160,000 part-time jobs could be lost over next three years, warns British Retail Consortium
Part-time roles are particularly susceptible to the upcoming changes in the employer NICs thresholds
Retail job losses loom as sector faces rising costs and weak growth in 2025
Despite a modest rise in retail sales during the 2024 festive period, rising costs and weak growth are expected to drive further job cuts across the sector.
Retail sheds 225,000 jobs in five years
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has reported that there were 2.81 million jobs in the retail sector in September 2024, marking a traditionally low point before the holiday season boosts employment.
British Retail Consortium calls on PCC candidates to get tough on retail crime
The BRC’s latest crime survey shows levels of violence and abuse facing people working in retail skyrocketed across the country to over 1,300 incidents per day in 2022/23, from 870 the year before.
