The Charity Retail Association strongly welcomes the Charity Tax Commission’s report on reforming charity taxation, which was published today.

We strongly believe that when charity shops and local authorities work together in partnership the benefits are shared among the council, the shop, and local residents.

We are pleased to announce the election of Karen Bilsby to the Charity Retail Association board of directors.

We have joined a large group of businesses and trade bodies that represent the retail sector calling for more to be done to tackle widespread violence and abuse against shop workers.

Shelter, the charity dedicated to ending homelessness, scored a hat-trick at the Charity Retail Awards held in Nottingham on 25 June.

Following our written submission to the Non-Domestic Rates (Scotland) Bill call for evidence in May 2019, we were invited to participate on a witness panel to provide information on ratepayer experiences.