Tag: Scottish Retail Consortium
Eating into budgets
Scottish Retail Consortium claims fall in Sterling is driving up the price of food
The impact of the fall in Sterling on commodity prices is...
Inflation ups challenge
CONVENIENCE stores across the country face a further challenge with inflation rates at the highest level since September 2013, says software provider Epos Now.
Inflation,...
DRS: debate intensifies
The debate over a proposed deposit return scheme for Scotland has continued to rumble on over the past month, with trade associations now split...
£10m from stores to charities
SCOTTISH retailers helped boost charity funds by over £10m last year.
Research by the Scottish Retail Consortium found that £6.19m was raised by retailers directly...
Budget brings better news
Industry bodies welcome business rates reduction
RETAIL bodies in Scotland were broadly happy with the preliminary Scottish budget announced by finance secretary Derek Mackay in...
Food sales see best month
October growth highest of the year to date SRC-KPMG reports
FOOD sales in Scotland were up in October, according to the Scottish Retail Consortium -...
Food sales show a summer smile
FOOD sales in August in Scotland might not have won any gold medals for the high jump but they did return one of their...
June food sales shine
Value edges up despite continuing price deflation
AFTER months of near relentless decline the value of sales of food in Scotland increased in June compared...
Food struggles again in May
RETAIL sales in Scotland in May continued their established pattern of year-on-year decline, said the latest Scottish Retail Consortium/KPMG Scottish Retail Sales Monitor.
The...
SRC boss warns on Scots tax rates
RETAIL industry group the Scottish Retail Consortium held its annual reception last month – meeting with MSPs from the new Scottish Parliament and hearing...
Snow joke
Chilly April and early Easter mean sales slip again
But food drops less than before as clothing is hit
APRIL 2016 proved yet another poor retail...
Retailers warn on rate poundage increases
SRC says massive shift to business charges as source of local government funding takes no account of trading circumstances and the effect on retail...
Big and small budget story
Small business bonus kept, large business charge up
Swinney announces commercial rates system review
SMALL shops and other businesses with low rateable values learned they were...
Rates set to vary
SHOPS of similar size and rateable value in different parts of Scotland could find themselves paying significantly different commercial rates after the country’s local...
Deflation takes food down 2.6%
There appears to be no let-up in the tough times faced by food retailers in Scotland.
According to the latest Scottish Retail Consortium/ KPMG Scottish...
Easter shift sees 5% dip
Food sales sharply down but retail monitor team says three-month average is best for more than a year.
SUCCESS in the grocery sector is currently...
