News – Page 57
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Features and analysisWomen at board level in wholesale drops to lowest record ever
Food and Drink Wholesale UK (FWD) and its initiative Women in Wholesale are urging businesses to drive change by creating more female role models
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Features and analysisHorizon victim issues High Court proceedings against Post Office and Fujistu
Lee Castleton has issued High Court proceedings against Post Office and Fujistu for their part in the Horizon scandal
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Features and analysisTrust and Gander to unveil partnership
Payment solution provider Trust and online inventory platform Gander are unveiling a strategic partnership
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Features and analysisWhere are London’s illegal vape hotspots?
In 2024 illegal vape seizures in London boroughs doubled to over half a million compared to the previous year
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Features and analysisCo-op and Uber Eats announce new three-year partnership renewal
Co-op and Uber Eats have announced a three-year partnership renewal including extending delivery collaboration
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Features and analysisFive ways convenience stores can maximise sales with biscuits on Mother’s Day
Mother’s Day spending increased by 4.4% last year according to researchers Mintel, with six in ten consumers now purchasing for the occasion
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Features and analysisTwo week countdown as retailers brace for wage increases
The industry has two weeks to prepare for the increases in the National Living Wage and the National Minimum Wage set to roll out from 1 April 2025
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Features and analysisGander to support Food Waste Action Week urging us to buy loose fruit and veg
Gander is supporting Love Food Hate Waste’s Food Waste Action Week running until 23 March
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Features and analysisWhat’s happening at the National Convenience Show?
The National Convenience Show will look at how retailers can increase basket spend and shopper loyalty
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Features and analysisGovernment warned against under-estimating scale of illicit tobacco trade
The Institute of Economic Affair said the government’s estimates of the size of the illicit tobacco trade were ‘laughable’
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Features and analysisCouncils unprepared for retailer licensing scheme to sell tobacco, vapes and nicotine
Research conducted by the Express found that 92% of councils had not started preparing for the new licensing scheme
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Features and analysisOne in four shoppers witness physical or verbal abuse of shop staff
These incidents have included acts of racial or sexual abuse, physical assault or threats involving weapons
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Features and analysisHartlepool retailer stripped of licence after ‘dangerous vodka’ found on open sale
Trading Standards also seized 194 illegal vapes
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Features and analysisNewstrAid appoints Paul Bacon as operations manager
He will take over from Tom Rodger, who will retire at the end of the month
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Features and analysisRetail crime cost Scottish retailers almost £20,000 per store last year
The Scottish Grocers’ Federation has released its latest Crime Report
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Features and analysisEvri responds to retailers who say they’ll lose hundreds a year as volume bonus is cut
Independent retailers are up in arms about the cutting of the weekly bonus volume from delivery company Evri
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Features and analysisBestway to empower retailers with new social media initiative
Bestway Retail has announced the launch of a pilot scheme across a select number retailers
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Features and analysisGroceryAid Ball raises £717,267 for charity
More than 1,000 guests attended this year’s GroceryAid Ball
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Features and analysisJW Filshill achieves pledge to cut carbon emissions by 50% by 2030 five years ahead of target
Wholesaler JW Filshill says sustainability still top of the agenda on 150th anniversary
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Features and analysis£500k worth of illegal tobacco discovered in storage unit
Walsall Council Trading Standards teamed up with West Midlands Police and a specialist search dog team as part of Operation Shadow