All High street & town centre articles – Page 31
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GalleryIn pictures: Former BHS store transformed in to UK’s biggest food hall
Market Halls has taken over part of the former BHS store on London’s Oxford Street to open its flagship venue – a 35,000 sq ft food hall.
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NewsConservatives to unveil plans to cut business rates
Boris Johnson is set to unveil planned tax cuts that he will say are designed to help businesses “make the most of Brexit”.
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AnalysisFrom start-up space to art galleries: Four inventive examples of filling empty shops
With the number of high street vacancies soaring, Retail Week looks at the interesting tactics some landlords have used to fill empty units.
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NewsBRC criticises Conservatives’ business rates proposals
The British Retail Consortium has said Conservative Party proposals on business rates must go further, after the Tories promised to extend the retail discount on business rates.
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OpinionPoundland: Why we deserve pride of place on Princes Street
Imagine my surprise last month when a Google alert told me The Times Scotland had decided the arrival of the latest Poundland store on Edinburgh’s premier shopping destination “threatens to cheapen Princes Street”.
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NewsWest End to receive £2.9bn ‘rebirth’ fund
London’s Oxford Street and its surrounds are set to receive £2.9bn in additional investment by the end of 2022, which will “catalyse the birth of a new West End”.
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NewsFootfall declines again as autumn rain keeps shoppers away
The number of people visiting bricks-and-mortar stores across the UK fell again in October, according to the latest footfall figures.
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DataOne in five shoppers to spend less at Christmas
One-fifth of customers are likely to spend less money with retailers at Christmas this year due to uncertainty around the December general election and Brexit, exclusive Retail Week research has found.
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NewsEx-Sainsbury’s boss urges VAT increase to save high street
Former Sainsbury’s chief executive Justin King has said business rates for retailers should be halved and VAT increased to 22% in a bid to save the flagging high street.
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OpinionLeader: In-store polling stations could give retail a boost
December’s general election has raised fears among retailers of disruption to peak trading. But perhaps the political showdown brings an opportunity for store groups to welcome more shoppers by serving their communities.
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NewsTesco and Co-op bosses set out plans to save the high street
Dave Lewis and Steve Murrells have co-written an article setting out a “two-part shake-up” to business rates that they say will “save the high street”.
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NewsGovernment must fix ‘broken’ business rates system, say MPs
A Treasury committee report has called on the government to fix the “broken” business rates system as it is outpacing inflation and places a greater cost on high street shops than online businesses.
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OpinionMichael Jary: Driverless cars will change everything about retail hot spots
In his autobiography, Sam Walton described why he preferred a small propeller plane to a jet. The Walmart founder could fly closer to the ground and see how America’s towns and cities were growing.
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NewsBRC calls for reform as 85,000 retail jobs are lost in a year
The British Retail Consortium has called on the government to reform business rates and fix the apprenticeship levy, after the equivalent of 85,000 retail jobs were lost year on year.
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NewsBonmarché tumbles into administration placing thousands of jobs at risk
Bonmarché has tumbled into administration, with its boss blaming “a period of historic difficulty” on the high street for its demise.
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NewsRetail sales in September flat, says ONS
Retail sales were broadly flat in the month of August but did increase year on year, according to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics.
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NewsRetail business rates to increase by £137m
The BRC has warned that retailers face a £137m business rates hike from next April based on the latest figures from the government’s consumer price index (CPI), which will pile more pressure on the sector.
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NewsRetail braced for ‘worst Christmas since Woolworths collapsed’
Retail is bracing itself for the toughest Christmas in a decade as Brexit uncertainty, high property taxes and deep discounting grip the market just two weeks into the golden quarter.
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NewsRetailers facing ‘sustained drop in footfall’ as September falls flat
The number of people visiting bricks-and-mortar locations has tumbled 10% over the past seven years, after September suffered a further decline in footfall.
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VideoIs Hays Travel bonkers to buy 555 Thomas Cook stores?
After Hays Travel bought more than 500 Thomas Cook stores, potentially saving thousands of jobs, following its recent collapse, the team debate if the move is savvy or reckless, and what the deal means for the wider high street.