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July consumer spending hits record low

UK consumer spending in the month of July fell to a record low despite the good weather, according to the…

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Government to go ahead with UK digital services tax

The UK government has announced plans to go ahead with a digital services tax aimed at large tech companies such…

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How to make the most of empty retail spaces

Earlier in this month, The Times reported that the number of vacant shops on UK high streets rose by more…

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Gov rejects MPs’ sustainable fashion recommendations

The government has rejected all the recommendations made by the Environmental Audit Committee (ECA) in February with the aim to…

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20,000 shops gone from high street since 2010

Since 2010 more than 20,000 shops have “disappeared” from high streets and the communities that they once served, according to…

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Shop price inflation pushed up by non-food price rises

Shop price inflation increased by 0.8% year-on-year in May, with non-food inflation also increasing by 0.2%, according to the latest…

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How Making Tax Digital is going to help the retail sector

Shop closures are an all too familiar scene. A recent study by The Guardian found that English and Welsh town…

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Retail sales ‘below expectation’ in April

Retail sales fell below expectations in April, despite a total sales increase of 4.1% against the decrease of 3.1% the…

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Securing the future of the UK high street

UK High Streets have reached a ‘tipping point’. That was the view of a recently published parliamentary inquiry report on…

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Retailers left waiting for rates discounts as deadline approaches

Businesses in England were promised millions of pounds in support by the chancellor last October but, less than two weeks…

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