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Welsh Business News – Loads of Welsh Business News from the BBC
Plastic straws, cotton buds and balloon sticks are among the items set to be outlawed from 2021.
On Tuesday, councils warned bin collections could be reduced and more events were cancelled.
Brian Meechan
BBC Wales business correspondent
With the main tourist season a few weeks away, businesses fear for the future.
A Pembrokeshire coach firm explains how coronavirus is hitting business hard.
Conwy council signed a deal in 2016 to store lorries then found the floor could not take the weight.
Welsh Bros Foods in Newport has been trading since 1964 but has gone out of business.
Schools remain open – but that could change – and some are getting ready for remote teaching.
Brian Meechan
BBC Wales business correspondent
Transport for Wales’ overall number of passenger journeys fell in 2019, bucking the UK trend.
Business bodies urge Welsh ministers to ensure firms here have the same support as those in England.
Brian Meechan
BBC Wales business correspondent
It is fewer than the 1,000 post closures that had been expected to hit its Welsh workforce.
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Welsh Business News / WelshBiz – New Startup Festival in Wales…
Welsh Business News / WelshBiz – New Startup Festival in Wales…
A new festival to bring together the Welsh start-up community has been launched as part of the annual Wales Start-Up Awards which will again celebrate the contribution that new entrepreneurial firms make to job creation, creativity and innovation across the Welsh economy.
The brainchild of Professor Dylan Jones-Evans OBE, assistant pro-vice chancellor at the University of South Wales and founder of the Fast Growth 50, the Wales Start-Up Awards are unique in being the only business awards in the UK that focus specifically on recognising the achievements of those new businesses launched within the last three years.
Wales Startup Awards 2019 at the Depot, Cardiff. Credit: Matthew Horwood
The 2020 awards will be held at the site of the new Depot in Cardiff on the evening of June 19th with the overall sponsor again being Capital Law, a leading provider of commercial legal services to private and public sector clients throughout the UK, Europe and beyond.
Chris Nott, Senior Partner at Capital Law said:
“Since our involvement with these awards, we’ve witnessed the drive, optimism and creativity of Welsh entrepreneurs. It’s inspiring to see start-ups from previous award years not only flourish, but also surpass the aspirations they originally set for themselves. As a home-grown business ourselves, we’re passionate about encouraging growth in the Welsh economy through the development of a supportive entrepreneurship ecosystem. These awards are at the heart of it: they act as a valuable springboard for Welsh start-ups, by giving them an opportunity to be recognised and connected. For all these reasons, we’re proud to be the Wales Start-up Awards headline sponsor again this year, and cannot wait to meet and see the talent of this year’s entrants.”
To make this year’s event bigger and better than ever, the number of awards is being expanded and the Wales Start-Up Festival will be held on the same day so as to bring Welsh startups together to help celebrate the best of new businesses in Wales.
As Professor Jones-Evans explains:
“Since they were established back in 2016, some incredible new businesses have been recognised at the annual Wales Start-Up awards. With the tech sector growing rapidly across the nation, we have created a number of new awards that reflect some of the sectors that could make a real difference to the economy over the next few years such as cyber, fintech, medtech and mobile technologies”.
He also believes that the event should be about more than being just another awards ceremony and that the reboot of the awards offers an opportunity to add real value to the those applying.
“The creation of the Wales Start-Up festival as a free event to complement the awards will be an opportunity for attendees to hear inspirational talks by successful entrepreneurs, attend advice clinics and workshops and to showcase the best of Welsh entrepreneurship”..
“For the first time, we are also encouraging all of our sponsors to directly support those entering the awards. For example, NatWest Bank will offer a fast-track route to their digital accelerator to all finalists whilst the Celtic Manor Resort, sponsor of the food and drink start-up of the year award, will be giving all shortlisted firms in their category the opportunity to showcase their products at their four hotels in Newport. It is incredible opportunity for startups to get access to the expertise experience and marketing power of our amazing sponsors.”
The full list of awards
• Business to business services startup of the year
• Cardiff startup of the Year
• Construction startup of the year
• Consumer Services startup of the year
• Creative startup of the year
• Cyber startup of the year
• Digital startup of the year
• Equity startup of the year
• Financial and professional services startup of the year
• Fintech startup of the year
• Food and drink startup of the year
• Global startup of the year
• Graduate startup of the year
• Green Startup of the year
• Innovative startup of the year
• Manufacturing startup of the year
• Medtech startup of the year
• Mobile and emerging technology start-up of the year
• Retail startup of the year
• Rising stars award
• Rural startup of the year
• Social enterprise startup of the year
• Tourism and leisure startup of the year
• Valleys startup of the year
• Young entrepreneur of the year
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Entries close on March 27th 2020 and will then be assessed by a panel of judges that include some of Wales’ leading entrepreneurs such as Professor Simon Gibson, Racheal Flanagan of Mrs Bucket, Kate Methuen Ley of Tiger Cardiff stores, James Taylor of Superstars and Richard Theo of Wealthify.
