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- Maximising value, minimising costs: unlocking the power of Intellectual Property
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- Fortnightly Comms Call - 25 March 2025
- BRC Climate Action Roadmap 2025 Programme Update
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- Allergen WG - March 2025
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- Unlocking Compliance with DMCC: Mastering the E-Commerce Order Journey
- Micro & Emerging Risks Joint Working Groups - 21st May (Hybrid)
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- Fortnightly Comms Call - 20 May 2025
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- “Deskless doesn’t mean voiceless”: How Reiss are preparing for Gen Alpha
- Textiles Retailer Net Zero Group Q2 25
- Northern Ireland Retail Consortium Member Meeting
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- CEO Call: NCSC CEO Richard Horne on Cyber Attacks
- Commercial excellence for retailers: finding pockets of growth beyond price increases
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- HR Directors Meeting | June 2025
- Low Value Imports/De Minimis Call - 3rd June 2025
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- Are you ready for a data breach?
- Building resilience and creating opportunities in the retail industry
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- Fortnightly Comms Call - 3 June 2025
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- Environmental Packaging Summit - 24-25 June 2025
- CEO Call : With Sir David Bell, Vice Chair Skills England
- Lunchtime seminar on UK Economy and Retail Market
- Fortnightly Comms Call - 17 June
- BRC Roundtable on MHREDD
- 10 years of spend: what can the last decade of consumer spending tell us about the next one?
- Diversity and Inclusion in UK Retail: 2025 Report Launch
- Micro WG - June 2025
- Food Waste and the Circular Economy
- BRC EA/PA Network Drinks Reception
- Product Safety Community Discussion with Defra on Mercury Added Products
- WEBINAR: Refund abuse: Quantifying, preventing, and getting buy-in
- Household Goods Working Group Discussion on UK REACH
- Police work on retail crime in Scotland; and theft from delivery vehicles - Operations Community
- Ask the CMA about DMCC - Member opportunity
- Finance & The Scope 3 Data Challenge
- Internal Comms Forum - 17 September
- Net Zero Retailer Logistics ThinkTank #1
- BRC Finance Community call
- Excellence in Customer Engagement Summit London 2025
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- Fortnightly Comms Call - 1 July 2025
- Talking AI with Sainsbury’s: Building an AI strategy even your CFO will love; self-funded!
- AI-Native Networks for Scalable Retail Success
- SRC Single Use Cups Member Update
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- CEO Call: Second Hand Fashion, with OC&C (1) (1) (1)
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- Data Protection Act- next steps: Member Meeting with DSIT and ICO
- Learning Forum - 17th of July 2025
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- Cyber Security – up-to-date insights from experts
- Navigating legal and tax reform: Building a resilient retail workforce
- Challenging First-Party Fraud: Real Retail Solutions in a Changing Landscape
- Fortnightly Comms Call - 29 July 2025
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- Smarter Retail HVAC Retrofits: How to Cut Costs, Carbon, and Complexity
- Electrical Product Safety Conference 2025
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- Mastercard RiskX | The Acceleration Age: Navigating unstoppable change
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- International Material Handling Exhibition (IMHX)
- Emerging Risks WG - August 2025
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- Net Zero 2025 Check-In: UK Retail’s Decarbonisation Progress
- The Worker Protection Act Explained: Essential Insights for Retail Management
- CEO Exchange Forum: Future-Fit Customer Experience
- BRC Climate Action Week: Drinks Reception and Keynote Address
- Do more with less: 15 ways to boost frontline employee performance
- Product Safety Community Meeting [October 2025]
- Product Safety Community Roundtable on Batteries
- Product Safety Community Stakeholder Meeting with DESNZ on Tumble Dryer Consultation
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- Sustainable Sourcing in Retail: Member Insights & Innovations
- Fortnightly Comms Call - 26 August 2025
- Sustainable Logistics is a Strategic Necessity
- Planning for Nature: Breakfast Briefing
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- Product Safety Community Discussion on Call for Evidence on Machinery Safety Legislation
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- Discover the Future of Retail at IET London: Savoy Place
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- Fortnightly Comms Call - 9 September 2025
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- Sustainable Seafood Group - Q4 2025
- Operations Community - Martyn's Law
- HMRC Catch Up 11.9.25 2 PM
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- Micro & Emerging Risks Joint Working Group - 22nd October 2025 (Hybrid)
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- Micro Working Group - 17th September (Virtual)
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- In-person Fortnightly Comms Call - 23 September
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- RPC's The Work Couch Live: Employment Rights Bill: what do employers and business leaders need to know?
- Shaping Tomorrow’s Workforce: Strategies for Growth, Mobility and Engagement
- CMS Brand Forum
- Succeeding in a Challenging Retail Landscape: Leading through policy and market volatility
- UK competition law enforcement: a multi-regulator perspective
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- BRC Fortnightly Comms Call - 7 October 2025
- PMO changes: DBT briefing for BRC
- Possible changes to PECR Reg 6 - Meet DSIT
- 1-1 Strategic Review with Amber
- Allergens WG - October 2025
- Reuse in Retail: Circular Economy Breakfast
- BRC Discussion on Microplastic Regulation
- Product Safety Community Discussion on Microplastic Regulation
- Defending the Digital Pitch: Cybersecurity Innovation with Aston Villa FC’s Head of IT
- Operations Community Meeting
- Fortnightly Comms Call - 21 October 2025
- BRC EUDR Sprint Group
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- Ensuring Compliance in an Uncertain World
- Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning Systems: 1-1 Workshops
- Merchant Hub Workshop - How to Make Payments Profitable and a Strategic Focus
- Fortnightly Comms Call - 3 November 2025
- Supply Chain Risk & Resilience Hackathon
- BRC D&I Immersion session
- Net Zero Retail Logistics ThinkTank #2: DfT Roundtable
- From Regulatory Scrutiny to Litigation Risk: How to Protect the Business When Making Sustainability Claims
- HR Directors Call - 18 November 2025 (1)
- D&I Charter Workshop - Carers
- BRC Discussion on Battery Regulation
- BRC Meeting with DHSC on Call for Evidence on Tobacco and Vapes Bill
- Micro WG
- BRC Market Intel Round-up 2025
- BRC - Bank of England Director's Round Table (1)
- Supplier GHG Data Focus Group #2
- Fashion Sustainability Summit
- BRC Product Safety Insights Forum - February 2026
- HR Technical Call - Trade Union relations with Acas + BRC Consultation Responses
- Discussion on PFAs
- Energy Group Meeting
- Advertising - Meet ASA to discuss current issues
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- Regulations to get rid of - Meet DBT on its Consultation
