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News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. In spite of the weakened economic sentiment, internet shopping is continuing to experience a boom. Retail analysts Verdict...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. A retailer in the UK has imposed rations on the sale of rice, it has emerged. On the...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (UN FAO) has reported a fall in worldwide food prices, it...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. The UK's Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has come out against recent comments made by the Office of...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. Electronics firm Sony has announced details of unexpected losses for the first quarter of 2008. With the downturn...

News for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. Retail sales in the UK have taken a large fall this year compared with the same months in 2007, making...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. Retailers occupying the middle area of the market are expected to be the most vulnerable traders during the...

No sector in the retail industry is free from the effects of the credit crunch, The British Retail Consortium (BRC) has claimed. "Almost every sector" of retail is currently feeling the squeeze, the consortium observed, from food to DIY, electrical...

News for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. According to online shopping discount site MyVoucherCodes, the internet is reaching new highs in terms of online shoppers in comparison...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. A new report has highlighted the difficult trading conditions faced by car dealers in the UK. The annual...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. The price of rice has reached a new high, it has emerged. Data released by Bloomberg shows the...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. A number of UK adults are planning on reducing their outgoings over the forthcoming year, it has been...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. The display of cigarettes in shops across England could be banned under new proposals currently under discussion. In...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. The UK's Office for National Statistics (ONS) has released data showing an increase in retail spending last month....

The British Retail Consortium has reported that sales for February are down on last year by 1.8 percent, possibly as a result of consumers reigning in spending due to the credit crisis. However there was an increase in sales over...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. Computer manufacturer Dell has announced lower than expected profits. Over a period of three months to February 2008,...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. Consumer confidence in the UK has fallen to a new low. The results of a new survey by...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. Retailer Marks & Spencer (M&S) is to start charging for carrier bags, it has emerged. Following an earlier...

News by Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. A survey conducted by a UK managed hosting company, NetBenefit, reveals that over 80% of consumers are concerned over the...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. The Interactive Media in Retail Group (IMRG) has revealed a rise in the amount of shopping conducted online....

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. Cadbury Schweppes has reported positive sales growth figures, in spite of a fall in profitability. Following the reintroduction...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. The UK's Competition Commission has announced details of remedial measures, following an investigation into the practices of Britain's...

The UK's Competition Commission is expected to confirm a number of recommendations to help protect independent retailers against dominant behaviour by supermarkets, it has emerged. Reports have confirmed that the commission, which previously went under the name of the Monopolies...

A report by the BBC has highlighted the popularity of fake merchandise in the UK. Conducted for the broadcaster's Money Programme, the report has found that one out of every five Britons have purchased a fake product, with 24 per...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of public liability insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. New data shows Britain's retailers to be performing better than had previously been expected. Recently released data from...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of business insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has highlighted the gloom faced by high street retailers in January. According to...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of shop insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. Supermarket chain Morrisons has reported positive trading figures for the Christmas period, following in the footsteps of several other...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of business insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. Online sales increased significantly over the Christmas period, it has emerged. Data released by Capgemini shows that over a...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of business insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. The British Association for Fair Trade Shops (Bafts) believes there is growing evidence to show that specialist fair trade...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of business insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. Retail firm HMV has reported strong sales over the Christmas period. Describing its performance over the festive period as...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of business insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. British retailer Tesco has announced a positive sales period over the Christmas season. According to data released by the...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of small business insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. People who set up temporary shops are good for the economy, according to the Federation of Small Businesses...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of business insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. J Sainsbury has reported better than expected sales results. According to data released by the group, over the third...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of business insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. Festive sales figures for Marks and Spencer (M&S) may increase sentiment that consumer spending in the UK is entering...

News for Simply Business - independent providers of shop insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. Retail sales in December were the worst in three years, according to a report by the British Retail Consortium. Compared with...

Despite reports of a slow Christmas period for retailers, Boxing Day sales have attracted large numbers of prospective bargain hunters, it has been claimed. Reports suggest that shoppers are attracted by large high street price reductions, with stores in some...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of business insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. Rather than relying on the existing market for commercial mortgages, small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) should explore other channels,...

Consumer confidence is continuing to fall, an expert has claimed. Richard Dodd, head of media and campaigns for the British Retail Consortium (BRC), has warned that as a result of the interest rate increases that have occurred since August 2006,...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of business insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. Camden is to lose two of its colourful, historic marketplaces to a new, futuristic, shopping complex development. Visitors to...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of business insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. A new report has highlighted the real and growing cost of shoplifting to British retailers. According to the findings...

News by Adfero for Simply Business - providers of independent business & retail insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages and commercial mortgages. The UK's Christmas Prepayment Association (CPA) has expressed concern over the decision by some retailers to take...

News from Simply Business - independent providers of shop & retail insurance, business insurance, business finance, landlords insurance, buy-to-let mortgages, commercial mortgages and information for small businesses. The online retail sector is taking an increasing share of fair trade retail,...

Recent rises in interest rates are impacting upon the UK's consumer sales sector, it has been claimed. According to comments by the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), retail sales have fallen over the last three months in areas of the...

Mastercard has scrapped plans to introduce a new fee policy on debit card transactions for retailers. UK retailers currently pay a fixed fee on all debit card transactions regardless of the amount paid. The new scheme would have introduced a...

Franchising is usually associated with fast food outlets, but clothing and department stores are now proving that it is the fastest way to expand into new markets. In the past few months several big name UK stores have announced rapid...

Toy shops around the UK may find themselves short on some of the most popular toys when the Christmas shopping season arrives. Over 90 percent of toys are currently manufactured in Asia. Problems arose after toy giant Mattel was forced...

A significant number of small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the UK shun trading on the internet because of fears over fraud, it has been revealed. According to comments made by a representative from the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB),...

According to a survey by Convenience Store publication of their readers, 8 out of 10 independent retailers say their store plays an active role in supporting the local community. 98% of retailers that responded to the survey also said that...

Pubs around the UK benefited from a welcome boost to trade over the first footballing weekends of the new season. Many pubs took a hit in profits over the summer, due to the bad weather, smoking ban and with no...

Differentiating themselves from the major supermarkets by providing separate services is the way forward for convenience stores, a trade body has claimed. Unfair buying prices between large and small businesses can be tackled by offering services which the larger shops...

A Manchester couple are capitalising on the large community of Muslims in the city by launching a business aimed at those who cannot drink alcohol. Christine and John Humphries have set up an online shop selling and delivering alcohol-free products...

Interest rate increases are finally beginning to make themselves felt in the retail sector, according to a Grant Thornton survey of retail trading statements. A review of the statements issued on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) during Q2 revealed that...

Shares in some of the UK’s leading retailers continued their downward trend during the last week as stock market fears mount over the impact of the recent bad weather and ever-increasing interest rates. Share prices for retailers across the board...

New research from Grant Thornton, the business and financial advisors, has revealed that 35% of medium to large sized businesses are expecting higher selling prices for the remainder of the year. This reflects the increasing rate of inflation in the...

Retail growth in June is at its lowest level since November 2006, according to a survey from The Confederation of British Industry. In the survey 37% of retailers said that their year-on-year sales were up and 20% said sales were...

Small businesses considering installing facilities to accept debit and credit card transactions should make sure they consider all of the costs and benefits, according to one expert. Simon Bennett, spokesperson for UK payments association Apacs, said that while firms might...