All articles by Jac Roper – Page 18
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Dear Jac: Are you on their list?
Dear old Britain is getting on, and so are many of its buildings. And English Heritage likes to do that preserving thing by listing buildings. But if you haven't worked out whether your bricks and mortar are worth preserving, it could cost you.
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Dear Jac: When paying online isn’t an option
Are you doing your VAT online? Alvin Wilkinson isn't. A bit of a reactionary is Alvin. No computer, no epos, no mobile phone. But his store, Countdown in Hornsea, Yorkshire, does very nicely thank you and he pays his considerable VAT on time. Or...
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Dear Jac: An update on Chip & PIN charges
On the subject of PayPoint, I have been asked to point out that there is a crucial piece of information missing from the story in the last issue about George Mahay and his out-of-date flyer (Get it in writing but it may not help, C-Store, September...
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Dear Jac: What really is the ‘worst after’ date?
Rajan Jhanjee rang from his Paradise Stores CTN in Brentwood, Essex, with that hairy old question about 'best before' dates. We know that retailers can sell items past that date, but what constitutes a reasonable amount of time; ie what is the...
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Dear Jac: Are you planning to diversify?
Like many of you, Asif Malik, who runs a Nisa Supermarket in Cardiff, is exploring diversification.
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Dear Jac: Cheers to enterprise
Not long ago I saved a couple £1,000. Before you all ring up, let me stress that this isn't something I can do often.
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Dear Jac: Is this leasing or fleecing?
Asokar Ramalingham took out a loan to refurbish his Best One store at Gravesend, Kent, but now he's been sent a further bill for £1,207.50
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Dear Jac: It’s good to share the software
Smack my wrist for saying, in the April 16 issue, that good software is hard to find...
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Dear Jac: Justice prevails for the Tamworth two
As I write this Jaswinder Singh Dhesi and his wife Sukvinder Kaur are celebrating in Tamworth following a court victory with business transfer agents RTA
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Dear Jac: Who has the power to fix prices?
"What's to stop me charging a little extra for bill payments services?" The outraged retailer who posed the question wished to remain anonymous, but clearly wanted answers...
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Dear Jac: Bank is on a sticky wicket
I stopped counting after more than 100 retailers contacted me about photocopy company Lanwall and could never have space enough to report all their stories...
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Trade associations: it's all for one, one for all
Times are tough, you're choking on red tape - it may be time to join up. Jac Roper reports on trade bodies
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Dear Jac: A question mark over Horizon’s IT
There is just room here to report that Computer Weekly, which has been closely following the problems subpostmasters claim to be suffering over their Horizon accounting system, says that "a sub-postmistress accused of theft from the Post Office has...
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Dear Jac: a lease over your head
You will not be surprised to hear that I often get calls about leases. This one was interesting because Jag Sanghera, who runs DS News in London's Shepherd's Bush, has a high-profile landlord...
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Dear Jac: Pressure grows over Post Office's Horizon
The magazine Accountancy Age has added its voice to the call for the Post Office to act over IT concerns
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Dear Jac: Should news stay an open market?
Once upon a time news supplies were tightly controlled
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Dear Jac: Cracking the telephone codes
I'd like to give you a masterclass in telephone codes, but I think the Da Vinci one may have been simpler to fathom
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Dear Jac: a story about rubbish
Mohammed Asif writes from Teem Spirits in Reddish, Stockport, is wondering if a baling machine would help with his rubbish problem
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Dear Jac: Counting the cones
Here's another bit of retail detail for you, prompted by an email from Paul Lai who runs Westway PO Stores in Baldock, Hertfordshire. "I wonder if anyone out there checks the number of ice creams when they open a new box? I find that roughly one in...
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Dear Jac: Storm clouds on the Horizon
BBC Wales has revealed new evidence to support ex-subpostmasters who blamed glitches in their Horizon computer system for lost livelihoods and prison sentences