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All articles by Rich Airey – Page 2
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Academy set to boost staff skills
Retailers should soon be able to call on a better qualified workforce thanks to the creation of a new National Skills Academy for Retail.
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Retailers face age change backlash
Convenience retailers fear abuse and intimidation from angry teenage smokers after a poll carried out on the eve of the change revealed that 33% of 16- to 24-year-olds were unaware the legal purchase age for tobacco would increase to 18 on October 1.
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Planning rules to ease in green push
Retailers may soon find it easier to install environmentally friendly technologies such as solar panels and wind turbines under changes to planning rules.
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PO silencing letter riles postmasters
Subpostmasters have blasted a letter from the Post Office which threatens to cancel compensation for closures if retailers fail to toe the official line when communicating with customers.
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Retailers struggle with training costs
Almost a third of small retailers can't afford to train their staff, according to new research.
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Retailers hit out at 'phoney' price war
Retailers have dismissed the latest price war between the major supermarkets as a cheap publicity stunt.
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Features and analysis
Police studying distraction wave
Police forces across the country are stepping up their efforts to tackle a worrying increase in distraction burglaries in convenience stores.
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NMA disbands with final call for action
The group set up to contest last year's proposed merger between Nisa-Today's and Costcutter has taken the decision to disband.
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ACS urges rethink of holiday changes
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) is calling for a longer phasing in of changes to holiday entitlement, which the government has announced will increase from 20 to 24 days on October 1.
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Nisa members urge debate
Nisa retailers have called for the Nisa-Today's board not to make any rushed decisions as it looks to find a permanent replacement for former chairman Edwin Booth.
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Indies top lottery tests
Independent lottery retailers have produced the best results in Camelot's test-purchase scheme, Operation Child.
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Chase drama at Mid Wales store
As many as 20 members of the public teamed up with store staff to catch a shoplifting suspect attempting to flee a shop in Mid Wales.
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Business crime is the 'forgotten fifth'
Independent retailers have backed calls from the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) for the government and police to take business crime more seriously.
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Chip and PIN fails to beat the fraudsters
Counterfeit card fraud was up 3% in the UK last year, even though face-to-face fraud in stores fell by 47% to £72.1m.
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Chip and PIN hits first anniversary
Some 900,000 shop tills, that's 98% of those in the UK, have now been upgraded to accept Chip and PIN cards.
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Features and analysis
Indies' prize is a winner for locals
A community is celebrating after independent retailers Suki and Santokh Samra scooped the £1,000 top prize in a competition organised by the My Shop is Your Shop campaign and Convenience Store.
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Retailers to feel the pain of NHS scheme
Retailers are being warned they could face higher insurance premiums thanks to the introduction of a new scheme designed to help the NHS recoup the costs of treating workplace injuries.
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Fear over booze licence fee hike
Retailers have reacted angrily to news that alcohol licence fees are set to increase.
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Industry awaits panel's verdict
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has vowed to keep up the pressure on the government to treat shop crime seriously, even though the Sentencing Advisory Panel's (SAP) consultation on theft and dishonesty offences is now closed.
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Bestway gold rush
Bestway bosses have announced the opening of eight new-generation Best One stores and pledged to open a further 50 before the year is out.