All articles by Simon Banks – Page 9
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Deliveroo launches alcohol delivery service
Deliveroo, the food delivery business has partnered up with Majestic Wines and BrewDog to distribute consumers’ orders of beers, wines and spirits.
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Poundland bought by South African group for £597m
Discount chain Poundland has announced a £597m takeover agreement with South African retail group Steinhoff International.
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Refit and raring to go
The convenience sector is ever-changing, so it is essential that retailers modify their stores to keep up with modern trends, and even more important that they plan their store refits to ensure their investment pays off.
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Camelot announces changes to the EuroMillions Lotto
Camelot has announced a range of changes to the EuroMillions Lottery from September which includes the introduction of an additional lucky star, as the price per line increases to £2.50.
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Nisa celebrates great community retailers
Nisa has been celebrating its ‘best community’ convenience stores by donating £15,000 to local causes through its annual ‘Shop Local’ campaign.
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Norwich retailer is victim of 'racist' arson attack
The local community in Norwich has come together to support a Romanian retailer whose convenience store was significantly damaged in an arson attack on Friday.
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One Stop franchise opens in former Police Station
Retailers in the Welsh village of Llanberis have completely transformed a former 1940s police station and jail into a new One Stop franchise.
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CollectPlus launches new print-in-store service
CollectPlus has launched a new in-store label printing service to simplify the process of sending a package for customers who don’t have access to a printer.
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Bestway Wholesale grows its reward card users by 54%
Bestway Wholesale has revealed its Bestway Batleys reward card has grown its user base by 54% since its launch in February according to latest figures.
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Sainsbury’s to close Netto stores as joint venture ends
Sainsbury’s has announced an end to its joint venture with Danish chain Netto, and will be closing all 16 UK stores in August.
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Warner’s Budgens rolls out children’s reward card
Warner’s Budgens has teamed up with online children’s channel E-Bop.tv to create a reward card system to encourage good behaviour in children while their parents are shopping.
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Nisa returns to profit with positive annual results
Nisa has announced underlying profits of £0.6m in its annual results following a £5.4m loss in 2015, although sales dropped by 1.9% to £1.3bn.
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My Local enters administration as KPMG appointed
My Local has formally entered administration with 90 convenience stores from the chain’s estate of 125 stores now closed.
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Midcounties Co-op provides £2,200 boost to cancer charity
The Midcounties Co-operative has donated a sum of £2,200 to the White House Cancer Support charity in Sedgley, as part of its ongoing ‘Regional Communities Strategy’.
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CMA calls for ban on rollover energy contracts
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has made a recommendation for the removal of rollover energy contracts for microbusinesses in its final report on energy market reforms.
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Welsh retailers enjoying added time at Euros
Retailers in Wales, Northern Ireland and England have been celebrating a surge in sales as the Home Nations marched on into the last 16 stage of Euro 2016.
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Community Alcohol Partnerships roll out to 30 new areas
The Community Alcohol Partnerships (CAPs) scheme will be launched in around 30 new areas in the next 12 months, taking the total number of UK CAPs to over 130 by the end of the year.
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Glasgow-based chain Dynamic Retail appoints new md
Dynamic Retail, the Glasgow-based convenience store chain owned by retailer Shaun Marwaha, has appointed Chris Gallacher as managing director as part of a management restructure.
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Nisa launches campaign to celebrate community retailers
Nisa is on the lookout for the nation’s best community stores and is giving consumers the chance to nominate their local store and win £1,000 to be donated to local causes.
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Tesco like-for-likes rise for second consecutive quarter
Tesco has announced a second consecutive quarter of growth, with UK like-for-like sales up 0.3% for the first financial quarter of the year.