All articles by Aidan Fortune – Page 92
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Features and analysis
Advice on counterfeit coins
Confusion over counterfeit pound coins circulating in Northern Ireland has led to stores refusing genuine coins.
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News
Business costs to rise in 2010
Retailers are warned to keep an eye on cash flow in the New Year as the cost of running a small shop is set to rise in 2010
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Features and analysis
We(b) wish you a Merry Christmas
Retailers reveal their festive plans to get convenience store shoppers in a merry mood
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Features and analysis
Review of Fixed Penalty Notices underway
A review of Fixed Penalty Notices (FPN) has begun by the Ministry of Justice in the hope of addressing flaws within the system
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News
ACS welcomes Ombudsman Bill
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has welcomed the introduction of the Private Members Bill designed to create an ombudsman for the grocery market
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News
Cheques to be phased out in 2018
Payments by cheques will be phased out by October 31, 2018, according to the board of UK Payments Council.
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Features and analysis
Thefts could see stores abandon ATMs
Retailers in Northern ireland say they may be forced to get rid of their cash machines if insurance costs rise following a spate of attempted thefts.
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Features and analysis
Counterfeit notes warning
Northumberland Police is distributing counterfeit note detection pens to local retailers to help combat the rise in forged notes in the area.
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News
Harefield retailers unite to fight new Tesco store
Despite a joint effort from Londis and Spar retailers to keep Tesco out of Harefield, London, the supermarket chain has re-applied for planning permission to build a new store in the area.
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News
Defra launches battery recycling calculator
The Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has released an on-line calculator to help retailers work out if they have to join the Batteries Regulation Scheme which starts in February.
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News
Battery retailers urged to be ready
Retailers eligible for the Batteries Compliance Scheme are being urged to sign up ahead of the Christmas rush on batteries, to ensure they do not end up paying to have them recycled when the law changes in 2010. From February 1 next year,...
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Products In Depth
Cash in with Payzone
Retailers displaying a creative streak can win cash prizes with Payzone’s Winter Campaign team-up with E.ON and npower.
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Features and analysis
Longer sentence for store robber
A raider who assaulted a convenience store owner with a gun has had his sentence increased.
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Product News
Don't get charged for battery recycling
As the deadline for the introduction of battery recycling approaches and the Christmas rush on batteries begins, retailers are advised to sign up to the Batteries Directive scheme and ensure that they do not pay for recycling if they sell more than the annual quota.
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Features and analysis
Cash transit robberies on the rise
Cash and Valuable In Transit (CVIT) robberies are on the increase according to a survey by industry intelligence unit SaferCash
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News
Blues for Tesco and Everton after stadium plan rejected
A £400m football stadium and retail park development in Liverpool has been refused permission on the grounds that it would have had harmful effects on the “vitality and viability” of the local community
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News
Chevis joins Rural Shops Alliance board
The Rural Shops Alliance (RSA) has elected CitizenCard chief executive Andrew Chevis as a director
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News
Retailers baffled by business rate claims
A government announcement that the majority of businesses will see their rates fall has angered retailers who have seen their valuations soar.
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Features and analysis
A special relationship: Budgens, Norwich
The relationship between a retailer and the local police force works both ways. Aidan Fortune meets a retailer who has worked closely with the police to dramatically reduce shoplifting in his store.
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Features and analysis
C-stores become the target as theft grows
Retail theft in the UK has increased by 20% in the past year, with stores suffering £4.8bn-worth of losses in the year to June, according to the latest Global Theft Barometer.