Shopping News & Updates
A leading association representing independent retailers across the UK has thrown its support behind new ‘Which?’ research revealing widespread dangerous product safety failures on major online marketplaces.
- 4th March 2026
A leading independent retailers association has added its voice to a landmark cross-industry campaign calling for urgent reform of the business electricity market, as small retailers continue to struggle with disproportionately high energy costs.
Independent retailers across the UK are facing business rates increases of up to 15 per cent next year despite government promises of the “lowest tax rates since 1991”, a leading trade association has warned.
Shoppers and businesses in Sutton Coldfield are set to receive a boost over the festive period – with the return of a Town Council-backed transport scheme.
A town centre audit from Visit Royal Sutton Coldfield Business Improvement District (BID) has revealed a significant shift in the town centre’s business mix, with professional services now overtaking all other sectors
Sutton Coldfield has been chosen as one of 75 towns across the country to receive up to £20 million, over the next ten years, as part of the UK Government’s Plan for Neighbourhoods programme.
- 25th September 2025
A leading retailers association has expressed alarm at the complete collapse of Bodycare, as all remaining 56 stores close by this Saturday (September 27) with the loss of 444 jobs nationwide.
The British Independent Retailers Association (Bira) has expressed grave concern over the mounting challenges facing the UK high street, as a series of major retailers announce significant restructuring plans, store closures and job cuts.
Britain's high street crisis has deepened dramatically with nearly half of independent retailers reporting sales have crashed compared to last year, according to worrying new research that exposes the scale of the struggle facing local businesses.
The British Independent Retailers Association (Bira) has warned that criminals are undermining legitimate retailers as trading standards services collapse, following a new Which? investigation.