The event is being supported by the Welsh entrepreneurial ecosystem include NatWest Bank, Abel + Imray, BeTheSpark, Bluegg, Business in Focus, Business News Wales, the Celtic Manor Resort, CEMET, Development Bank of Wales, Fintech Wales, Innovate UK, South Wales Chamber of Commerce, Tech Nation, Town Square, University of South Wales, Universities Wales, WCVA and the Welsh Government as well as leading entrepreneurial high growth firms such as ALS Managed Services, CP Hire, Freight Logistics Solutions, the Indigo Group, Mazuma, Wolfberry and ZipWorld.
Further information about the 2020 Wales Start-Up award can be found online at www.walesstartupawards.com
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Welsh Property News – Cardiff & Wales Rental values over the last 12 months…
Welsh Property News – Cardiff & Wales Rental values over the last 12 months…
Over the last 12 months, the average rent achieved for properties let in Cardiff was £755 per month.
This is a +4% change on the previous 12 month period.
52% of properties let in the past 12 months were flats, achieving an average rental value of £691 per month.
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Welsh Business News / WelshBiz – Business Wales Support for Business Women in Wales…
Welsh Business News / WelshBiz – Business Wales Support for Business Women in Wales…
The Welsh Government recognises and supports the importance and contribution that women entrepreneurs make to the economy of Wales, however, there is more to do to continue this journey and further develop the representation of women owned businesses in Wales.
The Business Wales service has therefore renewed its commitment to support and encourage more women to successfully start, sustain or grow a business in Wales and for them to reach their full potential.
Alongside the Welsh Government a significant number of other organisations share this commitment and have joined in the development of a gender aware approach in Wales to encourage and better tailor their support to women entrepreneurs.
This approach has been shaped by an expert panel (the Panel) consisting of representatives from businesses, banks, business support organisations and academia backed by consultation with established or prospective business women & female entrepreneurs in Wales.
The approach sets out a common vision to supporting business and entrepreneurial women in Wales and is supplemented by a ‘Good Practice Guide’ that outlines how business support organisations can better tailor their services to meet the needs of business women or female entrepreneurs.
The Panel has made ten recommendations that build on the current strengths of business support services in Wales and aim to create a structure which the broader business support community can identify with and adopt.
The Welsh Government will take forward the recommendations of the Panel to further develop our support for entrepreneurial women through our business Wales service by producing a detailed action plan.
However, Business Wales cannot do it alone and actively encourage other support organisations to join in the journey and adopt the approach set out, in part or whole, and follow the principles of the Good Practice Guide.
Getting involved: Supporting organisations – make a difference
The Welsh Government and supporting partners are keen to talk to any organisation that deliver business support in Wales and are willing to become actively involved in supporting women in starting, sustaining or growing their business.
There are many ways in which organisations can become involved:
• implementing the associated ‘Good Practice Guide’
• making a commitment on the Business Wales or Be the Spark website to showcase what you currently do, and what you are going to do to improve support for women entrepreneurs
• joining in the conversation on #businesswomenwales
• spreading the word and encouraging others to take part
To commit your support please contact Business Wales here.
Supporting Entrepreneurial Women in Wales: An Approach for Wales, click here.
For a Good Practice Guide for business support organisations please click here.
For the Business Wales Action Plan response to recommendations, please click here.
Mentoring
In a survey undertaken by the University of South Wales (USW) one of the most valued support for women either starting or sustaining their business is access to business mentors as experienced and informal sources of guidance in addition to business advisors. Business Wales has over 500 mentors, of which 38% are women, available as part of its service that are ready to help you on your journey to start, sustain or grow your business, and if you would prefer a woman mentor just ask.
Click here for more information on finding a business mentor or becoming a mentor yourself.
Other organisations that provide business mentoring support:
• Princes Trust if you are aged 18-30
• Prime Cymru if you are aged 50 or over
Incubation Units/Co-working locations and business hubs
There are a number of business start-up units and working spaces (incubator units) across Wales that are great opportunities to start or grow your business with other businesses that are in the same situation, possibly facing the same challenges as yourself. These incubator units deliver packages of support to help your business and yourself.
Please click here for more information on incubator units in Wales.
Financial Support In Wales
There are a number of finance options available when starting or growing a business, below are some links that may help shape your decision:
• Finding Finance (Business Wales)
• Development Bank of Wales
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16 Top Blogging Tips from 16 Top Blogging Experts…
I’ve heard blogging referred to a couple of times recently as a mixture between an art and a science. If this is true (and I think it is), there’s no ‘right way’ to approach blogging if you want to be successful. There are plenty of people who’ve done a great job of it though, and I thought it would be useful to learn from them.
These 16 bloggers shared one important tip each for blogging beginners. No doubt, even if you’re not a beginner these tips will probably prove to be useful.
1. Get ideas from your audience
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Create blog posts that answer the most interesting questions from people you engage with on social media.
Dave Larson, founder of @tweetsmarter
This can be a great way to gather ideas of what topics people would most like to read about, which will help your blog grow! One of the best ways I’ve seen this in action is through blog comments or Tweets. In one example, here on FastCompany a lot of people requested a post that features more women entrepreneurs:
Now, a few weeks later adding such an article where just women contributed and built great businesses was a big hit:
2. Understand your audience
Understand your audience better than they understand themselves. It takes a lot of upfront research, and often means being a member of the very tribe you’re trying to lead – but it pays off.
