BRC calls for two-year freeze on business rates
The British Retail Consortium (BRC) has asked the government to consider freezing business rates for two years to ease the pressure on retailers. By proposing a two-year freeze on increases, ...
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BRC: Retail sales growth hits six-year low
UK retail sales have decreased 1 percent on a like-for-like basis, a report by the British Retail Consortium (BRC) has revealed. The latest BRC – KPMG Retail Sales Monitor – ...
Westland achieves highest food safety standard accreditation from BRC
Westland has achieved the highest food safety standard accreditation from global monitoring organisation, the British Retail Consortium (BRC). Its bird care factory in Driffield, East Yorkshire, has held the highest accreditation ...
Brexit strategy ‘must focus on fair deal for consumers’, says BRC
The British Retail Consortium (BRC) has called on the government to put consumers first in the forthcoming Brexit talks. In a letter to Secretary of State for International Trade Liam ...
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 could include introducing a cap on bank fees charged to ...
Christmas period proves testing time ahead says BRC chief
The Christmas period has done nothing to convince retailers that 2013 has any significant growth in store, said the British Retail Consortium’s (BRC) director general Helen Dickinson. Consumers have been ...
BRC and retailers ask MPs to step-in to help ailing high streets
In the wake of the news that town centre shop vacancy rates have reached an all-time high of 11.3 per cent, retailers have joined with the British Retail Consortium (BRC) ...
BRC submits six-point plan to Chancellor of the Exchequer
Ahead of next month’s autumn statement, the British Retail Consortium (BRC) has submitted a plan to Chancellor George Osborne requesting that changes are made to existing measures in order to ...
BRC calls for support following global financial crisis research
Retail sales growth is now averaging half what it was in the years preceding the collapse of Lehman Brothers. Four years on from the bank’s failure, the British Retail Consortium ...
BRC publishes annual payments survey revealing high charges on retailers
The survey has revealed that banks are unfairly charging retailers and customers alike for handling card payments. The average cost to a retailer of having a credit or charge card ...
