Awards profile – confectionery retailer of the year

WHEN Mohammed Asif opened his Spar convenience store in Forfar in May 2011, on the site of a former kitchen showroom that had been...
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Awards Profile: Post Office Retailer of the Year

Winner: Best-one @ Brownlies, Biggar Supported by: Post Office .

Mitchells goes its own way

Awards profile – licensed retailer of the year Winner:  Mitchells Inverurie, Aberdeenshire Licensed Retailer of the Year 2016 - sponsored by Whyte & Mackay Interview with Keith Whyte, partner,...

SG Profile: Costcutter New Deer

In 2015, the Scottish Government announced the Convenience Store Resource Efficiency Grant. Sandy Matthew, of Costcutter New Deer, was one of those who applied.
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Staying vigilant in the digital age

Few business threats are as complex or difficult to guard against as cyber attacks.
May 31 was the World Health Organisation’s 2013 No Tobacco Day. One of the world’s biggest tobacco companies wonders if anti-smoking lobbyists have properly thought through the issues

Be careful what you wish for

May 31 was the World Health Organisation’s 2013 No Tobacco Day. One of the world’s biggest tobacco companies wonders if anti-smoking lobbyists have properly...
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Play staff discipline issues by the book

NO-ONE likes having to discipline a member of staff, but disciplinary and dismissal issues are some of the most frequent enquiries we receive at...
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Grab a slice of success

Awards profile - Innovation Award. Interview with Dan Brown, manager and Joanna Casonato, owner.

Focus on the future

Interview with Saleem Sadiq, owner of Spar, Paisley Road, Renfrew The winner of the Retail Technology Award 2015 – sponsored by the Retail Data Partnership Winner details Size:...

Uncharted territory

In its first Convenience Conversation, Scottish Grocer invited a select group of retailers and representatives from the UK’s leading tobacco and tobacco accessories firms...
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Tesco boss goes after profit warning

PHILIP Clarke, Tesco’s chief executive, has expressed “enormous relief” to be leaving the supermarket chain. He announced his departure as it became clear that...
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Awards profile – Chilled retailer of the year 2016

Winner McLeish, Inverurie Chilled Retailer of the Year 2016 Sponsored by: Kerryfresh, Scotty Brand and McIntosh of Strathmore Winner details Size: 1500 sq ft - Symbol: KeyStore Staff:...

Awards profile: Tobacco Retailer of the Year

Winner: Mace, Edinburgh Supported by: Imperial Tobacco
Damian Guha, Mars Petcare UK,

New chief moves in at Mars Petcare

DAMIAN Guha has returned to Mars as managing director for Mars Petcare UK. He had a three-year break at Marks & Spencer, where...

Head to the hills

Championing fresh produce, food to go and its partnerships with local butchers and bakers the fifth store for Eros Retail, Greens of Tillicoultry has...
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New generation profile: Umar Sher, 1st Stop 2 Shop

We ask some of Scotland’s young c-store retailers about their businesses and the key issues of the day.