Brian Clark, founder and CEO, Copyblogger
Understanding your audience better means you’ll have a better idea of what blog content will resonate with them, which is a good start when you get to writing blog posts.
A great technique for doing this is to simply ask your readers first on Twitter, Facebook or LinkedIn with an engaging quote. If people respond well to it, than this is probably a great topic to write about. An example for this comes from Andrew Chen who famously “tests” his blogpost ideas on Twitter first.
And so does Joel here at Buffer. Take this example from a recent Twitter post of his, where he simply tweeted one quote to see how well people liked a topic before he blogged about it:
3. Write for yourself first
Write for yourself first & foremost. Ignore the fact that anyone else will read what you write; just focus on your thoughts, ideas, opinions and figure out how to put those into words. Write it and they will come.
Adii Pienaar, founder of PublicBeta
Adii’s experience in writing for himself firstly has made a difference to his blog in ways he didn’t expect:
Yes, since I’ve been writing for myself, I’ve found that I write more and I publish more often. I think though that the main reason for that is that I don’t decide whether to publishing something based on the traction / reception that the post will receive within my audience; instead if I want to publish something, I do so. For myself.
4. Build your email list
Start building your email list from day one. Even if you don’t plan on selling anything, having an email list allows you to promote your new content to your audience directly without worrying about search rankings, Facebook EdgeRank, or other online roadblocks in communications.
Kristi Hines, freelance writer and professional blogger
When you’re asking readers to sign up for your email list, you might want to try experimenting with different language. Willy Franzen found that his subscription rate jumped 254% higherwhen he changed his call-to-action from “subscribe by email” to “get jobs by email”:
Using this phrase more clearly tells Willy’s readers what they’re signing up for, which clearly worked well!
5. Love your existing readers
Love the readers you already have. A lot of bloggers get quite obsessed with finding new readers – to the point that they ignore the ones they already have. Yes – do try to find new readers but spend time each day showing your current readers that you value them too and you’ll find that they will help you grow your blog.
Darren Rowse, founder of ProBlogger
Focusing on your readers is a great way to get to know them better (see tip #2). I love the way Daniel Burstein describesblog readers’ expectations of you as a blogger:
A blog is really two things. One, simply a piece of technology, a platform. But, two, it is a promise in the minds of most readers, who expect that the blog should have actual content with some elements of value that is hyper-targeted to their needs. Much like with a newspaper. Readers don’t just look at a newspaper as newsprint that is delivered on their driveway every morning. They look at it as valuable information about their city, where they live, and the things that they do.
6. Focus on building an amazing call-to-action
I screwed up for years. I’d blog and blog. Some of my posts were doing very well on places like Hacker News, but I had such hard time getting return visitors. And very few people bothered to follow me on Twitter.
Don’t rely on people to do the work to find your Twitter account. Don’t rely on them to do the work to find your details in a sidebar. People are blind to sidebars. Thanks banner ads!
Finish your blog post with some kind of call to action to signup for an email list or follow you on Twitter. When I started doing this, I immediately increased my Twitter followers by 335% in the first 7 days.
Nate Kontny, founder of Draft
Nate uses a simple call-to-action on his blog now, that looks like this:
This particular technique we’ve also tested here on the Buffer blog and found it to work amazingly well to bring attention to other blog posts we’ve written, like this:
or to Buffer product features, like this:
7. Give stuff away
Give away free content that adds value to people’s lives “until it hurts” and they will love you and become loyal fans.
Jeff Bullas, blogger and author of Blogging the Smart Way
A great example of this is the research done by Incentivibe, who found that adding a giveaway contest pop-up to the bottom-right of their website led to 125% more email subscribers.
8. Be consistent
Consistency is one of the most important things that bloggers tend to forget. It’s much easier to lose your traffic than it is to build it up, so make sure you consistently blog.
Neil Patel, founder of KISSmetrics
A study by Hubspot showed that consistent blogging actually leads to higher subscriber growth rates:
Over a two-month span, businesses that published blog entries on a regular basis (more than once a week) added subscribers over twice as fast as those companies that added content once a month.
9. Give away your knowledge
Don’t be afraid to showcase what you know. Too many bloggers hold back the good stuff out of fear of giving away the “secret sauce.” There is no secret sauce in a world where everyone has high speed Internet access at all times. Today, you want to give away information snacks to sell knowledge meals.
Jay’s advice is to share the knowledge you have, rather than keeping it tucked away for a rainy day. Chris Guillebeau follows this advice by offering two free, downloadable PDFs to his readers. Chris also does what Jay calls giving away “information snacks to sell knowledge meals.” On both of the free PDF download pages, Chris markets his book on the right-hand side.
10. Be true to your voice
Stay true to yourself and your voice. People don’t care to follow sites so much as they care to follow people.
