British Retail Consortium (BRC)

UK Baker Greggs Warns On Profit After Dip In Demand

British baker Greggs warned on Wednesday that profit for 2018 was likely to fall short of expectations and be at a similar level to 2017, blaming a dip in...

Bad Weather Sees UK Retail Footfall Drop 6.0% In March

A double salvo of winter storms in March caused retail footfall in the UK to drop by 6.0% in March, which was a substantial decline on the 1.3% increase in...

Sorry Chancellor, The Picture Still Looks Fairly Bleak, Says BRC

The British Retail Consortium has said that the economic picture for the UK remains 'fairly bleak', despite a somewhat optimistic set of forecasts outlined...

May's Brexit Speech 'Outlined The Right Priorities', Says BRC

UK Prime Minister Theresa May gave her long-awaited speech on Brexit last Friday, outlining her vision for the future economic partnership between the UK a...

UK Consumer Spending Rises As Cost of Essential Items Climbs

UK shoppers boosted spending in January as they paid more for essential purchases. Consumer spending climbed 3.9% from a year earlier, Barclaycard said...

BRC: UK Government Should Do 'All It Can' To Prevent Future Price Hikes

The British Retail Consortium has said that the UK government should do 'all it can' in forthcoming trade talks with the EU, to ensure that the pain of rec...

UK Retail Sees Christmas Growth, Boosted By Festive Food Sales

UK retail sales were up by 0.6% on a like-for-like basis over the Christmas period, boosted by strong performance in the food retail category. According...

BRC Warns Of Post-Brexit Price Rises If UK Fails To Secure Trade Deals

UK shoppers could be facing higher prices if the government fails to secure new global trade deals post-Brexit, according to the British Retail Consortium...