All Convenience Store articles in 17 September 2005 – Page 3
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Features and analysis
Dawn raids catch ram raid suspects
Police have arrested and charged five men in connection with a series of ram raids on
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Dear Jac
Dear Jac: The DTI is still busy winding up dodgy publishers.
In the last four days I’ve had two emails from the DTI saying that it was in the process of winding up Adrian Smythe Publishing and has already wound up UK Frontline Services. The former was engaged in cold-calling businesses to sell sponsorships in child safety and crime awareness books. ...
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News
Scots’ glee at business rates move
Retailers have welcomed the announcement from the Scottish Executive that it is to bring business rates in Scotland into line with those in England.
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Product News
England’s green and pleasant brand
Believe it or not, the eco-friendly Ecover brand is 25 years old this year. Find out why you should be stocking it.
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Product News
Boxing Day
Boxed chocolates come into their own at Christmas. Kate Miller looks at the new launches for 2005.
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News
Bid to revive six ‘dying’ high streets
The Retail Enterprise Network (REN) is searching for independent retailers based in six UK high streets to take part in a project to reverse the decline of town centres.
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Dear Jac
Dear Jac: ‘Top shelf’ means you have to be tall enough to reach the titles stocked there before you can buy them.
That’s a pretty good rule of thumb. And it is also Byron Jackson’s approach. Byron, who runs a c-store in Burry Port, South Wales, with his wife Nadette, emailed me with a bit of a saga. He writes: “We (rightly or wrongly) restrict the sale of the only two top-shelf ...
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Product News
Back to basics
Jeyes is relaunching 40-year-old cleaning brand Kleen Off to capitalise on the growing demand for basic cleaning solutions
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News
Retailers asked to foot fuel bill
Retailers have been hit with the bill for the recent rise in fuel prices, as wholesalers attempt to claw back some of the extra cost of their deliveries.
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News
Oliver’s Army
Mark Wingett reports on the c-store chain that’s building relationships with local communities in a bid to make life better for everyone
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Dear Jac
Dear Jac: Don’t put your signature anywhere near a blank standing order.
I had two calls in as many days in late July regarding SD Media, which sells on-screen space in places like doctors’ surgeries, advertising local businesses. But both retailers, Subhas Patel in Richmond, London and Roger Yalim in Margate, Kent believed they were only handing over cheques for around £120 ...
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Dear Jac
Dear Jac: Anybody know where a Lotto retailer can find supplies of plastic wallets?
Camelot used to provide special plastic wallets, but no longer does, and furthermore couldn’t tell me who could.
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Dear Jac
Dear Jac: There is almost always another side to the coin.
In the last issue I discussed coins of the realm, prompted by a call from Binz Sidhu in Telford who wondered whether it was okay to accept coins from the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man and so on. He had been told they were okay/they were not okay and ...
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News
Budgens forecourt store is miles ahead
Susie Hawkins, partner in the Simon Smith Group based in Gloucestershire, has won the top accolade in the Forecourt Trader of the Year awards organised by C-Store’s sister magazine Forecourt Trader
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News
New life for TM after buyout
The TM Group is aiming to grow its market share of the c-store and CTN markets following a management buyout.
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Dear Jac
Dear Jac: When is an accountant getting money for old rope?
Mukesh Patel is unhappy with a bill he received from his accountant following a VAT inspection.
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News
United cracks £1bn sales level
United Co-operatives has confirmed it will continue to grow its c-store estate after announcing turnover for the first half of its financial year had surpassed the £1bn mark for the first time.
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Features and analysis
Victory parade
The c-store sector gathered last week at a glittering ceremony in London to recognise and celebrate outstanding retail achievement in the annual Top Shop Awards
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