All Community articles – Page 40
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Interviews and ProfilesBrownlies of Biggar to change hands
Owners Donna and Bruce Morgan want to enjoy some time with their family after two busy years
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Features and analysisAre safety screens here to stay?
Safety screens were introduced as a temporary measure but with a £10m investment across the sector, could they become a permanent fixture in stores?
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Features and analysisGeek Bar tackles counterfeit vape sellers on social media
Geek Bar has launched an online campaign aimed at rogue suppliers and producers of non-compliant and counterfeit products
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Features and analysisInternational Women’s Day: Time to get rid of the boys’ club?
International Women’s Day is a day to celebrate the social and economic achievements of women, but it is also a day to raise awareness of discrimination and bias, which unfortunately still exist in convenience retail
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Features and analysisScotmid’s Winter Giving Campaign benefitted 80 charities
Scotmid Co-operative donated £52,000 to over 80 charities, helping to ensure that as many people as possible have food and shelter through winter
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Features and analysisGovernment highlights role of local shops in tackling loneliness
The Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) has highlighted the role of local shops in tackling loneliness
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Features and analysisBudgens of Holt site adorned with murals by community
After Budgens of Holt was destroyed by a fire in the summer of 2020, the construction site for the new store has been brightened up with murals painted by local artists and schoolchildren
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Features and analysisProudfoot Group director joins Making a Difference Locally board
Valerie Aston has joined the Making a Difference Locally board of trustees to support the charity’s activity and direction going forward and contribute new ideas
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Features and analysisCo-operatives help support young women in India
Co-operative retail groups from around the UK have raised over £100,000 to helped more than forty young women in India develop new skills and secure a regular income
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Features and analysisNeil Turton to step down as Sugro managing director in April
Turton had previously planned to leave Sugro in 2020 but stayed on due to Covid-19
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Interviews and ProfilesHow I set up a clothes drop in store to help the homeless
Big-hearted Bobby Singh has found a new way to give back to his community
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Features and analysisJames Hall & Co. Ltd raises £500,000 for Marie Curie
James Hall & Co. Ltd has reached the £500,000 milestone for Spar’s charity partner Marie Curie
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Interviews and ProfilesAutomated gantry foils thieves at Raven’s Budgens
The Navarra system stopped robbers from stealing thousands of pounds worth of tobacco
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Features and analysisNew Go Local store opens in St. Helens
A new Go Local store has opened its doors in St Helens, Merseyside, after a refurbishment.
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Features and analysisGovernment urged to support rural shops in levelling up plan
The ACS 2022 Rural Shop Report found that 49% of rural stores operate with no other retail or service businesses close by
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Features and analysisHigh-quality produce shop to open in Camberwell in March
A new one-stop grocery store, deli and wine vault is opening its doors in Camberwell
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Features and analysisWelsh retailers invest £35m in their stores
The Association of Convenience Stores’ Welsh Local Shop Report 2022 found that retailers invested £35m over the past year
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Features and analysisSales drop in convenience channel over festive period
Retailers report a drop in sales over Christmas
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Features and analysisMichael Fletcher to replace Ken Towle as new CEO of Nisa
Ken Towle is to take up the role of retail director at Asda later this year
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Features and analysisBobby Singh of BB Nevison Superstore spreads Christmas cheer
The retailer organised a Santa’s Grotto and choir for a Christmas event for the people of Pontefract, West Yorkshire