The British Retail Consortium
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🛍️ The voice of British #retail. Follow for the latest thinking, news and data from the British Retail Consortium.
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Conservative Police and Crime Commissioner candidate for Hampshire, Donna Jones, has pledged to #GetToughOnRetailCrime . 📜
Follow our pledge tracker to see if your local PCC candidate has joined our pledge. 📈
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Labour Police and Crime Commissioner candidate for Devon and Cornwall, Daniel Steel, has pledged to #GetToughOnRetailCrime . Follow our pledge tracker to see if your local PCC candidate has joined our pledge.
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CEO, Helen Dickinson, will be speaking at the The Retail Technology Show at Olympia on Thursday. We look forward to seeing many of our members and others there!
The government must get a grip on the 'epidemic' of shoplifting by removing the shoplifting charter which de-prioritises theft under £200.
Retailers lost £3.3 billion to retail crime last year, it's time for government and PCCs to #GetToughOnRetailCrime .
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Great to see Kate Forbes MSP and fellow Parliamentarians from across the political spectrum are endorsing Scottish Retail Consortium's voluntary guidelines for retailers on the responsible selling of disposable BBQs.
Read the guidelines below 👇
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.Economy NI Minister @ConorMurphySF today met with representatives of the NI Retail Consortium to discuss his Economic Vision’s plans for Good Jobs, including proposals for a new Employment Bill.
💬Director of Food and Sustainability, Andrew Opie, talks at the House of Lords Food, Diet and Obesity Committee Committee.
The government must take a holistic, and not a piecemeal, approach to this which covers all major food players.🏛️
Next, the committee will hear from Andrew Opie, The British Retail Consortium and Sophie Lawrence from Greenbank on the role of the industry in diet and obesity trends.
▶️ Follow House of Lords Food, Diet and Obesity Committee for updates
Director of Insight, Kris Hamer, has reacted to today's Office for National Statistics (ONS) CPI which shows #inflation falling to 3.2% and food inflation falling for the 12th consecutive month. 📉
However, new cost pressures for retailers may undermine progress and result in higher prices for consumers.
🏴Head of the Welsh Retail Consortium, Sara Jones, spoke to BBC Radio Wales today to discuss our Police and Crime Commissioner Campaign where we are asking PCC Candidates to pledge to #GetToughOnRetailCrime .
BRC calls on Police and Crime Commissioner Candidates to get tough on retail crime.
As part of our #GetToughOnRetailCrime campaign, we are asking PCC candidates to commit to three pledges ahead of local elections on 2nd May.
Read more here👉brc.org.uk/news/corporate…
Worth a read 📰
Ex-PM Gordon Brown calls for VAT to be removed from products companies donate to charities.
Retailers donated £76m worth of goods to charities in 2022/23. This unnecessary tax burden must be removed to allow them to do more.
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🌍 Earth Month continues! 🌍
📰Check out this blog produced by our sustainability team on how your business can set science-based targets and why nature and biodiversity are becoming an increasingly important part of #sustainability strategies.👇
#EarthMonth2024
