The British Retail Consortium has called on the government to make reforming business rates a top priority. It is believed that businesses could be faced with a 60% rate of tax by 2022 unless major alterations are made to the current business ... Read more
The British Retail Consortium says the UK town-centre shop vacancy rate in April rose to 11.9%, from 10.9% in January, to reach the highest level since the BRC/Springboard survey began in July 2011. The BRC’s director general Helen Dickinson ... Read more
RICS has launched a new small business retail lease in an attempt to “inject fresh life into the British high street”. The lease, unveiled on 4 July to coincide with “Independents’ Day”, a celebration of independent retailing in the UK, has been ... Read more
The British Retail Consortium’s latest research indicates that the national shop vacancy rate on the UK’s high streets and shopping centres in May this year was 11.2% – with the highest regional rates for vacant retail property in Northern Ireland ... Read more
The British Retail Consortium says retailers are under pressure from the system used to calculate business rates, and has asked Eric Pickles, secretary of state for communities and local government, to use a different method in future. The government ... Read more
