Latest from Dear Jac – Page 71
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Are you brainy and fancy going on telly?
Christopher Blakey, a bright spark who runs The Paper Shop in Greetland, Halifax, is looking for team mates for a TV quiz
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Too many providers spoil the broth
What do you get when you put PayZone, BT and Alliance & Leicester together? In many cases, I'm sure, you get a good, multi-tasking machine.
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Clapped out fridges? What to do with them?
There's something you should know about the disposal of clapped-out equipment.
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Without the TV licence, is there any hope for POs?
Margaret Taylor, who runs Roseland Stores & Veryan Post Office in Truro, Cornwall, feels as if the sword of Damocles is hanging over her head.
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Which direction is this footfall taking?
On the subject of PayPoint, here's another little wrinkle which doesn't help.
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The 'exclusive' nature of PayPoint
I get calls from retailers advising me that PayPoint has told them it's PayPoint or Payzone, one or the other, not both.
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Starring in-store: shoplifter of the week
In genteel Eastbourne, as elsewhere, some of society's underbelly can be found. And Trevor Wratten, who trades there as The Devonshire Stores, has seen quite a few.
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Selling up?
Yes, life is too short to read all the contracts you come across with their various clever and convoluted clauses.
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Retailers struggle with training costs
Almost a third of small retailers can't afford to train their staff, according to new research.
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Dear Jac: Numerate? Moi? I'm afraid sums are not my game
I knew someone would point out my rubbish sums over pro rata holiday entitlement in the June 15 issue.
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Dear Jac: Is this a smoking gun?
Gasp. Old Ethel from round the corner comes in with her usual fag-in-corner-of-mouth and, as we all know there are new rules about this habit.
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Dear Jac: Holiday hornets' nests. It must be the time of year
Holidays loom for some, and they bring their own staff rota problems.
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Naming and shaming
If somebody walks past your camera, aware that they are being filmed, and they still pinch from you, then why shouldn't put their picture up on display?
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What's the deal on ATMs? They vary a fair bit
I've had a variety of feedback for Dunfermline Spar retailer Asif Mahmood regarding the deal he was offered by Hanco/RBS of an ATM that's free to customers
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A retailer who's there in spirit if not in body
Dave Geeves, who runs Polgooth PO and Stores in Cornwall, had what he hoped was a bright idea.
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Milk marketing - it's not whiter than white
There seem to be milk wars afloat, in London, Manchester, Bristol and, for all I know, in lots of other places.
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Is switching power suppliers a waste of energy?
Hayley Heap, who runs a post office at St Austell, switched from British Gas to Powergen for electricity 12 months ago.
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Coming soon to a screen near you
Mohammed Rafi rang to say that he had signed up for a free epos system and media deal, which comes with TV screens and ads which pay for the maintenance contract.
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Give us a break from new holiday rules
We are going to explore pro rata holiday entitlement here which, I warn, involves lots of sums, my least fave subject.
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More rules - it's for your own good you know
In the last issue I featured Londis retailer Steve Denham who was in dismay over the new tobacco legislation which puts the onus on the retailer rather than the purchasing public.