AR engage with Retail Industry Council
Retail Industry Council
AR have engaged with the Retail Industry Council so that we can give our membership a voice in matters including:
- The costs impacting retail businesses
- The importance of ‘Place’ - high streets and alternative retail destinations;
- Employment, skills and productivity.
We have confirmed that we want to put forward AR’s views in several of the following seven worksteam areas, in the priority order : 1, 5, 2 and 3
1.Cost to Business (frictional costs on retail) – Richard Pennycook is the lead
2.Skills and Lifelong Learning (current and future skills needs) – Doug Gurr (MD Amazon) is the lead
3.Employment (quality of work, flexibility) – Helen Dickinson (CEO British Retail Consortium) is the lead
4.Productivity (specific focus on SMEs) – lead TBC
5.Place (importance to retail, high streets and driving up footfall) – Diane Savory (Chair GFirst LEP) is the lead
6.Consumer Protections – Ursula Lidbetter (CEO Lincolnshire Coop) is the lead
7.Circular Economy – Victoria Robertshaw (CEO Keelham Farm Shop) is the lead