Scottish Retail Consortium

Shops in Scotland are expecting to see their business rates bills rise by around £7.6 million from April 2025. The Scottish Government's Budget increases the business rate for all firms occupying medium-sized and larger commercial premises by 1.7% in 2025-26.

Return to school shopping is not enough to stem the drop in Scottish retail sales in July, according to the latest Scottish Retail Consortium - KPMG Scottish Retail Sales monitor.

Scottish retail sales were stunted in the first four weeks of 2024, according to the latest Scottish Retail Consortium (SCR) and KPMG Scottish Retail Sales Monitor.

Scotland has witnessed superficial growth in retail sales, increasing by 6.1% in the five weeks leading up to 30 September 2023, compared to the same period in 2022, slightly down from the previous year’s 6.5% growth. However, when adjusted for the prevalent inflation, with both the SPI and CP

Scottish retail destinations displayed an encouraging uptick in footfall for September, according to recent SRC-Sensormatic IQ data. The data reveals a 1.0% increase year-on-year (YoY), performing 0.6 percentage points better than August and notably outstripping the UK average, which exper

The Scottish Retail Consortium (SRC) has appointed Debbie Harding, chief people & corporate officer at Dobbies Garden Centres, as SRC chair. Ms Harding will succeed John Brodie M.B.E. who has served as SRC chair since January 2018, in Spring 2024.

Scottish retail sales for August displayed a sluggish performance, growing only 5.6% compared to the same period last year, falling short of the 3-month average increase of 7.5% and the 12-month average growth of 8.5%. When adjusted for inflation, the figures reveal a year-on-year decline of 1.3%.

The Scottish Retail Consortium (SRC) has called for public spending restraint rather than tax increases to form the bulk of the action needed to plug the Scottish Government’s projected £1 billion spending gap next year. The gap in the devolved government’s finances is forecast to

Scottish retail sales witnessed a sharp decline in July, with factors including inclement weather and unfavourable economic conditions weighing heavily on the industry, as per data from the Scottish Retail Consortium (SRC). July's sales showed a modest growth of 4.6% compared to July 2022, but this

Scottish retail vacancy rates have risen to a concerning 15.9% in Q2 2023, marking a 0.2 percentage point increase from the same period in 2022, with high street and shopping centre vacancies hitting 15.1% and 20.7%, respectively, according to Scottish Retail Consortium and Local Data Company's Q2 2

Easter lifted Scottish retail sales in April, as total sales in Scotland rose by 9.1% compared with April 2022, according to the latest Scottish Retail Consortium (SRC) and KPMG Scottish Retail Sales Monitor.

Empty retail units in Scotland have risen by a fifth when compared to pre-pandemic levels, according to the latest figures published by the Scottish Retail Consortium (SRC). In Q1 2023, the Scottish vacancy rate remained 15.7% for the fourth consecutive quarter. It was 0.1 percentage points better t

A Scotland-only business rates surcharge is set to cost firms a cumulative £180 million over the next three years, the Scottish Retail Consortium (SRC) has warned.

Belated festive spending has increased retail sales in Scotland in the four weeks to the 26th of November, according to the latest Scottish Retail Consortium (SRC) and KPMG Scottish Retail Sales Monitor.

New research by CBI Economics, conducted on behalf of the CBI and its retail members, reveals retail and wholesale activity is now worth £352 billion a year to the UK economy. According to the research, urgent reforms to the UK’s outdated Business Rates system and inflexible Apprenticesh