ACT and ActSmart to meet with business minister Paul Scully to discuss high street initiatives
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n Wednesday 19th May the ACT and ActSmart, along with other key members of the Independent Retailers Confederation (IRC), will be partaking in a meeting with government officials in regard to the wellbeing of the high street.
The IRC is a well-established organisation, bringing together
like-minded trade associations with interests in the small and
independent retail sector. The IRC represents c.100,000 independent
retailers throughout the UK, creating a growing retail network,
committed to the development and sharing of best practice among
associations and their members engaged in the independent retail sector.
The meeting is the third one of its kind, following a conference with Small Business and Enterprise Minister Paul Scully at the end of last year and another one in February. Previous meetings evaluated any lessons that we have so far learned from national lockdowns and ways in which we can move forward from this using government support. Read more about that here.
The lockdown has heavily affected high street retailers, impacting both essential and non-essential retailers in different ways. The ACT has been collating feedback from IBDs in regard to ongoing issues that are being experienced and any queries that we have been unable to find solutions for. This information has then been combined with other IRC member feedback with following topics being agreed upon:
- Feedback on the re-opening of the high street
- Landlord Tenants
- Brexit - Export/ VAT/ Ecommerce and barriers to SMEs
- Permitted Development Rights
The IRC will be meeting with the minister once again early in the summer. If you would like to provide any feedback or suggestions that could potentially be discussed in the meeting please email info@indieretail.uk.