Using Reviews - Don’t let your customers be secret admirers
In a world obsessed with ‘friends’, ‘sharing’ and ‘likes’, the importance of your happy customers spreading the word should be a critical part of your business plan.
Taking stock of your seasonal increase
Planning the year ahead is crucial for an independent business.
A beginner’s guide to building a greener business
Increasing your efforts to operate more sustainably may have upped its way up to your priority list.
A guide to the Pavement Licence for the independent hospitality sector
One opportunity that COVID has presented to independent hospitality is the extended Pavement license. The opportunity to increase footfall and revenue through the use of outside areas.
Guide to mobile payments for retailers
Bira's preferred card payments provider, Global Payments, has created a guide to mobile payments and how they can benefit your retail strategy.
The Online Sales Tax (OST)
The Online Sales Tax (OST) Survey is your opportunity to have your say and help us influence the government regarding the implementation of an OST.
Quick tips to energy efficiency
With energy prices currently at an all time high, a great help for small businesses to cut the cost of their invoices is energy efficiency.
Are you summer ready? Get ahead of the curve!
With the final easing of restrictions and the high street enjoying the increase in footfall it’s now your chance to get ready and deliver the perfect experience for your customers this summer.
Retail two years after Covid-19
we assess how the retail industry is recovering from COVID - 19 losses and readjusting to a new era of trading.