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ID cards: 'A project nobody wants and the nation can't afford'
News A British Retail Consortium (BRC) spokesman told silicon.com: "Retailers are thoroughly unconvinced of.the need for a national ID card scheme. Plans to make ID cards compulsory for airside workers and pilots have also... [01 Jul 2009]
Recession-hit retailers fight back with online charm offensive
News According to a survey carried out by the British Retail Consortium (BRC) and software vendor SAP, around half (51 per cent) of respondents are looking at new channels to market - such as transactional websites - as a way... [20 May 2009]
Web sales no match for worst December in 14 years
News According to new research from the British Retail Consortium (BRC), non-food non-store sales in December - the vast majority of which were made online - were up 30 per cent on the same period in 2007. [13 Jan 2009]
Criminals hack chip and PIN terminals
News Jane Milne, British Retail Consortium (BRC) director of business environment, added in a statement: "Customers should be assured that UK retailers always take the protection of cardholder data seriously and are... [14 Aug 2008]
M.T.M. Increases Efficiency to Support Global Business Growth
White Paper M.T.M.an Italian company that owns the BRC Gas Equipment trademark, was established in 1977 and has grown to become one of the top manufacturers of alternative fuel systems for motor vehicles. M.T.M.wanted to increase... [30 Apr 2008]
Credit crunch prompts the great cash comeback
News According to the British Retail Consortium (BRC), UK Shoppers are paying with cash in 60 per cent of all transactions, up from 54 per cent last year. In a statement, BRC director general Stephen... [21 Apr 2008]
Businesses may be forced to pay for e-crime police
News The Confederation of British Industry (CBI), the British Retail Consortium (BRC), the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB), blue chip UK Plc IT user group the Corporate IT Forum (Tif) and tech industry body Intellect are... [17 Mar 2008]
UK Plc calls for national police e-crime force
News The Confederation of British Industry (CBI), the British Retail Consortium (BRC), the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB), blue chip user group the Corporate IT Forum (Tif) and tech industry trade body Intellect are all... [14 Mar 2008]
Death of cash? Not yet, say retailers...
News But a spokesman from the British Retail Consortium (BRC) disagreed: "We don't foresee it [a cashless society] in the immediate time period. Cash represents a very substantial part of total revenue for retailers - the... [12 Mar 2007]
Anti-fraud tech added to food safety docs
News The British Retail Consortium (BRC) is urging the organisations which carry out audits for its standards programme to start using digital signatures in a bid to protect the scheme against fraud. Many large UK retailers... [15 Aug 2006]
£110m internet card fraud down to shoppers
News A spokesman for the British Retail Consortium (BRC) said it is pleased at the focus on practical steps retailers can take to help foil fraudsters trying to use stolen details for internet and phone transactions. [10 Nov 2003]
£1.1bn fraud-busting bank card scheme goes nationwide
News Amanda Miller, director of retail services at the BRC, told silicon.com that it will be an expensive and major IT project for the large chain stores but warned that those retailers who do not adopt the new technology... [02 Oct 2003]
Retailers accuse UK government of Euro slackness
News The UK government has been slammed for not providing enough information on the euro, in a report released on Friday by the British Retail Consortium (BRC). A BRC spokesman said that without a deadline... [22 Nov 1998]
