so far as shoppers will be able to hit the…
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16 MarchRetailers
Retail sales monitor shows ‘cause for optimism’, Bira says
The British Independent Retailers Association (Bira) has said there is “cause for optimism” after the recent BRC-KPMG retail sales monitor for February 2022 which revealed that UK retail sales increased 2.7% on a Like-for-like basis from February 2021. According to the BRC the performance comes on top of an improved…
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7 MarchIndustry News
Bira announces launch of Nertoo online trading platform
The British Independent Retailers Association (Bira) has announced the official public launch of its new online trading site Neartoo. The website, which launches on Monday 7 March, is designed to “help stores in hard hit High Streets recover from the pandemic”. The platform allows shoppers to find out what they…
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Aug- 2021 -10 AugustCoronavirus
Bira in talks with metro mayors to help retailers post-pandemic
The British Independent Retailers Association (Bira) has said it is involved in discussions with mayors of UK metropolitan cities to discuss “new ways” of supporting independent retailers post-pandemic. The talks, which are being led by the group’s CEO Andrew Goodacre, have been looking at support for reforms to business rates…
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Jun- 2021 -21 JuneTrade Organisations
BPF slams gov’s commercial property rent moratorium extension
The British Property Federation (BPF) has come out against the government’s latest commercial property rent moratorium extension. Last week (16 June), the UK government announced a further extension of moratoriums on commercial property owners’ rights until March 2022. Legislation is set to be introduced later this session in parliament in…
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15 JuneCoronavirus
Lockdown delay ‘huge disappointment for highstreet’, says Bira
Andrew Goodacre, the CEO of Bira, has described the extension of lockdown restrictions as a “huge disappointment for the high street” and called for greater government support for retailers. According to Goodacre, the extension, which will see remaining social distancing measures continue beyond 21 June, will “damage consumer confidence”. In…
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