News – Page 52
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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
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Features and analysisJames Hall & Co adds 50 new lines to its Spar own label offering
The expansion comes as demand for own label products continue to rise
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Features and analysisThe Brookfield Group gears up for double marathon in support of Get Kids Going! charity
The Brookfield Group is preparing for not one but two marathons in support of the Get Kids Going! Charity
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Features and analysisNew trading director announced at Parfetts
Parfetts has announced that Cheryl Hope is joining the employee-owned business as trading director
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Features and analysisGroceryAid launches Win Your Summer raffle for industry workers
It is the first industry-wide raffle run by the charity
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Features and analysisPaisley convenience store fined for fly tipping seven times in just two months
SEPA has issued a civil penalty after Paisley store is caught fly tipping seven times in two months
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Features and analysis‘Resilience and adaptability’ are at the heart of local retailers, says Coca-Cola
To mark Coca Cola’s 125th anniversary in Great Britain, the brand has highlighted the importance of c-stores and the retailers running them
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Features and analysisIBVTA responds as a new UCL study shows vaping numbers to be stalling
The rise of vaping that first became popular in 2021 appears to have stalled in Great Britain, UCL finds
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Features and analysisJW Filshill supports retailers with guide ahead of single-use vape ban
The Glasgow-based wholesaler has urged retailers to take immediate action to prepare for the change
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Features and analysisOne in three vapers don’t know e-liquids have expiry dates
A new survey has revealed that over a third of vapers are unaware e-liquid has an expiry date