British Retail Consortium
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Shopper numbers edge up, but still lag behind 2019
Footfall is up by 0.6% on April, but is still 12.5% lower than the same period before the pandemic
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One in seven shops empty as retail vacancies rise
Number of empty shops is up by 2.1 percentage points on Q2 last year
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Retail footfall slides in January but improves on first lockdown
Shopping centres suffer greatest decline in footfall, followed closely by high street locations
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What will save the high street after Covid-19?
‘We need every local authority to step up to the plate and we need localism on steroids’
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Retail vacancy rates hit record highs
The overall retail vacancy rate across Great Britain reached 13.2% during Q3
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Retail footfall inches up in August
Footfall at the UK’s retail locations in August improved by a 7.3 percentage points from July
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Retail vacancies spike amid coronavirus fallout
The overall vacancy rate increased to 12.4% during the second quarter of the year
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Retail footfall down by 82% in May
The figure was a shallower decline than the previous month
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An integrated solution is needed to ensure the UK’s high streets survive
The industry help revive Britain after the pandemic, but it needs radical new thinking to succeed
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BRC issues guidance for store reopenings
The British Retail Consortium has teamed up with shopworkers’ union Usdaw on the guidelines