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All Convenience Store articles in 15 October 2005 – Page 3
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News
Campaign targets Sunday trading law
Tesco and Asda are backing a new campaign to enable big stores to open longer hours on a Sunday.
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Dear Jac
Dear Jac: Nuisance calls are on the increase – for some.
If you run a store and think it might benefit from a hot coffee/slush machine, then you might be pleased to get a telesales call from a company dealing in such items. But Alison Shrimpton is adamant that her business, Shipton Road Stores in York, would not.
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Dear Jac
Dear Jac: An Inspector Calls
Your business could come under scrutiny at any time. Are you prepared for when the inspector calls?
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Dear Jac
Dear Jac: Not everyone records telephone calls, but perhaps they should.
This is a story involving till rolls, a small item but one that’s crucial to everyone. Muhammad Javaid, who runs Carronshore Mini Market in Falkirk, got a phone call from Saxon Papers offering him six boxes of till rolls for £95 “all in”. He took this to mean that VAT ...
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News
Heinz meanz business
Heinz has taken a fresh look at how it can improve its grocery offer to convenience retailers.
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News
Blueheath IT triumph
Wholesaler Blueheath has been recognised for its innovation in applying information technology to the independent grocery sector.
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News
Blue heaven
Mark Wingett talks to a former policeman who has made an arresting case for staying independent.
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News
The Big Picture
Chartered town planner John Seacome, of law firm Eversheds, lists the top 10 points retailers need to consider when applying for planning permission for their store.
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Dear Jac
Dear Jac: My thanks and my best wishes.
A big thank-you to all of you who emailed, faxed and phoned your congratulations on my ‘10th’ birthday as agony aunt on this magazine. I’ve even had a few nice cards. In return, I’d like to wish a large slice of our readership peace and goodwill for their festival celebrations of Eid and Diwali which take place this month.
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Dear Jac
Dear Jac: ‘Economy’ has not been the result for some retailers switching supplies.
In the past fortnight I’ve had two complaints about Economy Power. NN Obadeyi wrote to me from Superfreeze in Manchester to say that there had been four increases in her bill in the past 18 months, and whopping they are too.
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Product News
Smoking and the Bandits
It’s mired in legislation and it’s a target for criminals, but despite the challenges the outlook for the tobacco category remains upbeat, says Jackie David
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News
Anger over OFT post office ruling
Subpostmasters across the country have been left reeling after the Office of Fair Trading, (OFT), rejected a complaint against commercial restrictions in their Post Office contracts
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Features and analysis
New controls on sale of airguns
Home Office plans to introduce new controls on the sale of air weapons have been welcomed by retailers. As part of amendments to the Violent Crime Reduction Bill, the sale of air weapons, which are often used in store robberies, will be restricted t
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News
Trade sends disaster aid
The retail trade is rallying to raise funds for the relief effort in the aftermath of the devastating earthquake in Asia.
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News
Firework campaign explodes into action
A Chesterfield shopkeeper who launched a poster campaign against selling fireworks to anyone under the age of 21 has seen his initiative adopted by his local Somerfield supermarket.
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News
Somerfield action
Somerfield has accepted in principle a £1.08bn takeover bid from the Violet Acquisitions consortium, led by private equity group Apax Partners.
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News
FWD joins ACS in legal appeal
The Federation of Wholesale Distributors (FWD) has thrown its weight behind the Association of Convenience Stores’ (ACS) legal challenge to the competition authorities.
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Features and analysis
Staff suffer more abuse
New figures from the British Retail Consortium (BRC) show that store owners are still losing the battle against retail crime and shop staff are bearing the brunt in the form of more physical and verbal abuse.
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News
ID cards to cost £30
Home Secretary Charles Clarke has announced that the government’s much talked-about national ID card will cost individuals £30 and will be valid for 10 years.
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News
A £1,000 thank-you for locals
A Cambridgeshire c-store owner has given £1,000 to charity to thank locals for helping him improve his business.
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