- BRC Breakfast Roundtable on Paddleboards with DBT and Paddle UK
- Fortnightly Comms Call - 18 November 2025
- NIRC Members Meeting
- Late Payments - Tell the Small Business Commissioner what you think
- EUDR Sprint Group
- HR Technical Call - ERB Consultations: Protections for Pregnant Workers + Bereavement Leave
- BRC Finance Community Post-Autumn Budget Event
- Food Net Zero Group Q4 25
- Frictionless payments in 2025: What Click to Pay means for you
- SBTi Corporate Net Zero Standard V2 Consultation: Member Discussion
- Meet CMA to discuss current pricing issues
- BRC Sustainability Horizon Scan 2026
- 'Scotland in 2026' – Virtual briefing for members
- Regulatory Reform Member Discussion
- Innovation in Regulatory Approaches
- NCSC Meeting
- Welsh Retail: A Celebration of Innovation, Impact & Transformation
- Fortnightly Comms Call - 2 December
- Leading Digital Transformation Through Product Management
- Building Production-Ready AI Solutions That Deliver Real Impact
- Corporate Affairs Festive Networking
- HR Technical Call with DBT on Trade Union Right of Access Consultation
- Getting Solar on Retail Rooftops: Overcoming the Split Incentive
- Fortnightly Comms Call - 16 December 2025
- RavCon 26
- Energising the High Street for 2026
- January 2026 - Property Community Call
- UK Packaging Pact: Retailer Member Session with WRAP
- Product Safety Community Meeting [January 2026]
- Fortnightly Comms Call - 13 January 2026
- EUDR Working Group - January 2026
- Licensing for Knife Sales Consultation
- Micro WG - January 2026
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- Allergen WG - Feb 2026
- Micro & Emerging Risks Working Group (London) - 21st May 2026 (Hybrid)
- Micro WG - June 2026
- Micro & Emerging Risks Working Group (London) - 8th July 2026 (Hybrid)
- Micro WG - August 2026
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- 2025
- Ungated
- Drab December caps a disappointing year for footfall
- Christmas fails to save 2024 trading
- 2025 headwinds will result in higher prices
- Consumers feeling the January blues
- National Insurance increase will force retailers to raise prices
- January sales offered deep discounts
- Retail crime “spiralling out of control”
- BRC responds to the Chancellor’s Speech
- Press launch of BRC Crime Survey 2025
- Retail sales weather a stormy January
- BRC respond to Phillipson announcement on Apprenticeships
- Dinner trumps roses this Valentine’s Day
- Consumer confidence almost 40pts lower than in July
- New Year, renewed inflation
- Sales remain afloat amidst stormy January
- SRC seeks action as shop thefts spike by 18%
- One in ten part-time retail jobs at risk
- 2025 Manifesto for Retail | Kickstarting growth in the everywhere economy
- Bargain hunting Brits boost shopper traffic
- BRC respond to publication of Crime and Policing Bill
- MPs and Peers highlight the impact of the Budget on retailers
- Inflation for breakfast
- New Crime and Policing Bill
- Employment Rights Bill could “punish responsible businesses”
- Card fee remedies must be robust and deliver for merchants and consumers
- Retail parks lead the way as footfall sees small bounce in February
- The Employment Rights Bill risks failing women
- Grey days for fashion sales
- One in four witness shoplifting
- One in six Scots witness verbal or physical abuse of shop staff
- Consumer confidence stabilises as Gen Z prepare to spend
- Scots firms to pay £55 million more in rates than English counterparts this year
- Quarter of a million retail jobs lost in five years
- ‘On Covid’s five-year anniversary, remember the real heroes – the retail staff who worked day in, day out’
- Food inflation set to rise in 2025
- BRC responds to the Spring Statement
- Buy Into Retail: Retail Leader Interview Series
- Buy Into Retail: Member Spotlight
- Buy Into Retail: Local MP Site Visits
- Buy Into Retail: Events
- Buy Into Retail: Manifesto breakdown
- Bill Progress Monitor
- Solid February sales despite gloomy weather
- Manifesto for Retail launched in Parliament with Labour
- Regulator proposals on card fees “fall well short” of what is needed
- Labour costs will harm employment
- Footfall hit by late Easter
- Highlands MSP Kate Forbes backs SRC advice to shoppers on safe use of disposable BBQs to prevent wildfires
- MP drop-in session in Parliament
- BRC gives evidence to the Crime Bill Committee
- Retailers hold back price rises in March
- Green shoots for retail sales
- Temporary respite as inflation falls
- 'Let's Celebrate Towns' 2025 launches
- BRC praises move to review customs treatment of low value imports
- Threat of trade war spooks consumers
- Sales heat up in March
- Employment Rights Bill putting “brakes on hiring”
- Food inflation up as labour costs rise
- Treasury opens consultation on VAT relief for donations
- SRC reaction to FM’s Programme for Government
- UK DMO begins work to deliver Deposit Return Schemes
- Spring Sunshine and late Easter boost UK footfall
- Retailers make hay while the sun shines
- BRC welcomes UK-EU trade agreement
- Inflation jumps as new costs hit retailers
- Confidence rises as trade outlook improves
- Sunshine boosts sales in April
- Govt costs pushes food inflation higher
- BRC Campaign Coverage
- Retail has lost 10 times number of jobs of entire UK steelmaking – yet policymakers do nothing
- Consumers put the brakes on non-essential spending
- BRC, NFU and RSPB write to Telegraph about sustainable farming
- Retail down by over 360,000 jobs in a decade
- BRC responds to the Spending Review
- Slow start to summer shopping
- Gen Z drive improvements in confidence
- SRC: HFSS Promotions Restrictions a Sensible Compromise
- Costs filtering through as food inflation jumps in May
- Government publishes industrial strategy
- Belonging at Bravissimo: The Data Journey
- Near gender parity on retail boards, shows BRC report
- Consumers hold back on spending in May
- Ocado Retail: Smarter Packaging for a Greener Future
- ShopKind Week returns Monday 30 June
- BRC responds to Employment Rights Bill Roadmap
- Shop prices return to inflation as retailers struggle to shoulder Govt costs
- Politicians and PCCs support #ShopKind
- Too hot to shop
- Budget feeds food inflation
- From Sofas to Smartphones: Second-Hand Shopping Surges
- Six UK Communities Recognised In Visa's 2025 'Let's Celebrate Towns' Awards
- What’s Changing with Business Rates – and Why Retailers Should Care
- Shop theft continues to rise, ONS data shows
- Lords amendments to Employment Rights Bill will protect local jobs
- Inflation shakes consumer confidence
- Retail sales heat up
- Welsh Government risks losing reuse opportunity over glass inclusion
- Retailers warn of rising prices and job losses if Chancellor hikes taxes
- Summer setback for retail
- BoE confirms last Budget pushing up food inflation
- Campaigns Report - July 2025
- Cyber resilience a top priority for food retailers
- Cost of family shop under pressure
- Sunny skies boost retail sales - BRC responds to ONS Retail Sales Index
- Rising sales not enough to fend off job losses and store closures
- Welsh Retail Consortium Urges Fairer Rates: ‘No Store Should Pay More’
- SRC praises Glasgow’s decision to shelve Workplace Parking Levy
- BRC respond to publication of Welsh DRS consultation
- Families under pressure as food inflation rises
- Leading retailers write to Chancellor ahead of Autumn Budget
- PSNI praised on shop thefts by retail leaders
- Consumer confidence in the doldrums
- Corporate Affairs - Press Release
- SRC seeks action as shop thefts soar by 17%
- Jo Whitfield appointed BRC Chairman-elect
