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- 22 Feb 2012
Do you work with a budding young retailer? Do you have anyone you manage who could be a future retail star? Are you that star yourself? ...
Latest News
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Deadline for Young Retailers extended
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Full house for empty shop report
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- 14 Feb 2012
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Get mentoring
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- 14 Feb 2012
People at work
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Independents ended 2011 on the up (no, really)
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- 13 Feb 2012
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bira introduces its FAB new fashion division
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- 27 Jan 2012
Fashion Association of Britain
Independent fashion retailers have a new rallying point and focused business network – the Fashion Association of Britain , a division of the British Independent Retailers Association .... -
The bira Community Awards
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- 19 Jan 2012
Winnerswill be judged on the following criteria:...
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Calling all bira retailers: Vote Now!
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- 16 Jan 2012
Thisis your chance to let us know which supplier from the bira direct supplier portfolio you think should win. Voting willonly take you a couple of minutes; simply click on the CHA or BHF division logos below to access the voting forms, complete the form online and then presssubmit form, ...
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UK Young Retailer of the Year Awards
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- 11 Jan 2012
Enter now for the inaugural bira UK Young Retailer of the Year Awards. Following the success of the British Hardware Federation Young Retailer of the Year in 2011 , each of bira's divisions are looking for members under the age of 35 who are making a real difference within their retail business....
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Book your place at the National Conference and Gala Awards
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- 11 Jan 2012
Booking Form...
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Have your say - bira Board of Management election
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- 09 Jan 2012
Four places on the bira board of management are up for direct election by bira members....
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Happy New Year? How was the old one?
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- 06 Jan 2012
Happy New Year?...
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Colin Rodway - sadly missed
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- 02 Jan 2012
Colin Rodway, proprietor of Rodways in Ledbury passed away after a long illness, just after Christmas....
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Town centre solution is not magic, just common sense
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- 13 Dec 2011
The High Street in numbers
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Credit where it's due
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- 02 Dec 2011
"The Chancellor's announcement of billions in funds to provide loan guarantees forsmall businesses was the right thing to do: banks are increasingly wary of anyexposure to risk, so small firms are missing out on finance." said Alan Hawkins, bira CEO after the Autumn Statement....
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Jersey Study Tour and Mini Break 2012
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- 29 Nov 2011
On 28th to 31st May 2012, bira is going to the beautiful Channel Island of Jersey for its 2012 Study Tour Mini Break. ...
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bira brings suppliers and retailers together
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- 24 Nov 2011
bira will host its AGM and Conference on 24th April 2012 ...
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Nervy third period prelude to critical Christmas quarter
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- 02 Nov 2011
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The bira third quarter sales monitor portrays a continued struggle for high street sales, with downward pressure on prices and upward pressure on costs. In comparison to the second quarter results there has been a slight moderation in the net figures away from bad news. Even in rea... -
Planning: Future of Towns in balance
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- 17 Oct 2011
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The Town Centre First principle must be a binding principle and not just window dressing if the new planning regime is to provide for sustainable growth, let alone survival, for beleaguered high streets, says the British Indepenent Retailers Association .... -
Survey window closing 18th October
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- 17 Oct 2011
The crucial third-quarter sales monitor window closes on October 18th. After the second-quarter nett fall in business anticipation is keen, with the membership as well as in the media, as to the results....
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Independents to reveal truth of trading in the real economy.
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- 03 Oct 2011
Sales, overheads, people costs, buying prices are all under pressure, right across the retail landscape. bira is asking its members to take five minutes to tell the world how trade is on the High Street, right now, for independents, by taking part once again in its quarterly sales monitor surve...
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The death of the High Street? bira says no!
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- 29 Sep 2011
The Mary Portas review of the great British High Street has sparked much media interest. bira has been involved with many of the reports and investigations so far, making a clear case for the High Street and all the good it brings to a community, as well as pushing the major concerns facing independ...
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Minimum Wage has done its job and needs a root and branch rethink, says bira
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- 13 Sep 2011
Minimum wage freeze needed in 2012 says bira...
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New direction for bira training
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- 12 Sep 2011
The unrivaled bira training offer has a new head, Keith Christian, who has been appointed Director of Training....
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bira adds membership sales manager to drive growth
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- 12 Sep 2011
A new face and a new role combine in Anthony McCarrick, who has joined bira in the newly created role of National Membership Sales Manager....
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Ensure you're insured
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- 12 Sep 2011
For contents, fixtures and fittings and stock, you must ensure that you declare the maximum value which will be at risk during the policy period.
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Sarah Golden is first Marketing Director for bira
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- 12 Sep 2011
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Reality is hard enough without press misrepresentation
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- 11 Sep 2011
Life on the high street is hard and getting harder, but headlines declaring the high street dead are worse than just wrong, they are dangerous, says bira....
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An inspector calls, then another, then another ...
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- 02 Sep 2011
The ring of the bell that puts a smile on the face of the retailer as a customer comes to buy can ring hollow when it heralds instead yet another visit from an inspector....
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Best rates for members
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- 01 Sep 2011
With the weakness in the UK car market over the last few months, it has become a buyers’ market. Dealers and finance providers are cutting their rates aggressively to boost sales. ...
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See red at Red Tape? Cut here
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- 19 Aug 2011
BIS is holding three listening events on the Transforming regulatory enforcement consultation and Red tape challenge. The events are:...
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Riot impact snapshot survey launched to aid police
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- 17 Aug 2011
Going forward it is essential that we provide further concrete support to the police and assistance in securing prosecutions against those involved with the criminality....
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bira members help members
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- 12 Aug 2011
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Independents hit in continued rioting
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- 10 Aug 2011
Independent shops continue to suffer from violence and looting in the continuing outbreak of lawlessness on the streets of England....
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Riot: insured?
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- 09 Aug 2011
Have you sustained loss and/or damage as a result of the riots?...
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Help for retailers and staff
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- 09 Aug 2011
The Retail Trust is ready and able to help staff and independent retailers affected by public disorder and looting on its helpline - 0808 801 0808....
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Looting update
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- 09 Aug 2011
Looting and violence continued to escalate last night, with incidents spreading beyond London. The copycat element may, we hope not, cause the violence to spread. In which case the advice below should be of use to all. Either way it is obvious that the personal safety of all comes first....
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Glickman's trashed in Tottenham rioting
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- 08 Aug 2011
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Have your high street say with Today today
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- 04 Aug 2011
Have your say in the Today programme's high street questionnaire. The key radio show is investigating the fate of the UK's hight streets and is asking for the help of listeners in building a picture of the nation's shopping issues....
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Pain on the High Street
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- 29 Jul 2011
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It's a snip! Retail red tape trimmed, but actually cut?
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- 28 Jul 2011
Christmas crackers are no longer to be treated as fireworks, liqueur chocolates will not be considered the hard stuff and fly spray will cease to be viewed as a poison according to proposals to simplify, combine or abolish retail regulations put forward by BIS....