Tag: business rates

  • Helen Dickinson on the BRC’s 2024 Retail Manifesto 

    Helen Dickinson OBE, CEO of the British Retail Consortium, joins Natalie on the podcast to discuss the BRC’s 2024 manifesto. They discuss: 

    • Business rates: how is the retail industry disproportionately affected and what does reform look like?
    • Retail jobs and impact of AI: how can the industry continue to attract and retain talent?
    • Shoplifting and staff abuse: what more can be done to deter retail theft?
    • ESG: how can retailers accelerate their transition to net zero and what are the BRC’s policy recommendations? 
    • Tax-free shopping: did the government underestimate the impact of scrapping this and might we see a U-turn?
    • The everywhere economy: what is the BRC’s vision for the future of retail?

    This episode is available on the usual channels (Apple and Spotify) or you can watch a video version on YouTube.

  • Wilko’s Revival, Asos’ Identity Crisis, Bellwether Next Getting It Right

    It’s a bumper episode of #RetailDisrupted this week with retail consultant and high street champion Graham Soult. We discuss:

    🔹 5m: Business rates
    🔹 10m: Store closures – is there more rightsizing to do or has the industry now recalibrated?
    🔹 14m: Wilko’s demise and rebirth: what went wrong and how will the new stores be different?
    🔹 21m: Back from the brink: how to revive defunct brands
    🔹 28m: Mixed fashion fortunes: Is Asos still relevant and what’s the secret to Next’s resilience?
    🔹 37m: New Channel 5 Lidl documentary
    🔹 40m: Future of the high street