- Price of staples rise as Govt costs bite
- SRC: MSPs must work collegiately to pass pro-growth Budget
- British Heart Foundation: How shopping preloved with purpose is powering retail's circular future
- Government must support high street footfall revival
- Retailers call for action on GB/NI concerns
- Hot weather boosts July sales but shop closures and job losses on horizon
- 400 of Britain’s largest shops at risk
- BRC responds to Transforming Business Rates: Interim Report
- August rounds off solid summer of sales
- Vote Scottish Retail 2026
- SRC calls for high streets to be protected in Holyrood manifestos
- Government makes rod for own back with Employment Rights Bill
- Retail jobs “falling by the wayside”
- High inflation weighing on consumer confidence
- Food prices rise as Budget looms
- Summer sales end on high note
- Government is “losing the battle against inflation”
- Urgent action needed by retailers to prevent further nature and biodiversity loss
- Non-food prices drive up inflation in September
- Packaging tax to push up prices for consumers
- BRC respond to Mel Stride’s Conservative conference speech
- Consumer caution ahead of Budget drives drop in footfall
- Retailers Sound Alarm Ahead of Welsh Budget: ‘No More Cost Hikes’
- Retail spending slows as Budget looms large
- BRC responds to Crime and Policing Bill completing Second Reading
- Inflation holds but pressures remain
- Shop theft rising, ONS data shows
- Consumers getting ready for Christmas
- Supermarkets call on Chancellor to help tackle inflation
- BRC responds to latest Skills White Paper
- Sweet relief as prices fall in time for Halloween
- SRC: Pro-Growth Measures Needed in Next Parliament
- Retail at the Heart of Wales’ Future: WRC Launches 2026 Manifesto Ahead of Senedd Elections
- Tesco Accelerates Progress on Sustainable Logistics
- BRC urge MPs to support Peer amendments to Employment Rights Bill
- MPs Raise Business Rates Reform at Treasury Questions
- BRC responds to Keep Britain Working Review
- Six months of falling footfall shows need for Government action
- BRC responds to BoE rates decision
- Consumers hold back for Black Friday deals
- Responsible Sourcing: Dunelm’s journey so far
- Lords must continue to back jobs with Employment Rights Bill amendments
- Food inflation back on the rise with Budget imminent
- Consumer confidence takes a tumble
- Retailers hope for sales boost and fairer business rates next week
- Rates inaction risks Scottish high streets
- How to shop safely online this Christmas
- Finance Secretary mustn’t flub chance to cut retailers’ business rates following Chancellor’s move
- A mixed bag Budget for retail
- BRC welcomes progress on Employment Rights Bill
- Retail plea to ‘shop kind’ this Christmas
- Black Friday comes early as competition heats up
- Scottish Retailers press Finance Secretary for business rate discount
- Usdaw and SRC unite to call for business rate discount for retailers
- Welsh Retail Consortium and St. David’s Dewi Sant welcome Cabinet Secretary to promote festive ‘ShopKind’ campaign
- Budget nerves and bad weather harm November footfall
- Scots retailers seek business rates discount to help them invest
- Pre-Budget jitters dampen Black Friday sales
- High interest rates push shoppers from credit to debit cards
- ‘Show me the money’
- Retail Groups Call on Welsh Government to Scrap Proposed Surtax
- Scottish Industries combine to call for rates discount for Retail, Hospitality, and Leisure
- Consumer confidence ‘remains gloomy’
- BRC CHRISTMAS FAQS 2025
- Black Friday discounting helps inflation ease
- New Net Zero footprinting will hold retail to account on climate change
- Retail job losses are a ‘loss of opportunity’
- Gated
- 2024
- NIRC: 'Highest business rates in the UK' the wrong message (1)
- SRC Briefing on Scottish Government Proposals to ban disposable vapes (1)
- ‘April inflation for April rates rise’ urge trade bodies (1)
- Grocer surtax would see Scots stores facing UK’s highest business rate – SRC analysis (1)
- Rainy days wash footfall away (1)
- SRC Briefing on Scottish Government Proposals to Restrict the Promotion of HFSS Products (1)
- SRC: Scottish Government hit shoppers with disproportionate HFSS restrictions (1)
- Food prices fall, but risks remain (1)
- Member request for case studies: Council support for high streets and Section 215 application (1)
- WRC - Letter on Workplace Recycling Regulations (1)
- SRC Briefing ahead of Virtual Roundtable Discussion with Jenni Minto MSP (1)
- Sales uptick, but challenges remain for retailers (1)
- Northern Ireland Member Call 13.02.2024 (1)
- Inflation holds to start 2024 (1)
- Retail crime a “crisis that demands action” (1)
- Welsh Labour Leadership Contest – Briefing (1)
- SRC Briefing on Minimum Unit Pricing of Alcohol (1)
- Retailers Welcome Fair Implementation Announcement on Minimum Unit Alcohol Pricing (1)
- Business groups unite to voice alarm over scottish tax policy (1)
- Retail sales slow as high cost of living enters third year (1)
- Usdaw and SRC unite to oppose business rate surtax on grocery stores (1)
- New year, same story for retail footfall (1)
- WRC writes to First Minister candidates (1)
- Business rate surtax on larger grocery shops – SRC briefing paper (1)
- Labour Policy Tracker - January 2024 (1)
- SRC Roundtable with Scottish Government on Food Waste (1)
- Time for tea, as shop price inflation falls further (1)
- SRC surtax briefing paper (1)
- NIRC raises concerns over a potential rates rise in Northern Ireland (1)
- BRC launch a ‘Manifesto for Retail’ (1)
- December caps a difficult year for retail (1)
- SRC presses Deputy First Minister to ditch business rate surtax on grocers (1)
- UK Govt must act on violence and abuse against retail workers (1)
- BRC responds to ONS CPI - January 2024 (1)
- Weak sales growth to end 2023 (1)
- Footfall falters in damp December (1)
- Falling inflation at risk from 2024 cost pressures (1)
- WRC: Retailers welcome action on business rates following Welsh budget (1)
- Footfall holds up in August despite riot disruption
- MP site visits kick off
- Campaigns Report - August 2024
- Campaigns Report - July 2024
- Campaigns Report - June 2024
- Campaigns Report - May 2024
- Shop prices in deflation for first time in almost three years
- Consultation on introducing a single use cup charge
- The Buy Into Retail Campaign | Key details for members
- Stronger sales when the sun shines
- Rising inflation means rising business rates threat
- WRC: Wales’ First Minister must unlock new economic era
- Summer’s arrival boosts clothing and beauty
- NIRC secures better legal protections for Northern Ireland’s shopworkers
- Footfall in election stumble
- Powering Communities: Retail’s crucial role in the local economy
- Inflation steady, but uncertainty ahead
- Corporate Affairs Community | Notes from July call on the King's Speech
- BRC responds to the launch of Skills England
- CMA finds competition between supermarkets remains ‘effective’
- King's Speech 2024 | Analysis
- Employers and trade union unite in call to Stormont to protect workers
- SRC Update on Scottish Government Minimum Unit Pricing of Alcohol Communications
- Retail sales hit by cold June
- BRC responds to King’s Speech
- WRC welcomes introduction of three yearly rates revaluations, following years of campaigning
- Falling inflation for food and clothing
- SRC Response to Net Zero on disposable vapes ban
- Colder June dulls consumer spend
- Reptuational Risk Register: Q3 2024
- Opportunity for new government to bring footfall home this summer
- General Election 2024: What next for the new government?
