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Latest Financial Resources
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Campaign Focus | Bira AGM, the Budget and Love Your High Street
Bira held it's annual AGM, a record turnout since introducing digital AGMs. It has also been a week of reaction to the Budget and a brilliant success story in Health & Remedy, who claimed the Love Your High Street Award this year.
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High Street Matters Podcast: Stolen To Order
Leading criminologist Professor Emmeline Taylor, Professor of Criminology at City St. George’s, University of London, lifts the lid on the market for stolen goods and why it is now driving the crime.
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Campaign Focus | High street support ahead of the Budget
High streets have been big topics over the last week. With the Budget upcoming, Bira have been discussing in Westminster how the Government can best support high streets.
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Campaign Focus | Meeting with the Metropolitan Police
Bira was invited to meet with senior officers in the Met to discuss retail crime in the London boroughs, where police outlined ongoing plans to crack down on shop theft and dodgy shops.



