Local pride
Winner:
Gerry Haughey, Spar, Main Street, Thornliebank
Store Manager of the Year 2015
– sponsored by Tennent’s
Interview with Gerry Haughey.
Winner details
Size: 3,000 sq ft
Symbol: Spar
Staff: 11
Hours: 6am...
Speaking up for forecourt retailers
GORDON Balmer, the new chief executive of the Petrol Retailers Association, has taken charge of the organisation at a turbulent time.
Award profile – spirits retailer of the year
Winner: Great Glen Trading Centre, Fort Augustus
Award: Spirits retailer of the year
Sponsored by: Whyte & Mackay
Awards profile – Technology & Digital Engagement Award
Winner:Â Family Shopper, Blantyre
Sponsored by: The Retail Data Partnership and Zapper
New directions
Kilwinning retailer Sandeep Dhaliwal has been running the family business for three years. His fresh ideas and a major refurbishment have yielded great results.
We...
Minimum hits £6.70
Government agrees 3% increase in NMW from October
THE UK’s minimum wage will rise by 3% to £6.70 an hour, for the full adult rate,...
Joining the Club
Retailer Iqbal Sadiq discusses the impact of the revamped Kensitas Club at St George’s Post Office and Spar Maryhill
Awards profile: Tobacco Retailer of the Year
Winner: Mace, Edinburgh
Supported by: Imperial Tobacco
SG interview: Duncan Malyon, Camelot
Betting big on new strategy for 2018 – Camelot’s retail director Duncan Malyon sets out vision.
First class package
Winner: Â 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...
Banking on category data
SCOTTISH food and drink brands are performing well, but they could be doing even better according to Amanda Brown, project director at The Knowledge Bank.
Drink to success – Day-Today Wallyford
Awards profile - Best Soft Drinks Outlet of the Year
‘COMMUNITY’ is a word you will hear often if you spend any time with Mohammed...
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.
40 years of United Wholesale Grocers
Founded by Mohammad Ramzan in 1977, United Wholesale Grocers Ltd began from a grocery store in Maryhill. Over the past four decades, the organisation...
Autumn brings a fresh chance
The middle of September signals the start of freshers week: when swathes of young people head off to university and get ready for four years of (allegedly) hard work.
SG interview: Boyd Tunnock, Tunnock’s
Expanding teacakes – it’s all go at Tunnock’s
