This #NAW2026 we are looking at the ways in which retailers are using their Levy funs to upskill their workforce. 🔍 ☕️At Costa Coffee, Rebecca Myers completed a Level 5 Management Apprenticeship and is now a Store Manager.

This #NAW2026 we are looking at the ways in which retailers are using their Levy funds to upskill their workforce. 🔍 💊At Boots, Brian Sibanda completed a Level 4 Data Analyst and is now a Pharmacy Operations Specialist.

This #NAW2026 we are looking at the ways in which retailers are using their Levy funs to upskill their workforce. 🔍 🧑‍🏫First, we look at Amazon, whose apprenticeship programmes span HR, engineering, management, project leadership and much much more.

🎉It's National Apprenticeship Week! 🎉 💻Stay tuned to our social channels as we showcase the ways in which retailers are using their Levy funds to upskill their workforce. 👨‍🏫 #retail #NAW2026

BRC CEO, Helen Dickinson, has reacted to the latest decision from the @bankofengland.bsky.social to hold interest rates. 💬 The MPC recognised that food inflation remained elevated as a result of rising costs from Government policy. 📈 #retail #inflation

Thanks to Maurice Golden MSP for tabling a motion in the Scottish Parliament commending our Nature Positive Plan. 📜 The plan aims to help retailers accelerate nature-positive action and halt and reverse biodiversity loss across their value chains. 🦋 parliament.scot/chamber-and-...

Labour's workers' rights laws risk 'pulling up the ladder' from young people struggling to get a job writes BRC CEO Helen Dickinson in the @dailymail.co.uk this morning. ✏️ Read the full article below.👇 www.dailymail.co.uk/money/market...

✏️Buoyant household disposable incomes and confident consumers are critical to the fortunes of Scotland’s economy, not just for the retail industry and the 230,000 Scots who work directly in it writes SRC Director, David Lonsdale, in @heraldscotland.bsky.social. 📰 heraldscotland.com/opinion/2580...

Business rates are now at 'tipping point' as BRC CEO, Helen Dickinson, stated on the front page of @cityam.bsky.social yesterday. 📰 Government must do more to honour the promise of root and branch reform they made at the 2024 election. 📜 #retail

Latest reliefs show business rates are at a 'tipping point.' 💬 BRC CEO, Helen Dickinson, has responded to the announcement from HM Treasury today regarding business rates relief for pubs and music venues. 📜 #retail #tax

Retailers are still feeling the effects of the changes to National Insurance from the 2024 #Budget. 💷 The implementation of the Employment Rights Act threatens to add further pressure to businesses and could lead to fewer jobs, as Lincoln Jopp MP highlighted today. 📢 #retail

BRC-KPMG Shop Price Monitor. 📈 UK shop price inflation rose to 1.5% YoY in Jan, up from 0.7% in Dec, defying expectations. 💷 Food inflation hit 3.9% (fresh food 4.4%) as energy costs & NI hikes fed through to prices. ⚡️ #Inflation #Retail #CostOfLiving

👮BRC Director of Business and Regulation, Tom Ironside, has responded to the Government pledging £7 million to tackle shoplifting.💬 #shoplifting

📢Lord Sharpe and Baroness Neville Rolfe spoke about the costs the retail industry incurred as a result of the 2024 #Budget in the Lords last week. 💬 This year, the Government must work with industry to create a pro-growth economic environment. 🤝 #retail

Slight increase in inflation, driven by a few factors, principally alcohol and tobacco, followed by transport (earlier collection than usual of flight ticket prices) as well as hospitality, fashion and food.

Inflation took an unwelcome rise to 3.4% in December to round off the year. 📈 This was driven by rising food and transport costs. 💰 BRC Economist, @harvirdhillon.bsky.social, has urged Government to avoid imposing further costs on retailers which could see prices rise further in 2026. 💷

A look ahead to 2026 from BRC CEO, Helen Dickinson, in @retailweek.bsky.social. 📰 'Clarity and partnership must be the theme of 2026' with plenty of new regulations on the horizon. 💬 www.retail-week.com/opinion/what...

