All Campaigns articles – Page 3

  • Police and crime commissioners
    News

    Have your say

    2012-09-25T00:00:00Z

    The face of local policing is about to change with the upcoming elections of Police & Crime Commissioners…

  • Llanrwst
    News

    Behind closed doors

    2012-09-11T00:00:00Z

    A Welsh council ‘shot itself in the foot’ when it tried to sell land to Tesco behind the public’s back. Robin Mannering reports

  • Londis
    News

    Just chilling

    2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

    Sales have been anything but cool at Londis Blean since Binny Amin fitted new chillers with doors

  • Croydon
    News

    The Riots: One year on

    2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

    This time last year, UK cities were a warzone with many independent retailers suffering massive damage, loss of business and financial ruin. Aidan Fortune looks at how retailers have tried to move on

  • Brownlies_store
    Features and analysis

    The Biggar picture

    2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

    Brownlie’s of Biggar had to think outside the box to tackle the arrival of a new Sainsbury’s Local.

  • Budgens retailer Andrew Thornton
    Features and analysis

    Carbon crushers

    2012-07-17T15:42:00Z

    Results of an energy review at Andrew Thornton’s Crouch End store have enabled him to reduce his second store’s carbon footprint by 43%.

  • Zero_Tolerance
    Features and analysis

    Sense and sensibility

    2012-07-03T15:52:00Z

    Taking a common sense approach to low-level crime can help reduce incidents and build better links with the community.

  • North East Convenience Stores
    News

    Nisa Whickham: Bring it on

    2012-06-20T00:00:00Z

    Project Fightback began in September last year when the Vadhera brothers heard Tesco was set to invade their retail space.

  • Dee Vaidya and his team
    News

    Green machine

    2012-06-07T12:53:00Z

    Budgens Bow is slashing its energy bills with a cutting edge heat reclaim system.

  • Zero teolerance
    News

    Partners against crime

    2012-05-22T00:00:00Z

    Mike Weatherley, head of an all-party parliamentary group on retail crime, says MPs are on your side

  • Spar
    News

    Staying Power

    2012-05-10T00:00:00Z

    For staff at Henderson Spar Victoria Street, its competition is so close it’s breathing down their neck.

  • Campaigns
    News

    Water-tight ideas

    2012-04-24T15:56:00Z

    Water bills are to rise and the pressure’s on to save this valuable resource.

  • Stockwell shooting
    News

    Serve and protect

    2012-04-13T10:45:00Z

    A high-profile crime has highlighted just how vulnerable retailers and their staff working in the community are

  • supermarkets
    News

    Sunday Trading: An Olympic threat

    2012-03-28T00:00:00Z

    The Chancellor’s proposal for relaxed Sunday trading laws during the Olympics is a major threat to independents.

  • Pay less use less
    News

    Lighten the load

    2012-03-14T00:00:00Z

    Phasing out low voltage halogens will eventually provide long term benefits…

  • Courts
    News

    Hard line on crime

    2012-02-28T00:00:00Z

    The call for harsher sentencing for crimes against retailers grows louder.

  • Asda plans
    News

    Amit 1 - Asda 0

    2012-02-16T00:00:00Z

    Amit Patel had everything to play for when he spearheaded a campaign to prevent…

  • Weston-Super-Mare
    News

    New tricks

    2012-02-03T00:00:00Z

    When a Tesco Express threatened to ruin Mark Canniford’s business overnight, he devised…

  • Retailers
    News

    Fighting the good fight

    2012-01-31T00:00:00Z

    Aidan Fortune meets a retailer who is persistent in his fight…

  • energy saving
    Features and analysis

    Switch to win

    2012-01-17T16:16:00Z

    Energy consumption has become one of the biggest issues for convenience store…