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Retail businesses across the Island are once again transforming their shop windows into festive Christmas displays as the annual competition gets underway this year. Launched by the Guernsey Retail Group, the 2025 Christmas Window Competition challenges businesses to create eye-catching, festive displays and awards trophies to...

We have been notified by Guernsey Electricity of the following roadworks that are effective from tomorrow: "Due to a high voltage fault, lane reductions will be in place on The Bridge from Saturday 18 October for approximately one week to allow emergency repair works. Northbound traffic will...

For the urgent attention of the manager / owner The Guernsey Retail Group needs to collect feedback from all local retailers to build a complete and accurate picture of the current and future health of the local retail sector, and to understand the real impact of...

The future of Guernsey’s retail sector is in the spotlight as the Guernsey Retail Group is urging all local retailers to take part in a major Guernsey Retailer Climate Survey designed to capture today’s challenges and tomorrow’s opportunities, which will inform the creation of a...

The Guernsey Retail Group warmly welcomes the launch of Project St Peter Port and commends the St Peter Port authorities for taking proactive steps to improve the appearance and public spaces in Town. This initiative is a reflection of the shared commitment to civic pride and...

The opening of Iceland’s new store in the heart of St Peter Port represents a positive step towards revitalising our Town centre, enhancing consumer choice and supporting local economic activity.  We anticipate a positive impact on footfall in St Peter Port.  The store’s central location in...

The Guernsey Retail Group is naturally delighted that meaningful progress is underway with the States’ purchase of the Leale’s Yard site. In our recent election Manifesto, we highlighted the detrimental impact of stalled progress on the Bridge – an area with significant potential for retail, residential,...

The GRG has welcomed strong and wide-ranging support from general election candidates in response to its recently published manifesto. We called for bold, innovative thinking to secure a strong and healthy retail sector for the Island.  In total, 45 candidates have responded, showing broad recognition of...

Jonathan Creasey, chair, Guernsey Retail Group: "One of the retailers involved raised this matter with The Guernsey Retail Group some time ago and we collectively met with the States of Guernsey’s purchasing team to discuss the general tender process and points raised around this specific case. Whilst...

We have launched a Manifesto for candidates standing in the election to bring bold, innovative thinking to support and grow our industry. The Manifesto has been based upon information provided by retailers in our various member surveys last year, and data from the 2024 Consumer and...