All Campaigns articles – Page 6
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Features and analysisWaking the dead
Thinking outside the box when protesting can produce dramatic results…
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Features and analysisWord on the street
The Home Secretary doesn’t believe budget cuts will affect service levels…
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Features and analysisThe warmer front
With costs rising all the time, finding ways to cut energy bills needs to be a priority…
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Features and analysisTesco Town
Andover’s independents refuse to be squeezed out of the marketplace by Tesco…
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Features and analysisHe who dares
Zed Khan was told it would be all over when a Tesco Express opened nearby…
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Features and analysisNew face, same fight
Convenience retailers are facing competition from the mults on ever-increasing fronts, but evidence shows there is reason to stand firm
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Features and analysisBe smart, be vocal
Installing a smart meter allows you to monitor your energy usage efficiently…
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NewsBattle stations
With all six of his stores under threat from the multiples, Jinx Hundal needed to act quickly.
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NewsStand up to Tesco
Tesco is increasing its brand presence across the country, but successful local action and a growing national campaign offer hope for c-stores
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Features and analysis
Second Walk & Shop Day makes its mark
Hundreds of independent stores were involved in the second My Shop is Your Shop National Walk & Shop Day, which took place on September 2.
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Features and analysis
Fight your corner: Size doesn’t matter
Plenty of small stores are standing up to the might of the supermarkets, from seeing off their planning applications to keeping customers’ loyalties
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Features and analysis
Power struggles: a burst of energy
There are two ways to cut energy costs – and we’re helping with both by giving you practical advice and increasing the pressure on suppliers
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Features and analysis
A chill wind fans energy bills
The price of electricity is rising, so convenience store operators need to use less, or pay less, or both. We offer some strategies to help keep power costs under control
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Features and analysis
Time for small stores to fight their corner
C-Store launches a campaign to help good independent stores become great – by reminding the public just how valuable their local shop is.
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Features and analysis
Election issues: The Post office
Post office closures over the past four years have hit the once-great network hard and communities and retailers that depend on branches to survive have suffered.
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Features and analysis
Election issues: Tobacco
With health officials claiming that smoking causes 84,000 UK deaths each year, the issue of tobacco control will always be on the political agenda, whatever political shade takes the helm.
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Features and analysis
Election issues: crime
Violent crimes against c-store staff have been in the headlines recently and all parties are sympathetic, in words at least, to the pressures stores are under.
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Features and analysis
Election issues: Competition
Only time will tell if any new government will be prepared to take on the grocery giants. If they do, we might just find out who's really in charge of the country
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Features and analysis
Election issues: Alcohol
Alcohol's role in health issues and anti-social behaviour puts it high on every political party's list of targets for reform, and its media profile will make booze a key battleground both in the election run-up and the first years of a new administration.
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Features and analysis
Election issues: next on the Agenda
C-Store looks at could some of the issues that will affect you during the next term of government