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Display rules are a ‘ludicrous’ burden
Store staff will have to check the age of customers before letting them see a packet of cigarettes or else face prosecution under the tobacco display regulations. A new offence of displaying tobacco to a person under the age of 18 will...
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MPs call for debate on multiples’ power
The All-Party Parliamentary Small Shops Group has called for a government inquiry into the growth of the supermarkets and the effect they are having on local businesses and high streets. Tory MP David Amess, who chairs the group, called...
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Campaign update: Stop tobacco proxy purchasing
Our attempt to draw attention to a startling loophole in the law that an adult can buy cigarettes for a child without fear of reprisal contributed to bringing the proxy purchase of tobacco to national prominence last year.
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Community champions
A Staffordshire couple has won £10,000 as Blakemore’s Store of the Year. John Wood went to meet them and discover the key to their success
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Darling’s chance to help small stores
Support on duty, business rates, the National Minimum Wage and VAT are top of local retailers' demands as next week's Budget gives Chancellor Alistair Darling a chance to impress the sector before the General Election.
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James Hall invests in a future of fresh food
James Hall & Co, the wholesaler for Spar stores in the North of England, is to spend nearly £2.7m on its products and pricing this year, with fresh food identified as the key to increasing footfall.
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Suppliers unite to reduce packaging
Manufacturers and retailers last week agreed to make huge cuts to food and packaging waste that could save customers and the industry £1bn and reduce carbon emissions by three million tonnes.
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Community noticeboards called into question
London mayor Boris Johnson is urging shoppers to challenge newsagents and convenience stores who allow salacious advertisements to appear in their windows and noticeboards.
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JIG to call it a day after 12 years of stalemate
The Joint Industry Group (JIG), set up 12 years ago to address problems in the supply of newspapers and magazines, has been dissolved.
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Deadline nears for business rates appeal
Retailers who wish to contest their business rates over the past five years have until March 31 to submit their appeal.
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Fury at ‘despicable’ Express margin cut
Express Newspapers is the latest publisher to feel the wrath of newsagents after it cut retailers' margins on the Scottish Daily Express by more than 1p a copy.
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Budget 2010: Darling’s chance to help small stores
The Budget provides an opportunity to win over retailers before the election
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Aid for rural shops - just like Ambridge
A new online resource has been created to provide a how-to guide for villages looking to set up a community-owned store, and has already come to the aid of The Archers.
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MPs call for debate on multiples’ power
The All-Party Parliamentary Small Shops Group has called for a government inquiry into the growth of the supermarkets and the effect they are having on local businesses and high streets.
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Funding for SGF Healthy Living Programme
The Scottish Public Health Minister Shona Robison has pledged £679,000 to the latest phase of the Scottish Grocers’ Federation’s (SGF) Healthy Living Programme.
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Be prepared for a C-change in 2010
Self-checkouts, shops-within-shops and greater environmental responsibility will be among the emerging retail trends in the year ahead, says a new report.
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Bright side of the road
Dave Visick meets the brothers who have breathed life into their store with a fresh face and the best free advertising you can find
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The Wight attitude
An island newsagent has the perfect process to make news and magazines a thriving category in his store.
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Pricemarks key to building up trust
Pricemarked products are helping independent retailers to win the trust of younger and more price-conscious shoppers who have lost faith in supermarket pricing.
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Rules on lads’ mags will add to red tape
The authors of a government report have recommended that newsagents should be required to comply with a mandatory code of practice for lads' mags. The Home Office-commissioned report, The Sexualisation of Young People, says the code...