British retailers are bracing for what experts predict will be a record-breaking year of shop closures in 2025, driven by the imminent rise in business rates and persistent economic headwinds.
British retailers are bracing for what experts predict will be a record-breaking year of shop closures in 2025, driven by the imminent rise in business rates and persistent economic headwinds.
The chief executive of Sainsbury’s, Simon Roberts, and the general secretary of the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers (Usdaw), Paddy Lillis, have issued a stark warning to the