Chris Pirillo, founder and CEO, LockerGnome
Another blogger who advocates the importance of the writer’s voice is Jeff Goins. He says that your voice is the most important, yet over-looked part of blogging:
Writing isn’t about picking the right topic; it’s about finding the right voice. What matters, what readers really resonate with, isn’t so much what you say, but how.
11. Give it time – This is why
Plan to invest in blogging for a long time before you see a return. The web is a big, noisy place and unless you’re willing to invest more over a greater period of time than others, you’ll find success nearly impossible. If you’re seeking short-term ROI, or a quick path to recognition, blogging is the wrong path. But if you can stick it out for years without results and constantly learn, iterate, and improve, you can achieve something remarkable.
Rand Fishkin, CEO of Moz
Rand shared these great images with us from his wife’s travel blog, Everywhereist, which shows just how long it can take to see a return on your efforts:
12. Give your email list priority
If you’re blogging to create a business, a movement, or to support a cause, then you need to build an email list. It’s not an option. I don’t even consider my blog to be my community, my email list is my community. Caring about these people, writing for them, and delivering value to them should be your number one goal.
James Clear, entrepreneur, weightlifter and travel photographer
When the New York Public Libraryfocused on growing email subscription rates, this simple home page design with information about what readers could expect to receive boosted numbers by 52.8% over a more complicated version with less information about the actual newsletter:
13. Write catchy headlines
No matter how great your content is, it won’t matter unless you have an amazing headline. People have a split second to decide if they should click on your post, and your headline will make them decide. The headline is also essential in making it easy and desirable for people to share your post. Keep your headlines SPUB: simple, powerful, useful and bold.
Dave Kerpen, author and CEO of Likeable Local
Something we do at Buffer is to test several different headlines for each of our blog posts to determine which ones works best. Here’s an example of what that might look like:
You can read more about this particular approach in more depth here: A scientific guide to writing great headlines on Twitter, Facebook and your Blog
14. Be Yourself
There isn’t one specific set of rules to be successful in blogging. When I started blogging, I had the opportunity to learn from experienced and successful bloggers in the industry. One of the best lessons I’ve learned from them is to simply be me. I didn’t have to be too “professional” or use “big words” to impress others. I had to simply be me.
By being me, I enjoyed writing and the process more. It had me writing more than I usually would too. If you look at the the most successful writers like Seth Godin and Chris Brogan you’ll notice that they are different and unique in their own ways.
Moz CEO Rand Fishkin agrees that telling your company’s story is important, as opposed to following a formula for successful blogging:
Emotion and storytelling have been part of how we communicate with each other and inspire action for thousands of years.
15. Keep it short
Biggest lesson I learned in my past year of blogging. Keep it in the 1–2 minutes read-time length.
Derek Sivers, founder of Wood Egg
Working out the best length for your blog posts can be tricky. You generally need about 300 words minimum to get indexed by search engines, but otherwise the length of your post is up to what you think feels best.
Derek Sivers noticed recently that his shorter posts were much better received by readers and seemed to be shared more, unlike his longer posts:
When I’ve written articles that were too long or had too many ideas, they didn’t get much of a reaction.
When I read books, I often feel bad for the brilliant idea buried on page 217. Who will hear it?
Stop the orchestra. Solo that motif. Repeat it. Let the other instruments build upon it.
The web is such a great way to do this.
Present a single idea, one at a time, and let others build upon it.
According to this Chartbeat graph below, many visitors to your site won’t bother scrolling, and most visitors won’t read more than about 60% of what you’ve written. Keeping it short and sharp then, could be worthwhile.
If you’re looking for a general guide to blog post length, Joe Pulizzi’s blog post, “A blog post is like a miniskirt” might be useful:
A blog post is like a miniskirt.
It has to be short enough to be interesting, but long enough to cover the subject.
16. Make it worth referencing – here is how:
One thing I always try to keep in mind before publishing a post is would anyone want to “cite” this for any reason? Just like interesting research is great because it leaves you with a fascinating finding or an idea, I like for my posts to be the same. That doesn’t mean relying on research, but simply making sure each post has an original lesson or actionable item, making it “citable” on the web.
Gregory Ciotti, marketing strategist at Help Scout
Our very own Buffer co-founder Leo has written about a similar thing before:
When writing a post, I get into a mindset to answer just this 1 question with a Yes: “Would anyone email this article to a friend?”
It’s an extremely simple proposition. Yet, it has changed my writing completely. If I put myself into a reader’s head going through a post and seeing whether someone will say “Oh, this is interesting, John will really like this”, then I go ahead and publish it. It’s almost like an invisible threshold to pass. I need to improve the post until this level is reached. I will iterate, find more research, get more examples, until I can truly imagine this happening.
I’m sure there are lots more great tips out there about building a blog. What’s your favorite?
Image credits: David G. Larson, Copyblogger, The WordPress Podcast, Party Biz Connect, Darren Rowse, Nate Kontny, Jeff Bullas, FounderTips, Social Media Examiner, Chris Pirillo, LinkJuice, James Clear, Dave Kerpen, Joshua Titsworth, Derek Sivers, Unbounce
For more see:
https://buffer.com/resources/blogging-advice-for-beginners-from-16-experts/amp
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Retail Statistics from ONS…
1.Main points
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In the three months to January 2020, the quantity bought in the retail sales industry fell by 0.8% when compared with the previous three months, with declines across all sectors.
