Next Wednesday we'll be hosting our 19th Retail and Leisure Trends Summit at BDOs' Baker Street office in central London. The theme for this event is 'Retail Done Differently' and as usual, we have invited some fantastic speakers to join us who will provide an insight into how their businesses are challenging the status quo and are delivering excellent results. We are thrilled with the caliber of speakers who will be joining us, and we would like to take the opportunity to introduce a bit about them below:

A record net 2,481 stores disappeared from Great Britain’s top 500 high s treets in 2018. In total, 3,372 shops opened, compared to 5,833 closures. (2017 net loss: -1,772 stores), according to PwC research compiled by the Local Data Company (LDC).