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You and Yours: BHS suppliers - what next?

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29/04/2016

BHS suppliers - what next?

BBC Radio 4 - You and Yours, BHS suppliers - what next?

BHS suppliers, Checkatrade, NPower billing.

Consumer news and issues. What next for BHS suppliers? Checkatrade, a website of tradespeople. Plus, NPower billing and baliffs.

This week BHS and Austin Reed became the latest high street casualties.
We've heard how this affects their workers and their customers - rather less about the suppliers who depend on them for their livelihood. Nearly 1,000 BHS suppliers face being left unpaid by a total of £52m. You & Yours has been hearing from some them.

And some of Britain's biggest high fashion names are warning of tough times ahead on the high street too.
Next has already reported that its profits may be down. M&S has been famously struggling with its clothing sales. House of Fraser has reported a return to profit but all thanks to online sales.
Figures from the British Retail Consortium show that, in March, the number of shoppers on the high street fell by nearly 4% compared with last year. Alex Fullerton, Fashion Director at Stylist magazine, and Tamara Sender, Senior Fashion Analyst at Mintel, join the programme.

Checkatrade is a website for finding tradespeople. But, who checks them out and what's the process for negative feedback? We hear from the CEO Kevin Byrne and Jeff Howell, former builder and Telegraph columnist.

The winner of the 16th BBC Food and Farming Awards has been announced at a prestigious ceremony held in Bristol last night. The Radio 4 'You & Yours' Best Independent Food Retailer award celebrates the local shops making a positive difference to our lives, our high streets and communities by selling great quality, delicious and affordable food.

And, a Your & Yours listener who complained to her energy supplier about a faulty boiler and an inaccurate bill but got an unexpected response.

Presenter: Peter White
Producer: Helen Roberts.

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