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Retail volumes increased by 0.9% in January 2020, recovering from the falls in the previous two months; the increase was mainly because of moderate growth in both food stores (1.7%) and non-food stores (1.3%).
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Fuel saw a large fall of 5.7% in the quantity bought in January 2020 when compared with December 2019, which coincides with a rise in fuel prices of 2.3 pence per litre between December and January (consumer price inflation, January 2020).
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Online sales as a proportion of all retailing was 19.0% in January 2020, down from 19.3% in December 2019.
2.Retail sales in January
In the three months to January 2020, both the amount spent and the quantity bought in the retail industry fell by 0.5% and 0.8% respectively when compared with the previous three months (Table 1).
In contrast, the monthly picture was one of growth at 1.2% and 0.9% for the amount spent and the quantity bought respectively, mainly because of a recovery from a weak November and December 2019. When compared with a year earlier, both measures reported growth at 2.1% for the amount spent and 0.8% for the quantity bought.
The longer-term trend provides a fuller picture of what is happening in the retail sector (Figure 1).
Figure 1: Total retail sales declined in the three months to January 2020, while the monthly growth recovered after two monthly declines
Seasonally adjusted, Great Britain, January 2017 to January 2020
3 month on 3 month
Month on month
Jan 2020Jan 2019Jan 2018Jan 2017
0.0100.0110.0
Growth rate %
Source: Office for National Statistics – Monthly Business Survey – Retail Sales Inquiry
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Figure 1 shows the quantity bought in retail sales over time for both the rolling three-month on three-month and the month-on-month movement. While both series show a general increase, the monthly path shows more volatility than the smoother three-month on three-month series.
Since June 2019, there has been a slowdown in the quantity bought, with successive declines in the three-month on three-month movement from November 2019. The quantity bought in January 2020 when compared with the previous three months was negative 0.8%.
While the monthly growth rate in January 2020 increased by 0.9%, this follows two consecutive months of decline in November 2019 at 0.8% and December at 0.5%.
3.Retail sales growth by sector
Table 2 shows the month-on-month and the three-month on three-month growth rate in the quantity bought for each retail sector in January 2020.
The monthly growth rate shows that all sectors except household goods stores and fuel stores increased in the quantity bought, resulting in an overall increase of 0.9%. The large decline in fuel stores coincided with a large rise in fuel prices (Figure 2).
4.Fuel stores
As seen in Table 2, the quantity bought in fuel stores decreased by 5.7% in January 2020 when compared with December 2019. Fuel prices also increased by 2.3 pence per litre between December 2019 and January 2020 (consumer price inflation, January 2020), which has resulted in consumers getting less for their money when they fill their tanks. Some anecdotal feedback from retailers also suggested the wet weather in parts of the country may have reduced fuel sales.
The fuel average store price (also known as the implied deflator) shows a sharp increase between December and January (Figure 2).
Figure 2: The implied deflator for fuel stores shows a sharp increase in January 2020
Non seasonally adjusted, Great Britain, January 2019 to January 2020
Jan 2020Jul 2019Jan 2019
-2.0-1.00.01.02.03.0
Growth rate %
Source: Office for National Statistics – Monthly Business Survey – Retail Sales Inquiry
Notes:
- The implied deflator is calculated by dividing the value estimates by the volume estimates to give an implied price.
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A continued increase in fuel prices was seen from March 2019 until a sharp fall in prices in June 2019. August 2019 was the exception to a general fall in prices until January 2020, with an increase of 1.9% when compared with December 2019.
5.Month-on-month contributions to growth by sector
Figure 3: Fuel provided a negative contribution in January 2020 despite an overall growth in both the quantity bought and the amount spent
Great Britain, January 2020 compared with December 2019
TotalFuelNon-store retailingNon-food storesFood stores
-1.0-0.50.00.51.01.5
Percentage points
Source: Office for National Statistics – Monthly Business Survey – Retail Sales Inquiry
Notes:
- Please note sector estimates may not sum to total because of rounding.
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The overall increase of 1.2% for the amount spent and 0.9% for the quantity bought in January 2020 compared with the previous month was because of positive contributions in all sectors except fuel stores.
Food stores was the largest contribution for the quantity bought at 0.7 percentage points, while non-food stores was the largest contribution for the amount spent at 0.9 percentage points.
6.Year-on-year contributions to growth by sector
Figure 4: Non-store retailing was the largest positive contribution to both the amount spent and quantity bought in January 2020 when compared with the previous year
Great Britain, January 2020 compared with January 2019
TotalFuelNon-store retailingNon-food storesFood stores
0.01.02.0-1.03.0
Percentage points
Source: Office for National Statistics – Monthly Business Survey – Retail Sales Inquiry
Notes:
- Please note sector estimates may not sum to total because of rounding.
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Non-store retailing, at 1.2 percentage points for both measures, was the largest contribution to the overall growth of 2.1% for the amount spent and 0.8% for the quantity bought.
