All News articles – Page 386
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Local strategy pays off for David Sands
Sales at family-owned Scottish c-store chain David Sands grew by 13.9% during 2009, according the company's latest results.
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Legislation: Employment
These days retailers need to know nearly as much about employment law as the human resources managers of major corporations. Employees can be one of your store’s greatest assets, but also one of its largest drains on profits and your time, so take note
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Legislation: Environment
The earth is warming up and so, too, is pressure on businesses to act in a more environmentally friendly way by reducing, reusing and recycling
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Retailers hit out at e-payment schemes
A new service raises questions over stores’ loyalty to electronic payments
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Tesco makes U-turn over garden site
Tesco has backed out of plans to build a store on the site of a community garden in Brighton, East Sussex. Following a long-running battle with the community and local Green Party MP Caroline Lucas, Tesco community and government director...
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Hancocks sweetens up South London
Specialist confectionery cash and carry Hancocks is poised to open a new 20,000sq ft depot in Croydon, South London, later this month, just in time for the Christmas rush. More than 5,000 branded and own label confectionery products will...
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Legislation: In-store music
Make sure you know your PPLs from your PRSs or you’ll certainly be out of tune
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Legislation: Tobacco
Forget EastEnders, it’s tobacco that everyone is talking about. Given that some of the most draconian legislation seen in the UK is threatening to plunge the category and independent retailers into darkness, it’s easy to see why.
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Employees urged to shout about safety
Young employees are being asked to take greater responsibility for their health and safety by speaking up if they feel any aspects of their job are unsafe.
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POs welcome Cable’s veto on closures
Subpostmasters have welcomed the announcement by Business Secretary Vince Cable that large-scale Post Office closures are a thing of the past. Speaking at the Liberal Democrat conference in Liverpool, Cable promised that despite the...
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Costcutter’s Graves slams Nisa tactics
Costcutter's executive chairman Colin Graves has resigned from the board of Nisa-Today's and slammed the organisation for actively trying to recruit Costcutter members to the Nisa symbol group.
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Fury as Sunday Times cuts stores’ margins
Newsagents have reacted angrily after the recent Sunday Times cover price rise reduced the percentage margin they make on sales of the product.
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Rates and empty shops on the rise
Retailers are being threatened with the prospect of further significant business rate rises when new levels are implemented next April.
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Pressure group calls for end to ID checks
A call by an obscure campaign body to scrap age-verification policies such as Think 21 or Challenge 25 has been dismissed by retailers' representatives.
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‘Disaster’ looms for alcohol retailers
Proposed changes to the Licensing Act will be "a disaster for local shops", the Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has warned the government. The changes, proposed in the Home Office consultation Rebalancing the Licensing Act,...
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Appleby Westward closes two Eurospar outlets
Appleby Westward Group (AWG) is to close two of the three Eurospar stores it opened in the South West of England last year.
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The Bigger Basket - how do you get customers to buy more?
There are plenty of ways to get consumers spending more in your store. Chloe Ryan and Sarah Britton report
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Thunderball turns into Blunderball
Lottery operator Camelot has completed an upgrade of all its terminals following a blunder which allowed stores to process out-of-date play slips for the new-format Thunderball game thus diminishing customers' chances of winning the jackpot.
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Staff costs driving retailers to the brink
Store owners are feeling the pressure as costs force cuts in staffing levels
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Retail names unite in call for a fair deal
A group of trade associations and businesses representing about 250,000 shops has urged the government to review the laws concerning sales of alcohol, tobacco, spray paint, knives, fireworks and other age-restricted products.