The packaging tax will cause food inflation to rise by as much as 0.5% according to the Bank of England. 📈 Robbie Moore MP raised our EPR survey in UK Parliament yesterday. With tight margins, retailers will be forced to pass 80% of fees onto their customers. 💷 #retail

👮Retail Crime Taskforce funding maintained. The SRC is pleased to see Scottish Government maintain the £3m worth of funding for the Retail Crime Taskforce in their #Budget. 📜 This investment will help Police Scotland build on the progress made this year. 👏

Scottish #Budget falls short of ambition to grow the retail industry.📜 The business rates discount does not match that of England meaning the Budget falls short of the shared ambition to make Scotland the best place in the UK to grow a retail business.👎 brc.org.uk/news-and-eve...

The WRC was delighted to welcome Alun Davies MS to a roundtable in Cardiff yesterday ahead of the Welsh elections in May. 👍

Great to have Alun Davies MS attend a dinner with the Welsh Retail Consortium in Cardiff last night. Great conversation around economic growth, investment, skills and the relationship between government and business.🤝 #retail

For more insight into our Retail Sales Monitor, follow BRC Economist @harvirdhillon.bsky.social 👇

A drab Christmas for retailers 🎄 UK retail sales rose just 1.2% YoY in Dec, well below last year. 👎 Food sales grew on inflation, but non-food fell as shoppers held out for discounts. Consumer spending remains cautious. 🛍️ #retail

Scottish #Budget tomorrow. 📰Front page story in the Scottish Daily Mail for the Scottish Retail Consortium with a warning about the future of the high street if changes aren't made to alleviate the burden on shops in Scotland. #retail

Ahead of the Scottish #Budget tomorrow, Deputy Head of the SRC, Ewan MacDonald-Russell, spoke to BBC Radio Scotland this morning. 📻 Retail's priorities are: ✅No new additional taxes ✅A business rates discount to mirror changes made in England ✅Funding to tackle retail crime

A disappointing December for footfall according to the latest BRC-Sensormatic monitor. 👎 Consumers held off for post-Christmas sales in the face of rising bills and food costs. 💷 This caps a challenging 2025 with footfall down 0.8% on the year. 📆 Full story👇 brc.org.uk/news-and-eve...

BRC CEO, Helen Dickinson, has responded to speculation surrounding the future of business rates for pubs. 👇 #retail

The Scottish Retail Consortium appreciated the chance earlier to discuss trading, crime and the Scottish Budget with the Scottish Government's Deputy First Minister @kateforbes.bsky.social . 🤝

📢Retailers in Northern Ireland have urge the Executive to follow England and Wales by cutting business rates. With high streets under pressure from rising costs, freezing rates now is vital to support local communities. newsletter.co.uk/business/nor...

Five leading Business Improvement Districts have added their voices to that of the SRC in calling on Scottish Government to introduce a permanent business rate discount for all retail, hospitality, and leisure premises. @heraldscotland.bsky.social www.heraldscotland.com/news/2573965...

📈BRC-NielsenIQ Shop Price Monitor. 👎Shop price inflation edged up to 0.7% YoY in Dec. 🥗Food inflation rose to 3.3%, while non-food inflation fell to -0.6%.👚 🎄Retailers delivered value over Christmas, but rising policy & regulatory costs risk keeping inflation sticky.

New Year, new column from SRC Director David Lonsdale in the @heraldscotland.bsky.social. 📰 David looks ahead to the Scottish #Budget (13th January) and how it can deliver for retail in Scotland. 📜 heraldscotland.com/news/2573624... #retail

BRC CEO, Helen Dickinson, has written a piece for the Daily Mail regarding the Employment Rights Bill. 📰 In its current form the ERB will lead to 'fewer jobs not better ones.' 💬 Read the piece in full below. 👇 www.dailymail.co.uk/money/market...

