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Cycling club raising funds for youth bike maintenance workshops and 'go slow' inclusivity initiative

21 Nov 2024

A local cycling club is raising money and seeking donations and assistance in order to teach bike maintenance to young people through a series of workshops in 2025.
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Bira meets with Treasury members to discuss Budget concerns and business rate reform proposal

17 Nov 2024

Bira has held a meeting with members of the Treasury team to discuss concerns following its robust response to the Government’s recent Budget announcement.
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ACT teams up with Saledock to supercharge bike shop efficiency and customer experience

14 Nov 2024

The ACT has announced a dynamic partnership with Saledock - an all-in-one POS, eCommerce, and inventory management platform tailor-made for bike shops and workshops.
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'Devastating and out of touch' - independent retailers react to Budget bombshell

1 Nov 2024

Independent retailers across Britain have reacted with dismay to yesterday's Budget, with many warning of store closures, job losses and cancelled expansion plans.
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Devastating Budget Delivers Triple Blow to Independent Retailers, Says ACT and Bira

30 Oct 2024

The British Independent Retailers Association (Bira) and the ACT have condemned today's Budget as the most damaging for independent retailers in recent memory, with... Read more…

Retailers paying one-third of all UK business rates despite making up only 9% of economy

30 Oct 2024

Retailers and hospitality businesses are paying three times their economic share in business rates, according to analysis by the British Retail Consortium (BRC) and UK Hospitality.
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How much cash do you still accept? Independent cycling retailers can respond to this survey today

30 Oct 2024

ACT parent company Bira is working with UK Finance and other organisations who form the UK’s wholesale cash industry to gain vital information to ensure businesses get the best possible... Read more…

Bira Conference a huge success with ACT members in attendance

25 Oct 2024

ACT members were in attendance at the hugely successful Bira Conference in London last week, featuring an inspiring line-up of speakers providing valuable insights from independent retail... Read more…

Bira cautiously welcomes retail sales growth but calls for continued support

11 Oct 2024

ACT parent company Bira has responded to the BRC-KPMG Retail Sales Monitor for September 2024
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FSB launches blueprint to revitalise UK high streets and boost tourism

3 Oct 2024

The Federation of Small Businesses has launched a new initiative, which it says aims to transform high streets across the UK, by advancing economic, social, and cultural benefits, while also... Read more…

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Get involved with National Stationery Week

Posted on in Business News, Creative News

National Stationery WeekFill your pencil cases, sharpen your pencils, grab a clean sheet of paper and get ready to celebrate - National Stationery Week is coming. Celebrations begin on 20 April and run until 26 April!

In its tenth year, this ground breaking initiative engages with consumers, retailers, dealers, suppliers, schools, offices and the media in an unprecedented way.

The 2019 campaign achieved huge levels of column inches, airtime, and trended on social media helping to gain extra sales for retailers and re-sellers.

Get involved

National Stationery Week and the ‘Writing matters' campaign presents retailers with a great marketing opportunity to get involved with.

#stationeryshopsaturday, which is part of National Stationery Week's 7 days of stationery, is the perfect time for independent stationery stockists day to encourage the public to visit their shops, to shout about how great they are, their passion for stationery, their product knowledge and breadth of products.

It's a day for people to treat themselves to a beautiful new notebook and pen, to buy a card, write a letter and to celebrate wonderful stationery and the act of writing, and to share their local stationery shop with the world via social media.

For the second year running Stationery Supplies is spearheading #stationeryshopsaturday in support of this amazing chance to get people talking about their love of stationery and visiting their local stationery shops.

Join in with National Stationery Week 2020, take part in #stationeryshopsaturday on 25h April and share the stationery love.

Details on how to become a participating retailer can be found here.

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