All News articles – Page 457
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Take your pick: From Skills Shops to apprenticeships
From Skills Shops to apprenticeships, there’s a training format out there to suit your needs
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PM backs move to local policing
Retailers have welcomed government plans promising every community in England and Wales its own neighbourhood policing team and police community support officers (PCSOs) by April, but have expressed surprise that action has not been taken sooner.
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Sounds bad for Mosquito
The Co-operative Group is to consider removing the Mosquito device, used for dispersing gangs of troublesome youths from outside c-stores.
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Stores under pressure to end bags giveaway
Retailers face increasing pressure to stop issuing free single-use plastic bags after the launch of a national media campaign calling for them to be banned.
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BBC defends decision to move licence
The BBC has defended its decision to transfer the contract for TV Licensing services from the Post Office to PayPoint.
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Brown: stores are to blame
Prime Minister Gordon Brown has announced a "two strikes and you're out" policy for retailers caught selling alcohol to youths twice in three months.
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Multiples' booze plans rubbished
Convenience retailers are unimpressed by supermarkets' plans to tackle binge drinking and the underage purchasing of alcohol.
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Spar boss joins Skillsmart ranks
Spar UK managing director Jerry Marwood has been appointed a patron of Skillsmart Retail.
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Londis supply chain moves into top gear
Londis retailers are to benefit from a shake-up of the Musgrave GB supply chain. Managing director Phil Smith told delegates at the recent Londis retailer conference in Harrogate that the move, which will involve rolling out pm deliveries, would help drive growth in 2008.
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Family's relief over 'no charge' decision
A Lancashire retailer who was arrested after an attempted robbery in which a man died has spoken of his relief following a decision that he will face no charges.
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Ready & chilling
Unilever UK is targeting the growing £1.4bn chilled ready meals market with a range of nine products under the Colman's, Knorr and Bertolli brands.
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Consumers uneasy over food miles
The number of UK consumers concerned about food miles has almost doubled in the past five years, according to new research from retail think tank IGD.
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Crowded out
Publishers are upbeat about the slow decline in magazine circulations. But should retailers share their optimism?
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Musgrave cuts prices to help retailers
Musgrave Retail Partners is to slash wholesale prices on key products over the next few months.
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Delivering the goods
C-Store catches up with a news retailing legend, Dave Carter of Shrewsbury
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The remedy for disaster
Small stores went to the doctor - and came away feeling worse. How did the Grocery Market Inquiry lose its way so spectacularly?
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Supermarkets to face European probe
The European Parliament may launch an investigation into supermarkets' abuse of buying power in driving down the prices they pay suppliers.
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Vodka fakes on the market
Retailers are being warned to guard against counterfeit bottles of Glens Vodka which contain dangerously high levels of methanol.
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Opposition to tax on family firms grows
Retailers and campaigners are demanding the government scraps proposals to introduce a new family business tax in next week's budget.
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Postwatch questions keep POs in fight for survival
Three Post Offices in the West Berkshire and Wiltshire areas have been granted a stay of execution after intervention by the Post Office watchdog Postwatch.