Andrew Helm, key account manager for British American Tobacco, left, and sports TV personality Georgie Thompson, right, present the Scottish Grocer 2014 Employee of the Year Award to Marc McCabe.

Award profile – Employee of the Year 2014

Winner : Marc McCabe Manager, Nisa Extra, Perth Road, Dundee. Employee of the Year Award winner 2014 – in association with British American Tobacco UK. Winner details Age:...

Health direction a voluntary road

May is shaping up to be an important month for the future of food policy and marketing guidelines. The Scottish Food and Drink Federation’s...

Buoyant in the face of TPD2 rules

How do you solve a problem like TPD2? With strict EU legislation on tobacco retailing now in force it’s goodbye to branded and price-marked...
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Rolling with regulations

Awards profile - Tobacco Retailer of the Year Award. Interview with Akhtar Muhammed.

Hitting the sweet spot

IT has been an incredible year for Mandi Duncan. Employed as the Saturday girl at Barassie Day-Today for 17 years, Mandi got the chance to...
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Staying vigilant in the digital age

Few business threats are as complex or difficult to guard against as cyber attacks.

First class package

Winner:  Whitburn Post Office and Costcutter Post Office Retailer of the Year - sponsored by The Post Office Interview with Teresa Hill, owner. Winner details Store trading area: 1,700...
Bep Dhaliwal, trade communications manager, Mars Chocolate UK, left, and awards event host Craig Hill, right, present the Community Champion Award to Asif Akhtar and Abada Akhtar of Smeaton Stores, Kirkcaldy.

Family store gives heaps of support

Community Champion – supported by Mars Chocolate Winner: Premier Smeaton Stores, Kirkcaldy, Fife Winner details Staff: 4 Symbol: Premier Smeaton Stores has been a family business for three...

Heart of the village

Established in September last year, Booth’s General Store in Carmunnock is a business with one foot in the past that may point the way...

Award profile – spirits retailer of the year

Winner: Great Glen Trading Centre, Fort Augustus Award: Spirits retailer of the year Sponsored by: Whyte & Mackay

Food and drink in dynamic role

Manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers make the premier league as Scotland’s limited companies respond well to tough times RETAIL and wholesale proved one of the most...

Awards profile – Soft Drinks Outlet of the Year

Ross MacPherson and Mandi Duncan opened their first store in Barassie, Troon in 2016. The store was named Confectionery Retailer of the Year in 2017.
Shopkeeper Asif Mohammad stands outside his convenience shop next to a hand written sign about energy prices.

Act on energy or shops will shut

As soaring energy costs threaten viable businesses, Scottish business owners have been sounding the alarm over electricity price hikes.
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The chill to succeed

INVERURIE isn’t exactly short of places to buy lunch. The affluent Aberdeenshire community has a thriving town centre blessed with a remarkable number of independent...

Relationship retailing

Awards profile Post Office Retailer of the Year 2015 – sponsored by Post Office Clydebank Post Office, Clyde Shopping Centre, Clydebank Interview with Sham Marwaha, owner Winner detail: Size:...

Awards profile – Sustainable Retailer of the Year

Our winners: Life and Times Shahid (Mo) and Rukhsana(Roxy) Razzaq, owners, Mo’s Convenience Store, Blantyre, Lanarkshire – Scottish Grocer Sustainable Retailer of the Year 2013,...