All articles by Gaelle Walker – Page 11
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Vape brands highlight World No Tobacco Day opportunity
Vape manufacturers are calling on the authorities, both in the UK and globally, to take “a more progressive approach to vaping regulation,” in light of World No Tobacco Day on 31 May, in a bid to help more adult smokers quit tobacco.
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Retailers unite to overcome Track and Trace challenges
Retailers from across the country are joining forces and helping each other to navigate the “challenging” Track and Trace application process.
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Features and analysis
Store design: Enter the decompression zone
Giving shoppers space to acclimatise to your store can breathe fresh life into your business. C-Store looks at how less can be so much more in store design.
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Co-op stores to trial John Lewis Click and Collect service
Six Co-op Food stores are to start offering John Lewis’ Next Day Click and Collect service as part of a trial.
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Confidence in high streets growing among small shops
Confidence in Britain’s high streets is growing amongst small high street businesses and shoppers, a new study by Visa has revealed.
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Pret A Manger buys Eat in a bid to "turbo charge" vegan sales
Pret A Manger is to buy British food-to-go chain Eat and convert as many stores as possible to “Veggie Prets,” as it seeks to capitalise on the growing demand for more vegetarian and vegan options on the high street.
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Future of post office network at risk, MPs warned
Major concerns about the long-term resilience of the Post Office network have been aired as part of a Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy Select Committee inquiry into its future.
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Campaigners call for participation in One Plastic Free Day
Environmental campaigners are calling on people across the world to participate in One Plastic Free Day on 5 June.
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Last year of legal sale for menthol cigarettes
Retailers have just one year left to sell menthol cigarettes before the category is banned under further EU Tobacco Product Directive laws.
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Track and Trace laws enforced as application issues continue
Tobacco retailers are continuing to report challenges with the Track and Trace application process on the day that the legislation is enforced.
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Deprived communities 'hit hardest' by loss of free ATMs
Deprived neighbourhoods, often those where people are most likely to rely on cash, are rapidly witnessing the disappearance of their free cashpoints, new research by the University of Bristol suggests.
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24-hour operation drives growth for Parfetts Sheffield
Parfetts’ Sheffield depot is experiencing “unprecedented growth” following the decision to operate 24-hours a day.
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Retailer and employee jailed for illicit tobacco crimes
An unscrupulous retailer and his store worker, who between them have been found guilty of multiple serious offences relating to the possession and supply of illicit tobacco, have both been sentenced to jail.
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Labour pledges to double minimum wage for under-18s
The minimum wage for under 18s would be more than doubled to £10 an hour under a Labour government, Jeremy Corbyn has pledged.
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Retailers slam Track and Trace code application process
With just days to go before new Track and Trace legislation is enforced, retailers across the UK are reporting a litany of challenges with the application process for the crucial codes that they will need in order to buy compliant tobacco products from 20 May 2019.
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Campaigners unite in call for global Deposit Return Schemes
A global network of environmental campaigners is calling for world-wide deposit return systems for drinks containers, as part of an international day of action taking place today (9 May).
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JTI launches video to help retailers adapt to Track and Trace rules
With less than a fortnight before new Track and Trace legislation for tobacco products is implemented in the UK, JTI has launched a new video to help retailers understand the changes and key actions that they must take now.
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Free-to-use ATM network at risk of "decimation", report warns
Britain’s free-to-use ATM network is on course to be decimated without urgent action, Which? has warned, after it revealed withdrawal fees were imposed on 1,700 machines between January and March alone.
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Tobacco Track and Trace application process open to all retailers
Single-site retailers can now begin the critical two-step process of applying for the codes that they will need to purchase tobacco legally from later this month.
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Sainsbury's profits slump in wake of failed Asda merger
Sainsbury’s pre-tax profits plunged 41.6% to £239m in the year to 9 March, driven in part by the failure of its proposed merger with Asda.