Scottish Retail Consortium

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Firms occupying larger premises in Scotland are set to pay £54.7 million more than their equivalent-sized counterparts down south in the coming year, from 1 April. The figures have prompted the Scottish Retail Consortium (SRC) to reiterate its call for rates parity with England and for the int

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New figures reveal a significant rise in shoplifting across Scotland, with a reported 18% increase in the year ending December 2024. This brings the total to over 43,000 incidents, a jump of 89% compared to 2020.

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Scottish retailers have urged MSPs to approve what they describe as an "imperfect" Budget. The Scottish Retail Consortium (SRC) has published a five-page assessment of the draft Budget, which it sent last week to Holyrood's finance committee and Scottish government ministers.

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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.

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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

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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.

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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%.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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