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'Devastating and out of touch' - independent retailers react to Budget bombshell

1 Nov 2024

Independent retailers across Britain have reacted with dismay to yesterday's Budget, with many warning of store closures, job losses and cancelled expansion plans.
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Devastating Budget Delivers Triple Blow to Independent Retailers, Says ACT and Bira

30 Oct 2024

The British Independent Retailers Association (Bira) and the ACT have condemned today's Budget as the most damaging for independent retailers in recent memory, with... Read more…

Retailers paying one-third of all UK business rates despite making up only 9% of economy

30 Oct 2024

Retailers and hospitality businesses are paying three times their economic share in business rates, according to analysis by the British Retail Consortium (BRC) and UK Hospitality.
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How much cash do you still accept? Independent cycling retailers can respond to this survey today

30 Oct 2024

ACT parent company Bira is working with UK Finance and other organisations who form the UK’s wholesale cash industry to gain vital information to ensure businesses get the best possible... Read more…

Bira Conference a huge success with ACT members in attendance

25 Oct 2024

ACT members were in attendance at the hugely successful Bira Conference in London last week, featuring an inspiring line-up of speakers providing valuable insights from independent retail... Read more…

Bira cautiously welcomes retail sales growth but calls for continued support

11 Oct 2024

ACT parent company Bira has responded to the BRC-KPMG Retail Sales Monitor for September 2024
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FSB launches blueprint to revitalise UK high streets and boost tourism

3 Oct 2024

The Federation of Small Businesses has launched a new initiative, which it says aims to transform high streets across the UK, by advancing economic, social, and cultural benefits, while also... Read more…

Award-winning gin distillery to open new shop in Morecambe

3 Oct 2024

A family-run gin company is set to open a new distillery and shop in Morecambe.
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‘Largest independent bookshop in the country’ to open in York

3 Oct 2024

Independent booksellers Topping & Company will open a new bookshop over multiple floors in central York in autumn 2025.
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Three quarters of British shoppers would ban paper receipts on eco grounds, new data shows

3 Oct 2024

3 in 4 Britons (77%) would ban paper receipts if they knew how many trees were cut down to generate them – and millennials are the most eco-conscious (rising to 87%).
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‘Largest independent bookshop in the country’ to open in York

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Independent booksellers Topping & Company will open a new bookshop over multiple floors in central York in autumn 2025.

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At just under 6,000 square feet, it is set to become “the largest independent bookshop in the country”.

It becomes the fifth bookshop for Topping & Company, which in 2021 relocated the Bath bookshop to the Georgian building in York Street, and in 2019 opened the Edinburgh bookshop in a Grade A-listed William Playfair building. The St Andrews bookshop has also recently doubled in size, while the Ely bookshop celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2022.

The new home for Topping & Company is a "historic building” dating back to 1860, on the corner of Museum Street and Blake Street, with "spectacular views of the west front of York Minster" from the first floor. 

The shop will feature handcrafted bookcases, rolling library ladders and space for 75,000 titles. Complementary pots of fresh tea and coffee will be offered to customers, who will also be able to join reading groups and get expert recommendations from the booksellers.

The York bookshop will also host a range of author events, with the opening programme to be announced next year.

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