Association of International Retail
Make Britain the best place to shop
Autumn Budget 2024
As expected, Labour's first budget established the economic framework for encouraging growth to help fund public spending.
With this now in place, we have a fresh opportunity to promote the return of tax-free shopping as part of the wider growth potential of our international visitor sector.
The next 12 months will be a crucial time for the tax-free shopping campaign with the Spring Statement likely in March 2025 and the Government's second Budget in the Autumn.
If our campaign succeeds, it will not only win back the estimated £1.5bn annual spending lost by British shops to France, Spain and Italy, but will also create a unique, new, shopping-led EU tourism market which AIR believes could be worth an additional £10bn generated each year across the whole of the UK.
Read our post-Budget letter to supporters here or contact pete@internationalretail.co.uk
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About AIR
AIR is an independent, national sector support body open to all those who wish to support the growth of international retail in the UK.
We are dedicated to creating a positive profile for the international retail sector and supporting its growth through policy change, research and innovation.
