News – Page 113
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Features and analysisVolumatic helps Co-op raise £1.2m for Barnardo’s
Team Co-op helped raise over £1.2 million for Barnardo’s thanks to support from Volumatic
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Features and analysisOver £100,000 of illegal tobacco found in ‘James Bond style’ hiding places
Illegal and potentially dangerous tobacco, worth over £100,000, has been seized from retailers in Dewsbury following a joint operation by West Yorkshire Police and West Yorkshire Trading Standards.
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Features and analysisCJ Lang appoints new company-owned store director
Frank McCarron joins CJ Lang from Scotmid
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Features and analysisWarm Hubs and Community Spaces benefit from Nisa’s Heart of the Community
Fifty community homeless shelters and warm hubs from across the UK are set to receive £1,000 donations from Nisa’s Making a Difference Locally
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Features and analysisRetailers reminded to complete National Lottery Transfer of Retailer Agreement
Store owners have until 18 December to complete their Transfer of Retailer Agreement from Camelot to Allwyn
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Features and analysisSnappy Shopper and Greens Retail team for home delivery service
Snappy Shopper has announced a partnership with Greens Retail to provide its new Home Delivery and Click and Collect offering
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Features and analysisIBVTA warns of ‘uncertain future’ for vape sector unless action is taken
The Independent British Vape Trade Association has set out five recommendations to tackle key challenges in the vaping sector
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Features and analysisOne Stop expands fresh range
One Stop has carried out its first fresh range reset in two years
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Features and analysisRetail Crime Action Plan looks to tackle shop theft
A new Retail Crime Action Plan has been developed in response to the rise in shop theft
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Features and analysisGroceryAid offers support for new starters in retail
GroceryAid has created a leaflet to help independent retailers inform new starters and existing employees about the charity’s free and confidential support available to them
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Features and analysis30 jobs at risk due to Southern Co-op head office review
Changing market conditions and shopper behaviour has led to the head office review
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Features and analysisRetailers slam police for lack of response to store crimes
Retailers have criticised the police responses to shoplifting as “terrible”.
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Features and analysisMet Police to roll out facial recognition technology to catch shoplifters
The Met Police will use facial recognition technology in a move to crackdown on London’s most prolific retail offenders.
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Features and analysis27% of retailers fail vape test purchases
The data was sourced as part of Trading Standards’ Operation Joseph
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Features and analysis88Vape commits to plain packs to reduce appeal to children
The firm behind the move wants other suppliers to follow suit
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Features and analysisShop theft in England and Wales rises by 25%
Latest data from the Office of National Statistics found that shop theft has increased by 25% over the past year
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Features and analysisGreens Retail appoints Mike Leonard as interim head of retail
Leonard was previously head of retail at Eddy’s Food Station
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Features and analysisRetailers encouraged to ‘become best friends' with their PCCs
Katy Bourne, a Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) from Sussex has urged retailers to reach out to their local PCCs
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Features and analysisLaughing gas ban to come into force in November
Those found supplying nitrous oxide could face a sentence of up to 14 years
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Features and analysisParfetts appoints Peter Jones as new GM of its Sheffield depot
Jones has been with Parfetts for seven years and previously at Morrisons for 17 years