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All articles by David Visick – Page 3
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News
Local partnerships reduce red tape
Businesses and local authorities are working together to reduce burdensome regulation and time-consuming administration, a new survey has found.
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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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News
Minister offers hope to retailers over health policy
Health Minister Andrew Lansley has indicated that the government will take a less interventionist approach to public health than that of its predecessor
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News
ACS builds case for a freeze in minimum wage
Convenience store owners are being asked to give their views on the effect of the National Minimum Wage (NMW) to help build a case for a rate freeze.
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News
VAT increase leads to pricemark fears
The rate rise in January will be disruptive, but the six-month notice period is a help, retailers say.
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Features and analysis
Retailers sceptical of in-store crime rehab scheme
Young shoplifters in Norwich are being forced to work shifts in the stores they stole from as part of a new police scheme to prevent them re-offending.
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Product News
New look limited edition Camel
JTI has launched a limited edition ‘Discover More’ design on its Camel Blue 20s packs.
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News
Newsagents suffer as margins shrink
Newspaper and magazine wholesaler Smiths News has been accused of “profiteering” after it raised its Carriage Service Charges (CSCs) to newsagents by 4.78%, an average increase to retailers of £1.42 a week.
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Product News
In cider's case, money really does grow on trees
Impressive sales growth and front page headlines – it’s cider’s season in the sun, says Dave Visick, and its fortunes are set to shine on independents
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Opinion
Whipping up a storm of protest
How local communities are fighting back against supermarket expansion and putting independent retailers at the heart of the resistance
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News
Cover price cut creates Star wars
Newsagents are furious at the Daily Star's new national price of 20p, reducing a retailer's return on each copy to less than 5p. The retailer's margin of 24.2% means that stores will take just 4.84p per copy, down from 8.47p when the...
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News
Rebates behind the RedOrange switch
Retail group RedOrange signed its new supply deal with Costcutter because it could guarantee better rebates than by dealing with Nisa directly, Convenience Store has learned. RedOrange announced last week that it had agreed a new supply...
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News
Three events in one show for 2011
The convenience sector's three unmissable events will take place side by side at the NEC in Birmingham next year giving retailers, wholesalers and suppliers the chance to attend all three with minimum disruption and cost to their business.
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News
Scottish c-store group gets the customers' vote
Scottish convenience group David Sands stole a march on its larger competitors by claiming both the Best Overall Retailer and Best Community Retailer awards at the HIM awards last week.
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News
Prepare for tough times in convenience retailing, warns Spar boss
Convenience store owners need to carry on investing in their businesses through a worsening economic crisis, says the head of Britain’s largest symbol group.
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News
Rebates behind the RedOrange switch
Retail group RedOrange signed its new supply deal with Costcutter because it could guarantee better rebates than by dealing with Nisa directly, Convenience Store has learned.
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News
Budget will hurt, but it could have been worse
Smaller retailers will be hit by the rise in VAT, but it is described as the 'least bad option' available to Chancellor George Osborne.
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News
Star wars: The newsagents strike back
Newsagents are furious at the Daily Star’s new national price of 20p, reducing a retailer’s return on each copy to less than 5p.
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Product News
Cravendales' holiday hand-out
Arla’s Cravendale brand has launched a new promotion to highlight that the product stays fresh for 21 days unopened, and seven days opened.
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Product News
Ariel gets tough on stains
Laundry brand Ariel is to launch a new stain removal range with a promise to inject new life into the laundry additives sector.