All News articles – Page 393
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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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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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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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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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Celine's extra mile has Knocklynn smiling
Whether she’s dealing with her staff or her customers, store manager Celine Molloy does it with a smile. Sarah Britton reports
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London locals set up a store to share
A community store in Holborn, London is bringing a new model of ownership to the UK, which will see customers offered a discount on their shopping in return for a few hours' volunteer work each month.
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Plan for supermarket tax breaks “madness”
A proposal that supermarkets should be given tax breaks to set up in deprived areas has angered independent store owners.
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Welsh shops face 7p ‘bag tax’ from March
Stores in Wales will be required to charge a minimum of 7p for a single-use carrier bag when new regulations come into force next March. Welsh Assembly Environment Minister Jane Davidson announced details of the bag tax last week, saying:...
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ID schemes step up after NICs scrapped
CitizenCard is hoping to plug the vacuum left by the abolition of the National Identity Card (NIC) scheme, by offering free cards to the thousands of people who had signed up to it.
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Nisa aims to be the symbol of choice
Nisa has embarked on an ambitious plan to become "the symbol group of choice" for retailers.
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Hendersons grows in all directions
Henderson Group, the Spar distributor for Northern Ireland, achieved an 11% increase in turnover to £500m last year.
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Price fears as Asda buys smaller outlets
Asda is to extend its national pricing policy to the 193 smaller outlets purchased last month from Netto a move which could drive margins down in some neighbourhoods and threaten the livelihoods of independent convenience store owners.
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ASH report sets tempers burning
A report by anti-tobacco lobby group ASH has incensed retail trade associations, by claiming they overstated the costs of complying with the tobacco display ban. The report, The Smoke Filled Room: How Big Tobacco Influences Health Policy…
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Spar bids to score with online strategy
Spar has increased its focus on digital and social media activity as part of a £5m marketing programme for 2010-11.
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Coalition promises hope for stifled small businesses
The government has revealed plans to reduce the amount of regulation that it believes is 'stifling' small businesses, and announced a review of all planned business legislation.
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Camelot says thanks for rise in sales
National Lottery operator Camelot has thanked its retail partners, most of whom are independents, for helping it achieve a 5.9% increase in sales in the year to March.
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C-stores set to score whatever the result
The World Cup and the weather are lining up a bumper month for local shops. The World Cup, which begins today (June 11), a sustained period of excellent weather and new figures which show...
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Store told to take down window vinyl
A Best-One retailer in Newbury, Berkshire, has been told he must remove the store's window vinyls because they are 'not in keeping' with the neighbourhood.
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Head to head with Tesco Express
You can moan about the retail giants or, like Arul Masilamany, you can reign on their parade. Dave Visick visits an independent store with a mult next door.
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Retail guru hits out at supermarkets
The star of the BBC TV's store makeover programme Mary Queen Of Shops has thrown her support behind local retailers with an attack on the "unstoppable march" of the supermarkets. Retail guru Mary Portas, who recently helped C-Store...