The Technology Strategy Board (TSB) and the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) have recently announced a £2.5 million initiative to stimulate collaborative research projects in the retail sector. In particular they are encouraging projects that focus on: the changing nature of the UK high street and changing retail spaces; e-commerce, m-commerce and omni-channel retailing; [...]
Along with 186 other branches, the Queens Road outlet of the camera retailer closed its doors on Friday after its suppliers, spooked by the demise of Comet, pulled the plug and refused to provide more stock. Administrators closed the stores two days after being appointed and didn’t even bother with the usual liquidation firesale because [...]
The first job for the new governor of the Bank of England [BoE] will be to write a letter to the Chancellor explaining why inflation has missed the 2% target again. At least wages have started to rise ahead of inflation; just. Rocketing energy bills, in time for winter, will be offset marginally by a [...]
According to figures from The Local Data Company the average shop vacancy rate grew slightly to 14.6% in the year to June, up from 14.3% a year ago. Brighton & Hove significantly bucks this trend. Only London saw a decline in vacancy rates and the worst performing region overall is the North West, with 20.1% [...]
The City Skills and Jobs shop is based at 6 Queens Road, Brighton, BN1 3WA. City Skills & Jobs is designed to be a vibrant and welcoming ‘one stop shop’ to facilitate connections between employers and their potential employees, while providing information and support which will help local people to transform their lives [...]
City College Brighton and Hove is about to launch an innovative new ‘skills shop’, City Skills & Jobs, which is designed to be a vibrant and welcoming ‘one stop shop’ to facilitate connections between employers and their potential employees while providing information and support which will help [...]
This Spring, City College Brighton and Hove is launching an innovative new ‘skills shop’, City Skills & Jobs, which is designed to be a vibrant and welcoming ‘one stop shop’ to facilitate connections between employers and their potential employees while providing information and support which will help local people to transform their lives through training [...]
The man who at the helm of making Brighton one of the best places in Britain to shop has been awarded a qualified ‘thumbs up‘ to the report by the Queen of Retail, Mary Portas, into how High Streets around the UK can be revived. A third of the country’s High Streets was “degenerating or [...]
Domestic and General, already one of the City’s largest employers, is to hire 100 new people at its contact centre in Queen Square. New recruits will be hired between now and March 2012 and will work in the company’s customer service and training departments. Maria Stevenson, Domestic and General’s learning and development manager, said the training on [...]
People who window-dress small independent shops in Brighton & Hove are being offered expert training to boost trade. And it is not too late to get onto the scheme. The project, backed with £7000 from the council, is part of a drive to support local retailers during tough trading times – especially in the run-up [...]