- Time for retail and the new Labour Government to get “down to business”
- Retail’s investment in prices is “paying off”
- Retail makes strides on Diversity, but Inclusion remains “the nut to crack
- SRC Analysis of the Scottish General Election Manifestos
- Warmer May helps retail sales
- Next government must not take falling inflation for granted
- General Election 2024: Labour Party manifesto briefing
- National Mission on Obesity - Healthy Food Environment Roundtable (Wales)
- #BuyintoRetail Campaign Plan
- BRC respond to Labour Party Manifesto
- Euro 2024 to kick off extra consumer spending
- BRC respond to Conservative Manifesto
- General Election 2024: Overview of the Conservative manifesto
- BRC respond to Liberal Democrat Manifesto
- General Election 2024: Overview of the Liberal Democrat manifesto
- General Election 2024 | #BuyIntoRetail Pledge for candidates
- Labour Policy Tracker - June 2024
- Mild recovery for retail sales in May
- Supporting everyday economy sectors like retail is good politics
- CEO roundtable on technology and innovation | Summary
- Election 2024: Labour's Plan to Make Work Pay - Summary
- Parties must produce plans to revitalise footfall across the UK
- Meeting with DfT on Net Zero Logistics
- Election 2024: Defra policy update | EPR, DRS, WEEE, Not for EU Labelling & more
- General Election 2024: Bills saved and lost during 'wash up'
- Inflation back to “normal levels”
- BRC Election Talking Points
- General Election 2024 | BRC Workplan
- Gloomy Spring weather hits retail sales
- Westminster Hall Debate on Biodiversity Loss: May 2024
- Scottish Minister responds to our retail crime concerns
- Scottish Budget 2025/26 – request for input
- Lower energy prices pushes inflation ever closer to 2%
- “No effective competition” in payments market
- SRC WRITE TO DEPUTY FIRST MINISTER ON EARLY ACTIONS
- Charitable Giving Report 2024: Request for Member Data
- Support our Buy Into Retail Campaign with our Member Toolkit
- BRC writes to Policing Minister to call for effective 'retail worker' definition under standalone offence
- WRC Workplan 24/25
- SRC welcomes new Deputy First Minister
- Retailers meet with Shadow Chancellor to talk about the potential of retail and share views on Labour policy
- Dismal weather, disappointing sales (1)
- WRC writes to Minister for Social Partnership, Hannah Blythyn MS
- SRC Briefing on Disposable Cups May 2024
- Slow start to spring as footfall declines
- BRC Attends Tobacco and Vapes Bill Committee April 2024
- Labour Policy Tracker - May 2024
- BRC Attends Obesity Committee April 2024
- Campaigns Report - April 2024
- Campaigns Report - March 2024
- SRC Briefing on the Resignation of Scotland’s First Minister
- Inflation brought to a heel
- Updates to Modern Slavery Register
- British retailers lead new agreement to make Scampi industry more sustainable
- BRC responds to announcement on future of Deposit Return Scheme
- Scottish Government’s new Tax Strategy
- Corporate Affairs Community - Notes from April meeting on the retail crime campaign
- SRC April Update on HFSS Restrictions in Scotland
- Meeting Note: NIRC and NI Economy Minister 180424
- NIRC Letter to Minster of Justice
- Sales volumes returned to growth
- WRC writes to Shadow Minister for the Economy and Energy
- Voluntary Guidelines for Disposable BBQs (DBBQs) (1)
- Government consults on VAT relief for direct product donations after BRC campaigning
- March marks a whole year of falling food inflation
- BRC calls on PCC candidates to get tough on retail crime
- Scottish Government Business Survey on Regulation Review - Call for Views
- BRC joins Shadow Cabinet as Labour launch plan for high streets
- Retail workers finally get protection they need
- Early Easter gives sales a boost
- BRC submission to Lords Obesity Committee inquiry
- Early Easter fails to reverse footfall decline
- Reputational Risk Register: Q2 2024
- PCC Candidates pledge tracker
- Corporate Affairs Community - March 2024 Meeting - slides
- BRC mentions in Parliament
- Good news for households as prices fall
- Looking to host a pre-election event or visit with Labour? Check these links
- BRC discusses Retail Manifesto with Treasury minister
- BRC submission to Lords Built Environment Committee high streets inquiry
- Rainy February dampened retail sales
- WRC writes to First Minister and Minister Miles
- Food and clothing helps drive inflation down
- WRC welcomes election of Vaughan Gething as Welsh Labour leader and presumptive First Minister
- Spring Budget 2024 - Summary of key points
- Budget will do nothing to turbo charge investment and growth in communities
- Labour Policy Tracker - March 2024
- Campaigns Report: February 2024
- Campaigns Report: January 2024
- Retail hit by wettest February on record (1)
- Retail hit by wettest February on record
- Firms face £125m Scotland-only business rate surcharge over next 2 years
- NIRC writes to new NI Finance Minister to call for Regional Rate freeze
- Apprenticeship Levy reform vital for growth
- BRC Spring Budget 2024 submission
- BRC launches manifesto for retail ahead of general election 2024
- BRC Response to WEEE Consultation on Takeback of Electrical Items
- 2023 in Summary
- BRC response to ONS Retail Sales Index
- Christmas cheer as inflation falls
- SRC briefing on Scottish Budget 2024-25
- BRC speaks to MPs about the need for a standalone offence
- How retailers are supporting customers this Christmas
- Christmas FAQs 2023/4
- PSR report is “just the tip of the iceberg” for ineffective competition in payments market
- Secure UK food supply through Levy reform
- November 2023 Campaigns Report
- Proposed bumper business rate rise must not happen - NIRC
- Keep up to date with the latest on Labour policy with our tracker (1)
- Keep up to date with the latest on Labour policy with our tracker
- Scottish Government Roundtable on Proposed HFSS Restrictions
- SRC Briefing on roundtable on Labour Business Engagement
- Corporate Affairs Community meeting note and slides - December 2023
- Cost of living drives return to cash
- Cautious consumers delay Christmas spending
- Scots urged to “show a little Christmas kindness” by retail and hospitality bosses
- 'Tis the season to be kind, say retail and hospitality bosses
- Welsh shoppers urged to “show a little Christmas kindness” by retail and hospitality bosses
- SRC Update on Scottish Government Proposals on Alcohol Marketing
- Early signs of footfall recovery
- Police and Crime Commissioner Roundtables - Newcastle
- BRC meeting with Labour on EPR and DRS
- SRC WRITES TO SCOTTISH MINISTERS ON BUSINESS RATES (1)
- BRC welcomes CMA report showing value of own-label products
- SRC OUTLINES RECOMMENDATIONS ON BUSINESS/GOVERNMENT ENGAGEMENT FOR LABOUR PARTY (1)
- Falling inflation under threat in 2024
- Retailers donate over 57 million meals to charity
