Shopping News & Updates
- 24th March 2025
Local events business, Shropshire Festivals, has won Tourism Event/Festival of the Year at the 2025 West Midlands Tourism Awards for their flagship event – Shrewsbury Food Festival.
Visit Royal Sutton Coldfield BID is on the lookout for the next generation of entrepreneurial talent as it launches its first ‘Young Traders Market’.
- 14th March 2025
Towns and cities across Britain are already witnessing a wave of closures as independent businesses shut their doors ahead of April's triple tax burden, the UK's leading retail body has warned.
A multinational retailer of furniture, bedding, technology and electrical appliances has chosen The Gracechurch Centre in Sutton Coldfield as the location for a new store and dedicated UK headquarters.
A national retail body has expressed concern over the latest figures from the BRC-NIQ Shop Price Index for February 2025.
A national retail body has expressed concern over the latest figures from the BRC-NIQ Shop Price Index for February 2025.
- 4th February 2025
Figures show that sales in Shrewsbury increased in 2024 - despite business leaders warning that economic conditions remain “challenging”.
- 31st January 2025
A leading retail body has voiced serious concerns over the future of Britain's high streets following news that WHSmith is in talks to sell all 500 of its UK high street stores.
- 30th January 2025
Enabling works are gathering pace on Bilston Outdoor Market redevelopment ahead of full construction starting in Spring.
- 8th January 2025
Works on a major £19million scheme to transform Wolverhampton city centre will start this month (January).