Tag: SRC
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...
Time for real government action to ‘save our shops’?
The Scottish Retail Consortium and shopworkers union Usdaw are leading the calls for immediate government action to tackle what they...
DRS: trade associations share glass concerns
Sixteen industry bodies, including the SWA, SGF and SRC, have supported British Glass in an open letter to...
Retailers urge Chancellor to fix business rates
The bosses of over 50 major retailers, including Scotmid CEO John Brodie, have united to demand the Government...
Scottish high street retail jobs ‘fell by 8.6%’ in five years
A new report from the Office of National Statistics has shown that retail jobs on Scotland’s high streets...
Food inflation hits five year high
Food prices are at their highest level in over five years, according to the latest BRC – Nielsen...
Government confirms extent of growing rates burden
New official figures have revealed that the headline poundage/tax rate for business rates has reached its highest point...