Tag: High Street
Retail sales accelerate in November as Christmas shoppers hit high street
UK retail sales picked up pace in November as shoppers hit the high street for early Christmas shopping and Black Friday, according to official...
High street voucher scheme to open on September 27
A high street voucher scheme, which will offer pre-paid cards worth £100 to every adult in Northern Ireland, will open for applications on September...
Save England’s High Street with Shop Out to Help Out scheme
In a bid to save England’s high street, Refundable is launching a petition to introduce the Shop Out to Help Out scheme, a campaign...
Let communities and councils decide what happens on their local High...
The government should give communities more say over their local high streets’ future and enable councils to support them to do this.
This is according...
Empty shops surge across UK in first three months of 2021
Empty shop fronts soared higher across UK shopping destinations in the first three months of the year, according to new figures.
The latest BRC-LDC shop...
Almost 190,000 retail jobs axed in high street turmoil since first...
Almost 190,000 jobs have been lost in the retail bloodbath since shops were first forced to shut their doors a year ago, according to...
Around 2,000 Peacocks jobs saved in rescue deal
Collapsed fashion chain Peacocks has been saved by a senior executive with backing from an international consortium, it has been announced.
Chief operating officer Steve...
Shoppers venture out as UK closes in on lockdown anniversary
Footfall around the UK’s retail sites was up 7% last week, but is still heavily depressed compared to its pre-pandemic levels, new data has...
Thorntons to shut all 61 shops with more than 600 jobs...
Chocolate shop chain Thorntons is to shut all its 61 stores, putting 603 jobs at risk. The retailer said it has been hit hard...