There are 74,000 fewer jobs in retail than a year ago. ❌ Viscount Younger of Leckie raised the comments made by our CEO, Helen Dickinson, in the House of Lords today. 📢

A reminder that we should all show respect to retail workers this Christmas and #ShopKind. ❤️ SRC Director, David Lonsdale, was joined by @ross-greer.bsky.social MSP to spread that very message. 📢

BRC-Opinium Consumer Sentiment Monitor. Confidence saw a small uptick in December but remains gloomy.☹️ State of the economy up to -38 (from -44)📈 Personal finances up to -10 (from -16)💷 Retail spending expectations slipped again. 🛍️ #consumerconfidence

📜Employment Rights Bill passes through the Lords. 📜 It is vital that the Government consults with business during the implementation roadmap and that this time period isn't compressed as a result of the delayed royal asent.🗓️ 📢CEO, Helen Dickinson, reacts to the news below.

📉Inflation eased last month according to the ONS, with headline inflation down to 3.2% and food inflation to 4.2%. 💷Extensive discounting helped bring down prices, including clothing, footwear and some meat products - offering welcome value for shoppers ahead of Christmas.🎅

🌎New BRC report using industry-leading, real-world data shows UK retail has made progress in some areas on Net Zero. ❌But with 93% of emissions in scope 3, radical collaboration across supply chains, consumers & government is essential to meet the challenge. brc.org.uk/news-and-eve...

🚨Retail job losses = lost opportunities. 🚨 ONS data shows retail employment down 74,000 in a year and 355,000 since 2015 - now at a record low. 📉 These are vital local, flexible jobs for students, parents & communities nationwide. 👍 BRC CEO, Helen Dickinson, reacts below. 👇

The Welsh Retail Consortium has joined forces with British Independent Retailers Association to urge the Finance Secretary Mark Drakeford MS to scrap the proposed business rates surtax. 🏪 brc.org.uk/news-and-eve...

🛍️BRC-KPMG Retail Sales Monitor – Nov 2025: 😬Pre-Budget nerves hit Black Friday. • Total sales up 1.4% YoY • Food +3.0% 🥗 • Non-Food +0.1% 👕 • In-store Non-Food -0.3% • Online Non-Food +0.5% #Retail #BRC

14 Scottish retailers with 295 stores are urging the Scottish Government to match England’s 10% business rates discount. ✅ 🏪They warn higher costs risk pushing investment south. Scotland’s shops matter—back our high streets and keep retail competitive. #Scotland #Retail

👎Budget jitters + bad weather hit November footfall. 📉BRC-Sensormatic data shows UK footfall down 0.8% YoY: High Streets -1.2%, Retail Parks -0.4%, Shopping Centres -1.3%. NI bucks the trend at +2.7%, while England sees the biggest drop (-1.0%).

Action on retail crime. 👮 A nationwide Winter of Action has launched to crack down on crime and anti-social behaviour. 📜 Police, councils and businesses are joining forces to protect shoppers and retail workers with hotspot patrols, rapid enforcement and local action. 👏

'Tis the season to #ShopKind in Scotland. Fantastic to see support for our festive campaign from Kate Forbes MSP. 👏

👮Police and Crime Commissioners support the festive #ShopKind campaign. 👏Great to have Derbyshire's Deputy PCC Fatima Eltinay support us in our mission to get everyone to show a little Christmas kindness and respect to retail workers this festive season.🎄

👮Police and Crime Commissioners support the festive #ShopKind campaign. 👏Great to have Simon Foster PCC for the West Midlands, support us in our mission to get everyone to show a little Christmas kindness and respect to retail workers this festive season.🎄

👮Police and Crime Commissioners support the festive #ShopKind campaign. 👏Great to have Matthew Scott, PCC for Kent, support us in our mission to get everyone to show a little Christmas kindness and respect to retail workers this festive season.🎄