by localisewm | Jun 6, 2019 | Local economies, Local government, Localisation, People power, Politics, Regional economies, Retail, Sustainability
With recent news that retail jobs have fallen in every UK region outside of London and that Amazon is trialling pop-up ‘Clicks and Mortar’ stores in the UK, which will be stocked with products from independent online retailers. We looked at the ongoing debates about...
by localisewm | Mar 12, 2018 | Economy, Fair trade, Finance, Food, Import substitution, Local economies, Low carbon, Procurement, Retail, Sustainability, Trade, Transition, Transport, Urban
Julie Brown, director of Growing Communities’, a trading and wholesaling operation, says her mission is to feed urban communities locally in a way that is fair and sustainable in the face of corporate dominance and climate change. Two of her suppliers, Martin and...
by localisewm | Dec 23, 2017 | Localisation, Retail
The Centre for Retail Research (CRR) has provided authoritative research and analysis of the retail and service sectors for twenty-one years in Britain, Europe and North America and is completely independent, not funded by the retail sector or suppliers. In an article...
by localisewm | May 3, 2017 | Co-operatives, Economy, EU, Food, Government, Localisation, Procurement, Retail, Trade, Transition
The Romanian parliament has passed a law requiring large retailers with a turnover of 2m euros to allocate a minimum of 51% of existing space for fresh produce to products sourced locally, from a short supply chain. The law, which came into effect last month,...
by localisewm | Aug 25, 2015 | Devolution, Economics, Economy, Energy, Environment, Export-led growth, Food, Globalisation, Government, Health, Import substitution, Local economies, Localisation, Low carbon, Planning, Politics, Procurement, Regional economies, Retail, Sustainability, Transition, Transition Network
Once again many will question the dependence on a global market economy as headlines shout, “China’s ‘Black Monday’ sends markets reeling”. For months, in a range of publications, Mohamed El-Erian, who chairs President Obama’s Global...
by localisewm | Apr 28, 2015 | Planning, Retail, Social Enterprise, Tax
The Fair Tax Mark is being adopted by UK business setting a new standard in responsible tax practice – from the smallest shop to the biggest multinational. It is the label for good taxpayers – companies and organisations that are proud to pay their fair share of...
