All Convenience Store articles in 31 May 2019
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Features and analysisCrime: Make your voice heard
The Home Office is calling for evidence of the impact of crime and ACS chief executive James Lowman is urging retailers to respond.
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OpinionAssured advice for all retailers
While there’s no doubt that our exit from the European Union is still grabbing most of the headlines, there are plenty of rules and regulation changes to keep retailers occupied on a day-to-day basis, writes ACS chief executive James Lowman.
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OpinionStaff costs demand attention
The stress of working in the convenience sector needs urgent attention, SGF chief executive Pete Cheema argues.
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NewsCharities could receive £1bn from DRS deposits, survey reveals
One in five people (20%) using a UK-wide deposit return scheme would donate deposits levied on drinks containers to charity all of the time, according to a new survey commissioned by the Campaign to Protect Rural England.
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NewsSpar retailer Mark Canniford elected mayor of Weston-super-Mare
Spar retailer Mark Canniford is determined to use his 35 years’ experience in the convenience sector to make the most of his recent appointments as the mayor of Weston-super-Mare and executive member on North Somerset Council.
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Features and analysisCRA 2019 Best New Store: Spar Eat 17 Hammersmith
Spar Eat 17’s latest store, which opened in Hammersmith, West London, last August, was crowned Best New Store at the 2019 Convenience Retail Awards.
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NewsIndependent c-stores take the lead on bottled milk sales
A number of independent retailers are leading a march on the multiples by capitalising on demand for glass milk bottles, as consumers increasingly look for alternatives to plastic.
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Dear Jac
Something about this accountant doesn’t add up
He not only won’t do the work but won’t give the books back to you
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Dear Jac
A cabinet reshuffle that never came to pass
It was status quo: in with the old and out with the new
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Dear Jac
Western Union: they didn’t sign up for this
A money transfer service really shouldn’t mean out of your account to some crook.
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Dear JacPlenty of company
Dilbag Sandhu rang with a complaint about his post office contract. He runs Halfway House, a Local Plus post office, in Glasgow. He says he is doing more transactions than the main PO in his area and yet is being paid less.
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Features and analysisStore design: Enter the decompression zone
Giving shoppers space to acclimatise to your store can breathe fresh life into your business. C-Store looks at how less can be so much more in store design.