Negative contributions to the year-on-year growth came from the quantity bought in food stores at negative 0.1 percentage points and fuel stores at negative 0.3 percentage points.
7.Online sales
Table 3 shows the month-on-month and year-on-year growth rates for the amount spent online, in addition to the proportion of online sales. The percentage weights indicate where money is spent online.
Online spending increased in January 2020 at 0.9% when compared with December 2019, with strong growth in food stores at 5.7% and non-store retailing at 5.1%.
The strong decline of negative 6.8% in non-food stores was largely down to big falls in department stores (negative 4.8%) and household goods stores (negative 26.7%). These stores experienced strong growth in the previous month at 16.9% for department stores and 19.6% for household goods stores.
Internet sales increased by 4.9% in January 2020, when compared with January 2019. Other stores and non-store retailing both reported strong growth at 11.5% and 9.9% respectively, while department stores reported the largest fall at negative 14.4%.
Online sales as a proportion of all retailing was 19.0% in January 2020, down from 19.3% in December 2019.
8.Retail Sales data
Retail Sales Index
Dataset | Released 20 February 2020
A series of retail sales data for Great Britain in value and volume terms, seasonally and non-seasonally adjusted.
Retail Sales pounds data
Dataset | Released 20 February 2020
Total sales and average weekly spending estimates for each retail sector in Great Britain in £ thousands.
Retail Sales Index internet sales
Dataset | Released 20 February 2020
Internet sales in Great Britain by store type, month and year.
Retail Sales Index categories and their percentage weights
Dataset | Released 20 February 2020
Retail sales categories and descriptions and their percentage of all retailing in Great Britain.
9.Glossary
Value (amount spent)
The value estimates reflect the total turnover that businesses have collected over a standard period.
Volume (quantity bought)
The volume estimates are calculated by taking the value estimates and adjusting to remove the impact of price changes.
Seasonally adjusted
Seasonally adjusted estimates are derived by estimating and removing calendar effects (for example Easter moving between March and April) and seasonal effects (for example increased spending in December as a result of Christmas) from the non-seasonally adjusted (NSA) estimates.
Non-seasonally adjusted
Non-seasonally adjusted estimates refer to raw data where the effects of regular or seasonal patterns have not been removed.
Non-store retailing
Non-store retailing refers to retailers that do not have a store presence. While the majority is made up of online retailers, it also includes other retailers such as stalls and markets.
10.Measuring the data
This bulletin presents estimates of the quantity bought (volume) and amount spent (value) in the retail industry for the five-week period 29 December 2019 to 1 February 2020.
Unless otherwise stated, the estimates in this release are seasonally adjusted.
Retail sales collects turnover data from retailers, which is money through the till before any deductions, including refunded items. This provides us with the best indicator for consumer spending during the reference period.
The Retail Sales Index (RSI) measures the value and volume of retail sales in Great Britain on a monthly basis. Data are collected from 5,000 businesses in the retail industry, with all businesses employing over 100 people or with an annual turnover of more than £60 million receiving an online questionnaire every month. The survey’s results are used to produce seasonally adjusted monthly, quarterly and annual estimates of output in the retail industry at current price and at chained volume measures (removing the effect of price changes).
Quality
More quality and methodology information on strengths, limitations, appropriate uses, and how the data were created is available in the Retail sales QMI.
This year, with another full year’s data, we will be undertaking our annual update of our commodity deflators to improve our estimates of volumes sold.
11.Strengths and limitations
Uses and users
The Retail Sales Index (RSI) is an important economic indicator and one of the earliest short-term measures of economic activity. It is used in the compilation of the national accounts and widely used by private and public sector institutions, particularly by the Bank of England and HM Treasury to assist in informed decision- and policy-making.
Comparability with international data
The most recent international estimate of retail sales available for January 2020 was published by the US Census Bureau on 14 February 2020. In its advanced monthly sales for retail and food services, January 2020 (PDF, 1.46MB) they include the amount spent in the US retail industry, including motor vehicles and parts and food services.
Data for Northern Ireland are published by the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA).
It should be noted that accurate comparisons cannot be made against these or other international statistics for a variety of reasons, including differences in methodology.
Eurostat also published their latest estimates of the Volume of retail trade (PDF, 502KB) across the European Union on 7 January 2020 for November 2019. This shows the seasonally adjusted volume of retail trade in both the euro area (EA19) and EU28 when compared with September 2019.
As the UK leaves the EU, it is important that our statistics continue to be of high quality and are internationally comparable. During the transition period, those UK statistics that align with EU practice and rules will continue to do so in the same way as before 31 January 2020.
After the transition period, we will continue to produce our national accounts statistics in line with the UK Statistics Authority’s Code of Practice for Statistics and in accordance with internationally agreed statistical guidance and standards.
The Withdrawal Agreement outlines a need for UK gross national income (a fundamental component of the national accounts, which includes gross domestic product (GDP)) statistics to remain in line with those of other EU countries until the EU budgets are finalised for the years in which we were a member. To ensure comparability during this cycle, the national accounts will continue to be produced according to European System of Accounts (ESA) 2010definitions and standards.
