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For information about the Retail, Wholesale, or Distribution Sectors in the Angus Area contact ECDEV@angus.gov.uk
Scottish retail sales were worth £21 billion in 2006. 12% of enterprises in Scotland are retailers, with 14,450 VAT registered retail businesses operating out of 25,770 outlets. There are 239,421 people employed within retail in Scotland, equating to 1 in 10 of the workforce.
Retailing makes up 6.9% of Scotland's Gross Value Added (GVA), compared with 5% in the UK. GVA is made of up of employee costs, taxes less subsidies on production and gross operating surplus. Compensation of employees forms the largest contribution to total GVA, but the proportion varies across industries, from 90 per cent for the education, health and social work sector, to 32 per cent for the energy & water sector. In contrast, the proportion of GVA made up by gross operating surplus varies from 71 per cent for the agriculture, forestry and fishing sector to 10 per cent for the education, health and social work sector. The GVA in the Scottish retail sector has risen by 48% since 1998 to reach £4.8 billion, compared with a rise of 41% in the UK as a whole. Retail accounts for 20% of turnover and 14% of GVA in Scottish service industries as a whole. This compares with 16% for turnover and 13% for GVA for UK retail in UK services as a whole.
Total sales grew by 5.8% in June, up from 4.0% in May. Like-for-like sales grew by 3.5% compared to 1.9% in the previous month, according to the British Retail Consortium. Once again Scotland outperformed the rest of the UK with like-for-like sales stronger than UK growth of 3.0%. Scotland returned to its postion ahead of the UK on total sales growth, as it had done earlier in the year. UK total sales grew by 7.5% in June. The better than usual weather during June, combined with the start of the domestic and international holiday season, had a positive impact on sales. Source: www.retailindustry.about.com
The Scottish Retail Consortium (SRC), the trade association representing the retail sector in Scotland, launched it's 3rd Retail Crime Survey in early January 2005.
Among the key findings of the survey it found that the overall cost of crime to the retail sector increased by 37% between 2002 and 2003, largely because of an increased investment in crime prevention measures by the sector itself. The overall cost now stands at £228 million.
http://www.sbcc.org.uk
The SBCC was created under the Business Crime Reduction Strategy for Scotland. A partnership between the police, Scottish Executive and Scottish business. The main function of the centre is to provide practical advice to the business/commercial sectors on how to develop business crime reduction and prevention strategies.
http://www.sbcc.org.uk
Retailers Against Crime in Scotland (RACS) exists to ensure partnership working to protect Scotland's retail industry from crime. It maintains a database of known, professional and persistent thieves and circulates relevant information to retail members of RACS with a view to detecting and deterring these criminals in the future. For further information please contact Maxine Fraser, maxine.fraser@sbcc.org.uk
http://www.retailtrust.org.uk
Retail Trust is the national charity for the retail industry. whose purpose is to provide support and assistance to those working in, or retired from, the retail industry. Retail Trust provides a Confidential Helpline (0845 766 0113), open 7 days a week, offering advice and information on virtually any issue or problem, work related or personal, and access to free counselling, free legal helpline, and financial assistance when unforeseen circumstances make life difficult.
The Retail Trust Education Programme offers bursaries and scholarships from NVQ to MBA, to enable people of all ages to achieve their potential in their retail careers. Retail Trust also provides affordable retirement housing on its estates in London, Derby, Salford, Liverpool and Glasgow.
Retail Trust works closely with the retail industry and relies on its support through individual donations, bequests, fundraising events, corporate support and employee involvement to sustain and develop its charitable activities to reach those most in need of its services.
http://www.wasteawarebusiness.com
Waste Aware Business website and Business Recycling Directory can be used by any business based in Scotland to access information about local and national recycling and re-use services from a range of service providers.
