Welcome to bssa

to represent the interests and concerns of its members to government both directly and, where necessary, in concert with other retail organisations.

In addition, it represents the interests and concerns of its members to government both indirectly through the offices of the British Retail Consortium and directly through government departments such as the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform and the Treasury.

Established in 1991, British Shops and Stores Association (bssa) is recognised as a lead trade association within the independent retail sector, where it focuses on the small and medium sized business (SME).

Today it has in excess of 4,000 members who have a combined annual turnover exceeding £3 billion, trading out of 6,200 outlets and employing over 45,000 staff.

The Association has two primary tasks:

to leverage economies of scale, created by this large membership base, to provide a comprehensive and highly competitive portfolio of core retailing business and professional services to its members

Mission and Objectives

Our Mission is to provide unrivalled support and commercial advantage for independent retailers in the UK small business sector.

objectives

To provide a range of core business and professional services designed to maximise profit and promote service excellence
To ensure members are kept informed of all relevant and essential legislative and business issues
To represent members' interests at European and national level
To support and advance the specific interests of our merchandise sectors
To promote members' interests and the profile of bssa through national and trade media
To co-operate with other organisations to secure mutual benefits through economies of scale