News – Page 60
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Features and analysisPrincess Royal announced as new Patron of the Retail Trust
Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal has taken over patronage of the Retail Trust from her mother, the late Queen Elizabeth II
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Features and analysisDangling burglar drops straight into jail
A burglar was spotted dangling from the ceiling by staff at Sainsbury’s Local in Radford last Friday
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Features and analysisOne in ten part-time jobs could be lost following new regulations, BRC warns
The BRC has warned of the impact the Budget and the numerous regulatory changes could have on part-time workers
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Features and analysisTrade bodies welcome government measures to protect retail workers and high streets
Trade bodies has praised the announcement of measures to protect retail staff
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Features and analysisBusinesses call on Welsh Government to use new powers to reform business rates
Multiple business organisations are calling for the Welsh Government to use its new powers to reform business rates
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Features and analysisRetailers call for more resources to support new Crime and Policing Bill
The Crime and Policing Bill aimed at tackling retail crime and helping communities will be introduced in Parliament today
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Features and analysisPeterborough Nisa Local donates over £600 to Bharat Hindu Samaj Mandir temple
Bharat Hindu Samaj Mandir temple in Peterborough has received a donation of £611.26 from the Nisa Local
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Features and analysisGovernment’s new Crime and Policing Bill aims to tackle retail crime and help communities
The Crime and Policing Bill sets out new measures aimed at tackling shop theft and anti-social behaviour
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Features and analysisGlobal first for Co-op as it uses eye-tracking tech to assess power of ads in convenience stores
Innovative data shows convenience store ads have twice the visibility and quadruple brand recall compared to larger stores
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Features and analysisInPost launches new Send service to 'transform' the UK postal market
InPost Group has announced the new Send delivery service that allows anyone to send a label less parcel directly from its app
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Features and analysisJames Hall & Co. to host Spar Inspire retailer event
An insight driven programme on the future of convenience retail is the focus of James Hall & Co’s annual retailer event
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Interviews and ProfilesScottish wholesalers recognised for innovation and more at SWA awards
Scotland’s wholesalers have been recognised and rewarded by the industry at the Achievers Awards.
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Features and analysisLincolnshire operation seizes ‘biggest retail haul’ of illicit cigarettes and vapes yet
More than 90,000 cigarettes, 300 vapes and 10kg of tobacco have been seized from seven stores in Lincolnshire
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Features and analysisFood store sales volumes grew strongly in January 2025, ONS reports
ONS data suggests a rise in people staying in has lead to much improved figures on December
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Features and analysisJust a week left to fill in the ACS annual colleague survey online and win
Deadline to complete the Association of Convenience Stores’ annual Colleague Survey is a week today
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Features and analysisMan who smashed wine bottle over shopworker’s head jailed for over 15 years
Zach Porter also held a screwdriver to the ribs of another shopworker
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Features and analysisScottish retailers fall victim to fake £20 Bank of England notes
The counterfeit notes pass UV note checkers, said What Every Wants in Hamilton
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Features and analysisGovernment issues guidance for retail business rates relief for 2025/26
The government has published guidance setting out the eligibility criteria for the scheme
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Features and analysisNational Yodel award for an Isle of Wight store
A Cowes convenience store sits top of 7,000 stores across the country as Yodel’s Store of the Quarter
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Features and analysisHave your say on the Tobacco and Vapes Bill
Campaign group We Vape is surveying retailers in a bid to hammer home to the government the potential impact of the Tobacco and Vapes Bill