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Increase Your Web Traffic
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18th March – Cardiff
Procurex Wales 2020
EVENTS
18th March – Cardiff
Women’s Business Lunch
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18th March – Llandudno Junction
Assistance for New Social Businesses -1-2-1 Support Session
EVENTS
19th March – Cardiff
Gofod3 – Wales’ Biggest Third Sector Event
EVENTS
19th March – Glascoed
Croner HR & Employment Law Seminar
EVENTS
19th March – Merthyr Tydfil
Sell More With Social Media
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19th March – St Asaph
Tax & Bookkeeping Workshop
EVENTS
19th March– Pontyclun
Sell More With Digital Marketing
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19th March – Aberystwyth
Marketing – The Whole Picture
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19th March – Dolgellau
SEO To Grow Your Business
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19th March – Cardiff
How To Tender – An Introduction
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20th March – Swansea
Ladies Lunch
EVENTS
20th March – Chepstow
Business Expo
EVENTS
23rd March – Port Talbot
Connect your business
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24th March – Welshpool
Mid Wales Business Networking
EVENTS
24th March – Cardiff
Circles Networking
EVENTS
24th March – Bridgend
Employment Law Update
EVENTS
24th March – Tredegar
Sell More With Social Media
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24th March – Deeside
Tax & Bookkeeping Workshop
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24th March – Llandudno Junction
Office 365 To Grow Your Business
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25th March – Cardiff
The Welsh Construction Shows 2020
EVENTS
25th March – Cardiff
Business Growth Expo
EVENTS
25th & 26th March – Llandudno
Tomorrow’s Health 2020
EVENTS
25th March – Cwmbran
Managing Your Finance & Tax
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25th March– Hensol
Sell More With Digital Marketing
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25th March – Newport
Women’s Business Club
EVENTS
25th March – Newport
Pensions for Breakfast
EVENTS
26th March – Gaerwen
Assistance for New Social Businesses in Anglesey
EVENTS
26th March – Cardiff
The Welsh Business Show
EVENTS
26th March – Swansea
LINC – Climate Action
EVENTS
26th March – Swansea
Cancer in the Workplace: Supporting Employers and Employees
EVENTS
26th March – Carmarthen
Let’s Get Digital
EVENTS
26th March – Cardiff
Cardiff Breakfast Club – Guest Speaker – Sir David Norgrove – Chair of the UK Statistics Authority
EVENTS
27th March – Aberystwyth
An Introduction to Tax and Bookkeeping
EVENTS
27th March – Cardiff
Wales HR Awards
EVENTS
31st March – Cardiff
Circles Networking
EVENTS
31st March – Swansea
Swansea City Centre Conference
EVENTS
31st March – Llandudno Junction
Branding & Marketing
EVENTS
April Business Events in Wales
1st April – Newcastle Emlyn
CCP Business Network
EVENTS
1st April – Newport
Understanding Exporting
EVENTS
2nd April – Newport
Classification of Goods – AM
EVENTS
2nd April – Newport
Incoterms – PM
EVENTS
3rd April – Chepstow
Business Breakfast
EVENTS
7th April – Cardiff
Circles Networking
EVENTS
8th April – Newport
Planning Surgery
EVENTS
14th April – Cardiff
Circles Networking
EVENTS
15th April – Newport
Ladies Who Latte
EVENTS
15th April – Cardiff
Women’s Business Lunch
EVENTS
16th April – Llandrindod Wells
Succession Surgery
EVENTS
16th April – Bridgend
ICT Course – For Beginners
EVENTS
17th April – Swansea
Ladies Lunch
EVENTS
21st April – Cardiff
City and Growth Deals in Wales: Progress and Next Steps for Delivery
EVENTS
21st April – Cardiff
Circles Networking
EVENTS
22nd April – Gaerwen
Marketing & Diversification Surgery
EVENTS
22nd April – Newport
Women’s Business Club
EVENTS
23rd April – Cardiff
Katherine Bennett CBE
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28th April – Cardiff
Circles Networking
EVENTS
28th April – Conwy
Women in Business Networking Group
EVENTS
28th April – Bridgend
Networking Lunch
EVENTS
29th April – Cardiff
Next Steps for Science and Innovation Policy in Wales
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May Business Events in Wales
1st May – Cardiff
Wales STEM Awards 2020
EVENTS
4th May – Caernarfon
ICT Course – For Beginners
EVENTS
6th May – Bala
Round the Table Networking
EVENTS
6th May – Bala
Succession Surgery
EVENTS
6th May – Newcastle Emlyn
CCP Business Network
EVENTS
6th May – Pembrokeshire
ICT Course – For Beginners
EVENTS
12th May – Gaerwen
Business Four North Wales
EVENTS
