SRC highlights top three Scottish Budget priorities for retailers

Scottish high streets are 'one bad budget' away from closing

SRC sends out stark warning ahead of Scottish Budget The Scottish Retail Consortium has called on the Scottish Government to announce a business rates discount for retailers in today’s Scottush Budget announcement. Image credit: flickr.com/ScottishGovernment THE Scottish Retail Consortium (SRC) has reiterated its calls for the Scottish Government to put economic growth at the heart of this year’s Scottish Budget. Set to be announced on Tuesday 1…

SRC highlights top three Scottish Budget priorities for retailers

The Scottish Retail Consortium (SRC) has outlined the retail industry’s top three priorities for the Scottish Budget, which is due to be published on 13 January: *No new additional taxes *Follow England in giving retailers a business rates cut *Sustain and ideally enhance funding for Police Scotland’s Retail Crime Taskforce David Lonsdale, Director of the Scottish Retail Consortium, claimed that retailers had had to contend with rising costs, wh…