- Scottish Circular Economy Bill Update
- SRC member call with Police Scotland’s Assistant Chief Constable
- Retailers and customers sold out by Chancellor's Statement
- NIRC Business call to ‘Freeze the regional rate’
- Consumers delay Christmas spending - BRC Respond to ONS Retail Sales Index
- Freeze rates to ensure inflation continues to fall
- Rates rise threatens future of town and city centres
- BRC urges Chancellor to deliver rates freeze for all retailers at Autumn Statement
- Business Bodies Unite To Call For Rates Freeze
- Cautious Consumers Stall Spending
- Campaigns Report - October 2023
- Brollies up, Footfall down
- Retailers are helping consumers live more sustainable lives despite cost-of-living challenge
- Chancellor must act to ease inflation
- NIRC: Vet strike ‘concerning’ but ‘business as usual’ for supermarkets
- Latest update on Business Rates Campaign - October 2023
- BRC Corporate Affairs Community meeting recording: Upcoming sustainability and product safety regulations to be aware of
- BRC Corporate Affairs Activity Grid - October
- SRC Apprenticeship Levy Correspondence with Scottish Government
- Retailers raise over £500m for good causes
- Response to ONS Retail Sales Index
- Upcoming policy challenges for retailers and consumers operating in Scotland, Wales and NI
- Food prices fall, but retailers face £470m rise in business rates
- September 2023 Campaigns Report
- Conference Season Wrap-Up
- BRC joins KFC and UK Youth at Labour Conference to talk Apprenticeship Levy reform
- BRC welcome Labour's stand on retail crime
- Slow September Sales Growth
- Footfall slips back in September
- BRC discusses business rates reform with Labour's James Murray MP
- BRC writes to Policing Minister after citizen's arrest comments
- SRC Response to Scottish Government Consultation on Continuing MUP
- Risk Register: Q4 2023
- Consumers win as prices fall
- Retail leaders call on Home Secretary to take urgent action on retail crime
- 12,000 lost apprenticeships
- Last of summer spending
- BRC sets out need for business rates freeze and reform in Parliament
- Food inflation falls for fifth month in a row
- BRC presents to RPC Board on better regulation
- SRC Meeting with Police Scotland
- Retail leaders call for action to avoid £400m cost hike (Press Release)
- BRC submission to Autumn Statement 2023
- Retail leaders call on Chancellor to freeze business rates to minimise cost inflation
- July 2023 Campaigns Report
- SRC Briefing on the 2023 Programme for Government
- Confident consumers boost retail sales
- Sunless summer sinks footfall
- Food inflation falling fast
- Bottle recycling scheme to cost at least £1.8bn per year
- Poor weather dampens demand
- BRC shares industry views with Cabinet Office ahead of new border checks this autumn
- Breakfast benefits as inflation eases
- Spending restraint rather than tax should plug £1 billion gap in devolved public finances - SRC
- Business rates campaign: CEO letter to the Chancellor ahead of Autumn Statement
- DRIZZLE DAMPENS DEMAND
- Footfall July 23
- Discounts rain in July
- BRC response to EPR delay
- Britain loses 6,000 storefronts in five years
- Retail theft up 27% across ten of the largest UK cities
- BRC writes to PM and Chancellor after CMA report
- Sunshine boosts sales growth
- CMA report shows grocery market is as competitive and efficient as ever
- CEO Call: Gareth Davies, Permanent Secretary Department for Business and Trade
- Food inflation continues to fall
- Food Inflation Briefing
- BRC launches disposable BBQ safety advice
- SRC Briefing on the Circular Economy Bill
- BRC Corporate Affairs Activity Grid
- June sunshine brightens retail sales
- Footfall slowed during June heatwave
- General Election engagement | Notes from BRC's meeting with the Lib Dem Policy team
- Helen Dickinson Speaks to BCRP Conference on Retail Crime
- BRC Campaigns Report - June 2023
- BRC Campaigns Report - May 2023
- Q3 2023 - Reputational Risk Register
- BRC / Korn Ferry networking event - speech
- Cheaper staples help inflation fall
- Bank holidays boost sales growth
- True-BRC partnership to drive innovation and technology adoption in retail
- Senedd Finance Committee – Informal Budget Consultation
- A welcome fall in food inflation
- Helen Drapers Future of Fashion Conference 2023
- Manifesto engagement: BRC and members meet with Labour's policy team
- SRC praises retailers’ support for customers and colleagues in Glasgow speech
- Action on diversity and inclusion must drive tangible outcomes
- Andy Higginson appointed BRC Chairman-elect
- SRC Briefing: Scottish Deposit Return Scheme Delayed Until 2025
- Which? meeting with supermarkets
- BANK HOLIDAYS FAIL TO BOOST SALES GROWTH
- Scottish Deposit Return Scheme Update – June 2nd 2023
- SRC Briefing on Scottish Government Statement on Diet and Obesity May 23
- Scottish Government’s New Deal for Business – SRC update
- Food inflation eased in May
- SRC Deposit Return Scheme Update – UK Government Internal Market Response
- BRC calls for voluntary approach to UK-wide 'Not for EU' labelling
- Retailers hopeful for summer sales
- Spearheading Local Campaign Against Retail Crime
- Corporate Affairs Community Meeting Notes - May 2023
- Welcome fall in inflation
- SRC REACTION TO APPARENT RESCINDING OF RATES PARITY PLEDGE
- KEEPING UP PRESSURE ON SCOTLAND’S HIGHER PROPERTY BUSINESS RATE
- CEO Call: Focus on geopolitical events and tax-free shopping
- SRC Response to Scottish Government Consultation on Ending the Sale of Peat
- BRC and members set out retail priorities with Conservatives ahead of next General Election
- Political parties ‘need a more ambitious vision on business support’
- BRC meets with Cabinet Office and Defra to discuss Border TOM and Windsor Framework
- Retailers waiting for summer
- BRC Campaigns Report - April 2023
- Shopper numbers up in April
- BRC briefs Dame Nia Griffith MP ahead of Parliamentary debate on EPR
- Scottish First Minister’s Anti-Poverty Summit – SRC’s note
- Price inflation likely to have peaked
- BRC plans for General Election engagement with Labour
- Retailers cautious to invest in new stores
- BRC Local Crime Campaign - Call For Evidence
- BRC joins Usdaw's Annual Conference to talk retail today and in the future
- SRC Briefing on First Minister’s New Programme
- SRC Briefing on the Scottish Deposit Return Scheme – April 21
- 12th consecutive month of falling sales volumes
- Recycling reform must go ‘back to the drawing board’
- Inflation eased but food prices high
- SRC Briefing: Scottish DRS to be delayed until 1 March 2024
- BRC reacts to Labour's five-point plan for high streets
- Mother's Day boosts sales
- Scottish Government Consultation on ending the sale of peat – SRC Draft Response
- Return of the weekend shopper
- Reputational Risk Register: Q2 2023