12th May – Welshpool
Marketing & Diversification Surgery
EVENTS
13th May – Llandudno Junction
Assistance for New Social Businesses -1-2-1 Support Session
EVENTS
14th May – Llanelli
Succession Surgery
EVENTS
15th May – Swansea
Ladies Lunch
EVENTS
15th May – Cardiff
Finance Awards wales
EVENTS
18th May – Cardiff
Dr. Andy Palmer
EVENTS
19th May – Bangor
Mentoring Network Meeting
EVENTS
19th May – Hensol
Business Golf Event
EVENTS
19th May – Lampeter
Marketing & Diversification Surgery
EVENTS
20th May – Newport
Ladies Who Latte
EVENTS
20th May – Cardiff
Women’s Business Lunch
EVENTS
20th May – Newport
Export Controls – AM
EVENTS
20th May – Newport
Inward Processing – PM
EVENTS
21st May – Raglan
Succession Surgery
EVENTS
21st May – Newport
Letters of Credit & Method of Payment
EVENTS
27th May – Haverfordwest
Marketing & Diversification Surgery
EVENTS
27th May – Newport
Women’s Business Club
EVENTS
28th May – Gaerwen
Assistance for New Social Businesses in Anglesey
EVENTS
June Business Events in Wales
3rd June – Carmarthenshire
The Welsh Business Show
EVENTS
3rd June – Newcastle Emlyn
CCP Business Network
EVENTS
4th June – Mold
Succession Surgery
EVENTS
8th June – Cardiff
Col Needham – Founder and CEO of IMDb
EVENTS
11th June – Ffostrasol
Marketing & Diversification Surgery
EVENTS
16th June – Conwy
Networking Fun with a Twist
EVENTS
16th June – Gowerton
Marketing & Diversification Surgery
EVENTS
16th June – Denbigh
Planning Surgery
EVENTS
17th June – Newport
Ladies Who Latte
EVENTS
17th June – Cardiff
Women’s Business Lunch
EVENTS
19th June – Cardiff
Cardiff Business Awards 2020
EVENTS
19th June – Swansea
Ladies Lunch
EVENTS
23rd June – Hensol
Business Golf Event
EVENTS
24th June – Newport
Women’s Business Club
EVENTS
24th June – Llandovery
Planning Surgery
EVENTS
July Business Events in Wales
1st July – Newcastle Emlyn
CCP Business Network
EVENTS
7th July – Conwy
Women in Business Networking Group
EVENTS
8th July – Llandudno Junction
Assistance for New Social Businesses -1-2-1 Support Session
EVENTS
9th July – Blaenau Ffestiniog
Marketing & Diversification Surgery
EVENTS
14th July – St Asaph
Lunch and Networking
EVENTS
15th July – Newport
Ladies Who Latte
EVENTS
15th July – Pwllheli
Planning Surgery
EVENTS
17th July – Swansea
Ladies Lunch
EVENTS
22nd July – Newport
Women’s Business Club
EVENTS
21st July – Hensol
Business Golf Event
EVENTS
30th July – Gaerwen
Assistance for New Social Businesses in Anglesey
EVENTS
August Business Events in Wales
5th August – Newcastle Emlyn
CCP Business Network
EVENTS
19th August – Newport
Ladies Who Latte
EVENTS
19th August – Cardiff
Women’s Business Lunch
EVENTS
21st August – Swansea
Ladies Lunch
EVENTS
24th August – Llandeilo
Marketing & Diversification Surgery
EVENTS
26th August – Newport
Women’s Business Club
EVENTS
September Business Events in Wales
2nd September – Newcastle Emlyn
CCP Business Network
EVENTS
10th September – Conwy
Round the Table Breakfast
EVENTS
16th September – Newport
Ladies Who Latte
EVENTS
16th September – Cardiff
Women’s Business Lunch
EVENTS
16th September – Llandudno Junction
Assistance for New Social Businesses -1-2-1 Support Session
EVENTS
17th September – Wrexham
Networking Lunch
EVENTS
18th September – Swansea
Ladies Lunch
EVENTS
22nd September – Conwy
Women in Business Networking Group
EVENTS
22nd September – Hensol
Business Golf Event
EVENTS
23rd September – Newport
Women’s Business Club
EVENTS
24th September – Gaerwen
Assistance for New Social Businesses in Anglesey
EVENTS
October Business Events in Wales
7th October – Newcastle Emlyn
CCP Business Network
EVENTS
16th October – Swansea
Ladies Lunch
EVENTS
20th October – Swansea
The Welsh Business Show
EVENTS
21st October – Newport
Ladies Who Latte
EVENTS
21st October – Swansea
The Welsh Construction Show 2019
EVENTS
21st October – Cardiff
Women’s Business Lunch
EVENTS
28th October – Newport
Women’s Business Club
EVENTS
November Business Events in Wales
4th November – Newcastle Emlyn
CCP Business Network
EVENTS
12th November – Cardiff
Introbiz Expo
EVENTS
18th November – Llandudno Junction
Assistance for New Social Businesses -1-2-1 Support Session
EVENTS
18th November – Newport
Ladies Who Latte
EVENTS
18th November – Deganwy
Lunch and Networking
EVENTS
19th November – Cardiff
Beaujolais Day 2020
EVENTS
25th November – Newport
Women’s Business Club
EVENTS
26th November – Gaerwen
Assistance for New Social Businesses in Anglesey
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December Business Events in Wales
2nd December – Newcastle Emlyn
CCP Business Network
EVENTS
16th December – Newport
Ladies Who Latte
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