All News articles – Page 471

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    P&H acquires T&A Symonds

    2007-08-14T12:06:00Z

    Palmer & Harvey (P&H) has bought Somerset-based Key Lekkerland wholesaler T&A Symonds.

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    ACS in action

    2007-08-08T00:00:00Z

    Chief executive James Lowman on the fight to keep town planning rules fair and equal for all

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    Sands adds chilled arm

    2007-08-08T00:00:00Z

    Independent Scottish convenience store chain David Sands has launched a new chilled distribution arm and is seeking partnerships with local Scottish suppliers.

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    EU plan to ban traditional cigs

    2007-08-08T00:00:00Z

    Standard cigarettes which stay alight when not being smoked could be banned as part of controversial European Commission plans to reduce house fires.

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    Big plans for deli-style c-store format

    2007-08-08T00:00:00Z

    Dundee-based retail chain McLeish Brothers is set for significant expansion across Scotland with a new generation of convenience store-style delis, C-Store has learned.

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    News retailers want the chance to choose

    2007-08-08T00:00:00Z

    Almost 60% of Convenience Store readers who sell newspapers and magazines suffer unrequested changes to their allocations every week, and the same proportion would welcome a move to a more open news supply chain.

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    Losing contact

    2007-08-08T00:00:00Z

    Contactless payment is only the start of a revolution which will change the relationship between the retailer and the customer

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    Local food in demand

    2007-08-08T00:00:00Z

    More than half of UK consumers (54%) believe there is not enough locally produced food available in the store where they regularly shop, according to a new report by market analysts Mintel.

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    Extreme makeover

    2007-08-08T00:00:00Z

    Asokar Ramalingam has turned a rundown shop into a thriving c-store.

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    PO silencing letter riles postmasters

    2007-08-08T00:00:00Z

    Subpostmasters have blasted a letter from the Post Office which threatens to cancel compensation for closures if retailers fail to toe the official line when communicating with customers.

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    The paper trial

    2007-08-08T00:00:00Z

    The newspaper and magazine distribution system is in the dock. Dave Visick hears the case for change

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    What's your tipple?

    2007-08-08T00:00:00Z

    What are you buying and why? Retailers at Bestway in Hackney reveal all

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    Report backs open market

    2007-07-27T00:00:00Z

    The Association of News Retailing (ANR) has hit out at 'scaremongers' who oppose changes to the newspaper and magazine distribution system.

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    Bargain Booze's c-store package

    2007-07-27T00:00:00Z

    Bargain Booze is aiming to have 50 stores under its new convenience retail banner by the end of the year.

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    New beginning for revamped HT&CO

    2007-07-27T00:00:00Z

    Bosses at the newly renamed HT&CO cash and carry in West London's Park Royal are hoping to grow sales by 20% following a major depot refit and re-branding exercise.

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    Boxing clever

    2007-07-27T00:00:00Z

    The traditional lunchbox has a new menu to satisfy health-conscious parents and fussy kids.

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    Business Link a proven success

    2007-07-27T00:00:00Z

    Small firms using the government's Business Link service have benefited in real economic terms, according to the results of a new survey.

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    Tobacco campaign unveiled

    2007-07-27T00:00:00Z

    The government has announced an awareness campaign ahead of the increase in the legal selling age of tobacco products from 16 to 18 on October 1.

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    Guilty plea in firebomb case

    2007-07-27T00:00:00Z

    A man has pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of two retailers in a terrifying firebombing campaign targeting stores in South London.

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    New centre for CJ Lang

    2007-07-27T00:00:00Z

    Scottish Spar distributor CJ Lang is to invest £5m in a new distribution depot in Dundee.