- SRC Minute following call with new Cabinet Secretary for the Wellbeing Economy & Fair Work
- BRC Campaigns Report – March 2023
- BRC joins APPG panel to give retail's Spring Budget reaction
- BRC responds to Government’s ‘Powering Up Britain – Energy Security Plan’
- BRC discusses net zero logistics with DfT Minister Jesse Norman
- Prices on a sugar high
- BRC Responds to ONS Retail Sales Index February 2023
- High prices for UK households
- BRC submission to Labour National Policy Forum 2023
- NIRC Business Rates Brief
- Scotland's Next First Minister - Briefing on Candidates and Next Steps
- BRC Campaigns Report – February 2023
- Retail jobs fall in latest statistics
- SPRING BUDGET – KEY RETAIL ANNOUNCEMENTS
- BRC responds to Spring Budget 2023
- SRC March Briefing on the Scottish Deposit Return Scheme
- SRC Briefing on Scottish Government Alcohol Marketing Restrictions Campaign
- International Women's Day: BRC writes to Women and Equalities Minister to highlight D&I progress in retail
- Parliamentary Questions on EPR and DRS
- Retailers call on PM to take pragmatic approach to waste strategy
- Valentine’s boost for retailers
- BRC writes to Chancellor ahead of Spring Budget
- Footfall Feb 23
- Crime Survey: “Appalling levels” of violence and abuse against retail workers
- High costs burden retailers and consumers
- The Coronation of His Majesty The King and Her Majesty The Queen Consort: considerations for members
- VAT anomaly holding back donations to people in need.
- BRC calls on Committee chairs to raise concerns on EPR implementation
- Scottish Retail Consortium Briefing on Scotland’s Deposit Return Scheme - February 2023
- Business Rates reform is “far from over”
- Bumpy road for households
- Households still squeezed by high prices
- BRC Charitable Giving Report 2023 - Question set for members
- BRC Campaigns Report November - January 2023
- BRC Notes On The Cabinet Reshuffle
- Retail opportunities associated with St Andrew’s Day
- Christmas cheer gives way to January blues
- Govt must fix “£3.5 billion mistake” on apprenticeships
- NIRC WRITES TO NORTHERN IRELAND’S COUNCILS SEEKING BUSINESS RATES FREEZE
- Footfall boost from tourism bump
- BRC submission to Spring Budget 2023
- Inflation hits new heights
- Scottish DRS Return Handling Fee Update
- BRC Economic Summary - Q4 2022
- Fewer vacant stores by end of 2022
- Mary Portas returns to launch BRC Summer School 100th Anniversary
- Scottish Fiscal Commission presentation to SRC’s Board
- 2023 Regulatory Calendar: What's coming your way
- BRC Respond to DEFRA Deposit Return Scheme Announcement
- Retail volumes fall for ninth consecutive month
- Inflation remains high for UK households
- WRC Response: Reforming NDR in Wales
- New NI Retail Consortium Director calls for end of ‘perpetual limbo land’
- Age estimation technology would make retail safer
- LETTER TO DEPUTY FIRST MINISTER ON SCOTTISH BUSINESS RATES RELIEF
- Energy Bill Discount Scheme announced
- Christmas boosts sales but head winds for 2023
- NIRC writes to Secretary of State asking for at least a freeze in the business rate
- SRC tables Parliamentary Question on business rates freeze in Scotland
- Christmas footfall highest since pandemic began
- Reputational Risk Register: Q1 2023
- Inflation to continue into 2023
- BRC forecast low sales growth for 2023
- Northern Ireland’s energy resilience – note of NIRC member call with SONI
- 2023 RATES REVALUATION - NORTHERN IRELAND
- SRC Briefing on Scottish Deposit Return Announcement
- Retailers holding their breath as Christmas approaches
- SRC Briefing on the Scottish Budget
- A challenging Christmas period
- BRC Christmas FAQs 2022
- Card use soars to 90% of retail spending
- Sales heat up thanks to winter warmers
- Business bodies unite to call for Welsh rates freeze
- Footfall stumbles ahead of Christmas
- Corporate Affairs Community Meeting - November 2022 Notes
- BRC MEETING WITH BEIS OFFICIALS – ENERGY RESILIENCE
- BRC Parliamentary Briefing - December 2023
- Bleak winter ahead as inflationary headwinds continue
- Devolving more taxes to Northern Ireland – NIRC’s submission
- Devolving taxes to Northern Ireland – draft submission for member feedback
- Energy Bill Relief Scheme Review - Letter to Chancellor
- SRC Scotsman Op-ed: | November 2022 A Budget in all but name
- SRC Briefing on Scottish Government Consultation on Restricting Alcohol Advertising and Promotion
- Retail not out of the woods
- Autumn Statement 2022 – Key Retail Announcements
- BRC responds to Autumn Statement
- Energy Bill Relief Scheme - Update on Review
- Inflation rises as energy price cap increases
- Animal products major source of carbon emissions
- National Apprenticeship Week 2023 theme announced
- More gloom than glitter for retail
- BRC MONTHLY PARLIAMENTARIANS BRIEFING - November 2022
- Footfall Stumbles in October
- Trouble brewing as prices rise
- BRC Economic Summary - Q3 2022
- SRC working lunch with Scots Labour leader Anas Sarwar MSP – notes
- Rates rise puts shops at risk
- Member Note: Labour Party Council of Skills Advisors' report
- BRC responds to announcement of Rishi Sunak as next PM
- Visa joins forces with the BRC and SMF to celebrate towns
- Retailers cutting carbon emissions by tens of thousands of tonnes
- Mounting costs leading to high prices
- SRC Briefing on Scottish Independence Economy Paper
- October Scottish Deposit Return Update
- Sales volumes continue to fall
- Party conference season 2022
- Member call with BEIS on the Energy Bill Relief Scheme
- NBCC Guidance - Reporting a Business Crime
- Footfall making strides
- BRC writes to new ministerial teams
- Reputational Risk Register October 2022
- How retailers are supporting customers during cost of living crisis
- BRC responds to announcement of energy support for businesses
- BRC respond to Keir Starmer speech
- Shop prices continue to rise
- BRC second-hand guidance praised in parliaments
- Chancellor's Growth Plan published
- BRC responds to Chancellor’s Growth Plan statement
- Corporate Affairs Community Meeting - September note
- New Guideline to drive forward Circular Economy
- Government announces Energy Bill Relief Scheme to support businesses with energy costs
- Welsh Budget – action needed to weather the costs crisis
- BRC responds to Retail Sales Index - August 22
- BRC Submission to the Autumn 2022 Budget
- Queen’s funeral - retail trading in Northern Ireland on Monday 19 September
- Campaigns Report May - August 2022
- BRC respond to August inflation figures
- Scottish retail sales edge up in August
- Retail operating hours on day of The Queen's funeral
- Operation London Bridge - Considerations For Members
- Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
- Sales growth slows as price hikes loom
- BRC respond to announcement of next Prime Minister
