Tag: Scottish Retail Consortium
Heavy criticism of promo plans
Trade associations slam ScotGov plans
Worst Scottish Christmas in 20 years
Grocery sales might have been performing reasonably well, but for Scottish retail as a whole, December 2018 was the worst since the global financial meltdown of 2008
Sales worst for nearly two years
Sales decreased by 2.1% on a like-for-like basis compared to November 2017
Vacancies soar on the high street
Scottish footfall figures fall behind UK
‘Golden quarter’ starts off rusty
Traditionally the strongest quarter of the year, the last four months of 2018 got off to a slow start according to the latest retail sales figures
Councils ignoring rate relief option
Few councils use powers to cut business rates
Vacancies soar on Scotland’s high streets
Latest figures produced for SRC reveal rising vacancy rate
FOOTFALL in Scottish town centres is continuing to decline, while vacancy rates are now 15% higher...
The next steps for Scottish DRS
With the Scottish Government consultation now closed ZWS boss Iain Gulland shares his views on deposit return
Councils appeal rates
Scottish councils have been contesting their own business rates bills by appealing the rateable values for swathes of local authority owned properties
Food flourishing in Scottish stores
Food sales continue to perform well across Scotland
SRC calls for business rates freeze
SRC calls on Mackay to forgo inflationary rise
SRC not keen on new rates levers
Online and out of town tax under fire
A strong summer in Scotland
MATCHING trends across the UK, the extended good weather of early summer saw total sales in Scotland across June increase by 2.7% year on year
Rates of confusion
SCOTLAND’S current system of business rates is unwieldy and expensive and held together by an often confusing series of reliefs, the Scottish Retail Consortium director David Lonsdale has said
Relief for retailers as sales rise
FOLLOWING the disappointment of April, retailers in Scotland saw like for like sales increase by 1.8% in May compared to the same month in 2017.
ONS report reveals lackluster growth
SRC puts politicians in spotlight over tough conditions
