News – Page 34
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Features and analysisNewstrAid offers mental health support to newstrade community
Industry charity NewstrAid has unveiled its new tool designed to support positive mental health and wellbeing across the newstrade
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Features and analysisShoplifting at record high since police records began
A total of 516,971 offences were logged by forces in 2024, up 20% from 429,873 in 2023
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Features and analysisOne Stop donates £30,000 worth of Easter goodies
One Stop’s Easter hamper campaign returned this year, donating goodies to local charities, community groups and regular customers
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Features and analysisHouse of Lords warn of youth vaping as Pokémon cards found next to vapes
Lords Stevens of Birmingham highlighted concerns over the accessibility and marketing of vapes to children in the second reading of the Tobacco and Vapes Bill
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Features and analysisChancellor Rachel Reeves announces steps to tackle low cost imports
Chancellor Rachel Reeves to take action to mitigate the impacts of potential future dumping of cheap goods into the UK
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Features and analysisSpar’s £100K Community Cashback returns for a fourth year
Spar’s charity campaign Community Cashback is back for another year
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Features and analysisInPost to handle Vinted parcel deliveries until end of 2027
The partnership alligns with InPost’s goal of becoming “the number one player of European logistics”
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Features and analysisScotmid reports cautious growth in its annual report
The Scottish cooperative has just released its annual accounts, with a slight raise in retail sales
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Features and analysisSmall business confidence shows signs of recovery after four-year low
Confidence amongst Scottish small businesses is showing signs of recovery after a four-year low despite a mounting costs crisis
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Features and analysisMaking Tax Digital scheme now under a year away
With under a year to go until the government’s Making Tax Digital scheme goes live, sole traders can now sign up to trial the system
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Features and analysis£150,000 of stolen goods recovered from eight London stores
After marking 5,000 commonly stolen items with synthetic DNA, officers were able to identify the stolen goods
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Features and analysisFresh update for a website dedicated to tackling Scottish retail crime
The SGF in partnership with Retailers Against Crime have just updated their website
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Features and analysisFood waste reduction fast becoming a key priority for shoppers
New data shows shoppers are now more concerned with reducing food waste than other perhaps more well-known environmental initiatives
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Features and analysisConvenience trip frequency and basket size grows in first quarter of 2025
Lumina Intelligence has released its first quarterly report for 2025
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Features and analysisFresh & Proper becomes first convenience store in UK with a Royal Mail locker
Fresh & Proper in Fordham has become the first convenience store in the UK to host one of Royal Mail’s new parcel lockers
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Features and analysisCircana category analysis: Soft Drinks
The latest analysis from Circana examines the soft drinks category in convenience in terms of value sales and market share
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Features and analysisLabour called on to take on business rates challenge
Representatives from the retail and wholesale sectors have called on the government to take positive action, including an overall of the business rates system
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Features and analysisInPost acquires Yodel in ‘strategic takeover’
InPost has acquired 95.5% of Yodel, with PayPoint retaining a minority stake of 4.5%
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Features and analysisIllegal nicotine pouches seizures rise by 974% in a year
UKVIA and Vape Club warn of increasing black market for nicotine pouches
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Features and analysisACS reminds retailers of the imminent closure of alcohol duty stamps scheme
There are now just two weeks until the closure of the Government’s alcohol duty stamp scheme