- September 2022 Risk Register
- Draft SRC Response to Scottish Government Consultation on HFSS Restrictions
- Footfall recovery slows in August
- Shop prices hit new high
- Notes from Corporate Affairs Community meeting - August 2022
- New leadership group to oversee Scottish Retail Strategy
- Scottish independence – economy papers expected soon
- Rising sales mask falling volumes
- Holyrood’s pre-Budget scrutiny – SRC submits recommendations
- Emergency Budget Review – SRC submits initial recommendations to Ministers
- Cost-nightmare could get worse
- Member Consultation: 2022 Budget Submission
- Campaign materials for retailers on wildfires and disposable barbecues
- Retail Leaders call on Police to prioritise retail crime
- Over 100 retail leaders sign letter to Police and Crime Commissioners to prioritise retail crime
- Sales heat up, but volumes still down
- Footfall stifled by the heat
- BRC writes to Conservative Party leadership candidates
- BRC writes to new Education Secretary
- BRC Economic Summary - Q2 2022
- AUGUST REPUTATIONAL RISK REGISTER (1)
- Vacancies Fall for Third Quarter in a Row
- July Corporate Affairs Campaign meeting - notes
- Devolved regulatory burden in Scotland
- SHOP PRICES RISE EVER HIGHER
- The Climate Action Roadmap Showcase has launched - Enter now!!
- BRC response to the 2023 business rates revaluation transitional arrangements consultation
- Hard days ahead for households and retailers
- Transitional Relief could cost retailers over £1bn
- Pressure on prices continues
- Retailers must double down on diversity and inclusion
- Decline in sales volumes "not seen since depths of pandemic"
- BRC Submission to the Labour National Policy Forum
- Footfall rises as consumers shop around
- July 2022 Reputational Risk Register
- Retail Skills Council - Future of Skills survey
- BRC Monthly Parliamentarians Briefing - July
- Scottish Government’s Independence Campaign (1)
- Prices rising as costs bear down
- Footfall Recovery Slowed by Strikes
- Consumers rein in spending
- Corporate Affairs Campaigns meeting - June
- Businesses and households squeezed
- Falling job numbers in 2022
- BRC Levy Survey raised in House of Lords
- Scottish Government’s Independence Campaign
- BRC briefing - Business Rates Transitional Arrangements consultation
- CA Campaign Surgery meeting notes - May 2022
- Meeting with Clive Betts MP
- Queen's Speech legislation tracker
- BRC Monthly MP Briefing - June
- Squeezed consumers cut spending
- Jubilant improvement to UK footfall
- June 2022 Reputational Risk Register
- Footfall up but risks remain
- Retail inflation “to get worse before it gets better”
- Violence and abuse tripled over pandemic
- Notes from WRC meeting with Welsh Finance Minister on NDR reform
- Taxes affecting retailers and consumers set to be devolved to Northern Ireland
- Champions of #ShopKind Campaign Announced
- Are retail jobs in crisis because of a digital skills gap?
- High costs hurting households and retailers
- Scottish Deposit Return Update - Retail Handling Fee
- SRC Update on Mandatory Charges for Single Use Disposable Cups (e.g. coffee cups)
- BRC speaks at APPG on Apprenticeships session on the Apprenticeship Levy
- BRC Monthly MP Briefing - May 2022
- More pressure on businesses and households
- Online Sales Tax Consultation – BRC Response
- Apprenticeship Levy "not fit for purpose"
- KATE SELJEFLOT AND PETER WOOD STRENGTHEN BRC BOARD
- BRC briefs Dorset Safer Business Partnership on retail crime
- Ukrainian refugees: Guidance for employers and landlords
- Queen's Speech 2022 - Member briefing
- Rising cost of living puts brakes on spending
- BRC Economic Summary - Q1 2022
- Encouraging improvement to UK footfall
- DWP State Pension Review - Call for Evidence
- Lords committee keen for retailer views on public transport in towns and cities
- May 2022 Reputational Risk Register
- Prices rising as costs soar
- The Future of Retail Summit 2022: A greener, brighter future for Retail
- Fewer empty shops but uncertainty ahead
- Home Office webinar - Guidance for employers on Ukrainian refugees - 29 April
- Q1 2022 Campaigns Report
- BRC Monthly MP Briefings - April 2022
- Squeezed households dampen demand
- Update from HMRC - GVMS
- HMRC seeking comments on proposed changes to export transit procedure
- Households suffer as cost of living rises
- Sales slow as confidence wanes
- Assess your cyber resilience with the NCSC Exercise in a Box
- Gradual improvement to UK footfall
- NIRC: 'Highest business rates in the UK' the wrong message
- SRC Briefing on Scottish Government Proposals to ban disposable vapes
- ‘April inflation for April rates rise’ urge trade bodies
- Grocer surtax would see Scots stores facing UK’s highest business rate – SRC analysis
- Rainy days wash footfall away
- SRC Briefing on Scottish Government Proposals to Restrict the Promotion of HFSS Products
- SRC: Scottish Government hit shoppers with disproportionate HFSS restrictions
- Food prices fall, but risks remain
- Member request for case studies: Council support for high streets and Section 215 application
- WRC - Letter on Workplace Recycling Regulations
- SRC Briefing ahead of Virtual Roundtable Discussion with Jenni Minto MSP
- Sales uptick, but challenges remain for retailers
- Northern Ireland Member Call 13.02.2024
- Inflation holds to start 2024
- Retail crime a “crisis that demands action”
- Welsh Labour Leadership Contest – Briefing
- SRC Briefing on Minimum Unit Pricing of Alcohol
- Retailers Welcome Fair Implementation Announcement on Minimum Unit Alcohol Pricing
- Business groups unite to voice alarm over scottish tax policy
- Retail sales slow as high cost of living enters third year
- Usdaw and SRC unite to oppose business rate surtax on grocery stores
- New year, same story for retail footfall
- WRC writes to First Minister candidates
- Business rate surtax on larger grocery shops – SRC briefing paper
- Labour Policy Tracker - January 2024
- SRC Roundtable with Scottish Government on Food Waste
- Time for tea, as shop price inflation falls further
- SRC surtax briefing paper
- NIRC raises concerns over a potential rates rise in Northern Ireland
- BRC launch a ‘Manifesto for Retail’
- December caps a difficult year for retail
- SRC presses Deputy First Minister to ditch business rate surtax on grocers
- UK Govt must act on violence and abuse against retail workers
- BRC responds to ONS CPI - January 2024
- Weak sales growth to end 2023
- Footfall falters in damp December
- Reputational Risk Register: Q1 2024
- Falling inflation at risk from 2024 cost pressures
- WRC: Retailers welcome action on business rates following Welsh budget
- WRC publishes Welsh budget submission
- WRC: Meeting with the Welsh Finance Secretary
- Welsh Budget will be vital to future retail investment
- The end of falling inflation?
