All Responsible Retailing articles – Page 3
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Features and analysisTwo stores ordered to close again weeks after previous closure order expired
Stop N Shop store and Nida store on Winsover Road have been reissued with three-month closure orders
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Features and analysisVape licensing ‘crucial to preventing youth access and tackling illicit market’
A webinar hosted by the UKVIA discussed what is needed to prevent issues in the vape industry
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Features and analysisOver 25,000 vapes per month swept up on Aberdeenshire’s streets
Vapes are found within the drainage fittings on roads and highways
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Features and analysis‘Responsible Retailing is at the very heart of our approach to supporting retailers’: Allwyn
As part of Responsible Retailing Week 2024, Convenience Store spoke with Julie Brian, head of retail strategy and operations at Allwyn, to discuss its commitment to fostering responsible retailing among National Lottery retailers
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Features and analysisWhat are the age restrictions on National Lottery products?
Confused about who can buy National Lottery products?
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Products In DepthWhat is the future of the tobacco, vaping and next-gen category?
What does the next year hold for the tobacco, vaping and next-gen sectors?
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Features and analysisYouth smoking hits historic lows, recent ONS data finds
Smoking prevalence in the 18 to 24-year-old age group has dropped from 25.7% in 2011 to just 9.8% in 2023
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Features and analysisSafer Business Action Week: How are Nisa retailers tackling retail crime?
Retailers Prem Uthayakumaran, Benedict Selvaratnam and Amit Puntambekar highlight the proactive measures they are taking to tackle these pressing concerns head on.
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Features and analysisAll-Party Parliamentary Group for Responsible Vaping calls for evidence for inquiry
The All-Party Parliamentary Group is to examine government proposals for regulation and calls for evidence on the state of vaping in the UK
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Features and analysisLocal Vape Action scheme pilot launched to take on underage vaping
A new pilot programme to tackle underage vaping has been unveiled in Kent, ahead of a national roll-out in 2025
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Features and analysisSupport for vape licensing scheme welcomed
Comments supporting a licensing scheme for vape retailers by Baroness Merrion have been welcomed by the industry
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Features and analysisCanine detectives sniff out £50k of illegal tobacco
Two sniffer dogs have uncovered £50,000 worth of illegal vapes and tobacco in Oldham, Greater Manchester
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Features and analysisGreater Manchester Police seize hundreds of illegal vapes
It comes as part of ongoing work to tackle serious and violent crime across the city
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Features and analysisVape legislation needs to be based on ‘facts, not fiction’
Philip Morris has warned against over-excessive vape regulations coming in response to rogue operators
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Features and analysisScotmid stores to tackle underage drinking in Glasgow
Scotmid Co-operative is bringing the It’ll Cost You campaign to stores across Glasgow
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Features and analysisRetailer frustration over illicit tobacco trade
A retailer roundtable, held by JTI and Convenience Store, revealed major frustration over continuous illicit tobacco sales
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Features and analysisCalls for Tobacco Track and Trace data to be shared with police
The National Business Crime Centre is calling for Tobacco Track and Trace technology to be made available to policing in order to crack down on the illicit tobacco trade
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Features and analysisWorthing retailer fined £1000 for illicit tobacco
Shaswar Ranjbari pleaded guilty at Brighton Magistrates’ Court to offences relating to the possession of counterfeit and foreign-labelled tobacco and the fraudulent evasion of excise duty
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Features and analysisMore illicit tobacco enforcement urged by ACS
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has called on the next government to improve enforcement against the illicit tobacco trade
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Features and analysisScottish Government acknowledges enforcement in response to single-use vape consultation
It comes as the Scottish Government has published its response to the consultation on details surrounding the introduction of a ban on disposable vaping products