Tag: SRC
Scottish Government backs proposed shopworker protection laws
The Scottish Government has thrown its weight behind proposed new legislation that would give shopworkers greater protection from...
£1.9bn of ‘lost sales’ in Scotland
Analysis by SRC shows that retailers in Scotland lost almost £2bn in sales during the first four months...
£1.9bn of retail sales lost during pandemic, says SRC
A new analysis undertaken by the Scottish Retail Consortium and published a month after non-essential shops were permitted...
England’s High Street Safety Fund should be mirrored here, says SRC
The Scottish Retail Consortium has urged the Scottish Government to earmark cash to help local authorities get town...
Councils pay out over £600m in business bailout cash
Over 50,000 grants totalling over £600m have been paid out so far from two Scottish Government schemes set...
Retail crime, as well as its cost, rockets
The British Retail Consortium has published its latest annual Retail Crime Survey which reveals the number of violent...
Business rates at 21-year high
New figures from the Scottish Government have revealed that the business rate poundage will rise to its highest...
Save the Uniform Business Rate, says SRC
The headway being made on rates reform is at risk if MSPs remove control over the setting of...
Don’t let councils set business rates, trade groups tell Finance Secretary
Representatives of three trade associations – the Scottish Retail Consortium, FSB Scotland and UKHospitality – met with Finance...
SRC slams proposed regional rates amendment
Green Party MSP Andy Wightman has proposed an amendment to the Non-Domestic Rates Bill currently before the Scottish...