- SRC Minute of Scottish Government Single Use Cups Advisory Group Meeting
- SRC Meeting with the Scottish Government's Net Zero Secretary
- SRC Meeting with Scottish Government on Mandatory Calorie Labelling
- SRC Meeting with Scottish Finance Secretary - Member Minute
- SRC Evidence to the Scottish Covid Inquiry
- SRC Engagement on Single Use Cups Charge
- SRC Briefing on the Draft Scottish Budget for 2025/2026
- SRC and Usdaw in joint plea for considerate Christmas shopping
- Shop prices move further into deflation
- September Sales Success
- September inflation means retail faces extra £140 million burden
- September dresses for success
- Sales growth as ‘golden quarter’ began
- Rising inflation foreshadows price rises in 2025
- Rising costs will harm investment
- Retail sheds 225,000 jobs in five years
- Retail Sales Monitor: Fashion falls while beauty reigns
- Retail Industry reacts to Welsh Budget
- Retailers hope for strong Christmas period as sales freeze in November
- Retail CEOs: “Time to level the playing field”
- Reputational Risk Register: Q4 2024
- Readout of the Second Reading of the business rates multiplier bill
- Price cap proposal a win for retailers and customers
- Party Conferences Wrap Up
- Notes from Corporate Affairs Community Meeting - October
- NIRC writes to the Minister of Finance
- NIRC: Violence against retail workers
- NIRC respond to NI Programme for Government
- NI Good Jobs Employment Bill Consultation
- NI Business Rates - Non Domestic Rates and Retail Properties
- New Industrial Strategy Green Paper Launched
- MPs and Peers 'Buy Into Retail' at BRC Parliamentary Reception
- January spending squeeze on the horizon
- Hopes pinned on the festive period as footfall tumbles in November
- High streets paying over one third of all business rates
- Give retail workers the gift of a safe Christmas (1)
- Footfall declines in October
- Festive falter as sales slip
- FAIR WORK CONDITIONALITY - SRC WRITES TO SCOTTISH MINISTERS
- Consumer confidence remains weak as Christmas approaches
- Consumer confidence begins to improve as Christmas approaches
- Christmas FAQs 2024/25
- Cards may be king, but cash remains crucial
- Campaigns Report - September 2024
- Campaigns Report - October 2024
- Campaigns Report - November 2024
- Budget costs spark long term inflationary worry
- BRC writes to Chancellor on employer NIC increase
- BRC, FDF, ACS and INCPEN react to Wales stepping back from four nation DRS approach
- Better weather gives footfall first rise in over a year
- Autumn Budget 2024 - Key Retail Announcements
- Analysis shows average of three green claims on every product
- Action needed by Chancellor to keep prices low
- 80+ Retailers write to Chancellor over Budget
- Reputational Risk Register: Q1 2025
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- 2024
- PFAS Regulations
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- March 2024 buying community call meeting notes
- Response to the Environmental Protection (Single-use Vapes) (England) Regulations 2024 draft SI
- Single-use vapes ban in England - draft regulations
- OMP Roundtable Follow-up
- Construction products - letter to the Secretary of State
- HHG Own Label Products Member Query
- Vapes : Meeting between retailers and the Department of Health and Social Care
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- Standard for Feather and down (BSI EN 13186 ) - Retailer/BRC meeting with BSI
- Household Goods Group Meeting Jan 2024
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- Declarations of Conformity member question
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- Buying Community Call - December 2023 meeting notes
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- Creating a Smokefree Generation and Tackling Youth Vaping: Retail Sector Response
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- Product safety review - Retail sector response (Updated 091123)
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- Product Safety Review - Draft response for member comment
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- Youth vaping : call for evidence - Retail sector response
- Youth vaping call for evidence - final chance to respond
- Youth vaping: call for evidence - Draft response
- Vapes round table presentation
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- Persistent Organic Pollutants (POP) in sofas question
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- Member question - Windsor Framework
- Nitrous oxide: legitimate uses and appropriate controls consultation
- Member Question : Flushable Wipes
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- Energy Labels for lighting : Enforcement update
- Lighting : Energy labelling enforcement
- CLASP (online energy labelling) and BRC update
- Member question - Online composition labelling for footwear
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- Buying Community Call - March 2023 - LIVE LINK
- Energy Labelling for Light Sources - Letter to Department for Energy Security & Net Zero
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- New ecodesign requirements for lighting products - Consultation
- Windsor framework tying you up in knots? What does it mean for non-food product conformity?
- Disposable BBQ - Voluntary Guidelines
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- PFAS Working Group Meeting March 2023 Presentations
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- Button Battery - Working Group Presentation - February 2023
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- Disposable BBQs Voluntary Guidelines - Consultation
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- Member Question - Reflective Clothing
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- Member Question : Toys and Declarations of Conformity
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- REACH (Chemicals) : Call for Evidence Response
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- Consultation response : Water efficency labelling
- Member Question - Textile Labelling
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- Household Goods Group 29th September 2022 : Presentations
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- Member Question - Global Retention Periods for Technical Files and Samples
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- In brief: What is packaging Extended Producer Responsibility?
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- BRC CSR Community: DRS (England, Wales, NI) member meeting, summary note and slides
- New FLAG Accounting, Reporting and Target Setting
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