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Features and AnalysisBitter disappointment towards government inaction on worker abuse
The government’s response to a petition urging more protection for shop workers has sparked disappointment and outrage. What’s next for the campaign?
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Interviews and Profiles
Forced to use body cameras to protect staff
Attacks on staff have forced Premier Eldred Drive to use body cameras to help protect them.
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Features and Analysis
ACS Local Shops Report: How has coronavirus changed the sector?
Lockdown has changed the retail sector but what has been the impact on convenience?
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Features and Analysis
Unmasked retail staff putting off customers, says survey
Research conducted in town centres across the UK has found that the failure of retail staff to wear masks is preventing customers returning to shops.
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Features and Analysis
Store owners share their post-lockdown priorities
With lockdown restrictions loosening, the previously relentless demand on c-stores has eased a little and retailers can now think about other areas of their business.
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Interviews and Profiles
How I’m still keeping my customers safe during lockdown
Simon Biddle runs us through the hygiene and social distancing measures he has maintained to keep customers safe
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News
USDAW urges minimum wage of at least £10 per hour
Retail workers trade union USDAW has called for the National Minimum Wage to be increased to £10 per hour.
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News
BP to pay store staff the Real Living Wage
BP has decided to adopt the Real Living Wage (RLW) for all of its directly-employed UK retail staff.
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Dear Jac
An important clause
I had a very interesting query from Ron Letcher who trades as a Londis in the West Country. He asks: “What is the law on smoking if your policy is no smoking? I have two members who constantly break our rules.”
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News
Coronavirus: Government confirms c-store workers with symptoms can get tested
Essential workers in England, including convenience store employees, are now eligible for coronavirus testing if they have symptoms or live with someone who has symptoms.
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News
Coronavirus: Retailers welcome furlough scheme amid sustained demand for goods
Convenience stores across the country have welcomed the launch of the government’s new Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme which went live on 20 April.
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News
Retail industry continues to shed jobs as challenges stack up
The number of retail workers fell by 1.8% year on year in the last quarter of 2019, as stores continued to struggle against a rising tide of challenges, new figures from the British Retail Consortium (BRC) show.
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Underage-sales prevention training improves compliance in Manchester stores
Tobacco retailers in Manchester have made significant strides in underage sales prevention, latest results from JTI’s IDentify youth access prevention scheme have revealed.
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Dear Jac
Don’t take risks with your staff
Risk-taking is sometimes considered a good thing entrepreneurs are known for it and Lord Alan Sugar wouldn’t give you the time of day if you weren’t prepared to take a few flyers.
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Dear Jac
Get it on record and the truth will out
Here’s a tip passed on by John O’Hara who runs The Bridge Store at Cropredy, Banbury. He took someone on without taking up references.
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Dear Jac
Dodgy notes - you’re better at it than most
My Northern correspondent, Glyn Reece (Penny's in Chester), writes that a respectable matron of the village tried to pass a 'dodgy' 20 a while ago. He automatically rejected it and she cried: How do you KNOW it's not real? Well, ...
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Dear Jac
Dear Jac: What's it worth to you?
Let's talk money, and bear with me because there is a point at the end.
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Dear Jac
Dear Jac: Now there's a relief; some good feedback
In the last issue I asked if anyone fancied a fortnight on a busman's holiday, running a village store in Hampshire for Geoff and Lyn Porteus so they could get a much-needed break.
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Dear Jac
Dear Jac: Maternity pay + holiday pay = a headache for retailers
Workers have many rights these days, so unsurprisingly it’s difficult to keep up with their various entitlements.
