Business rates review reports
No great overhaul but breathing room for store improvements
THE long awaited results of the Scottish Government review on business rates has been delivered by...
Business resumes at fire stricken fruit market
Quick thinking gets businesses back up and running one day on from blaze
TRADING is underway again at Blochairn Fruit Market following a huge fire...
McColl’s Morrisons deal revives Safeway
Supermarket secures contract to supply over 1600 stores
SUPERMARKET brand Safeway is set to make a return thanks to a new supply deal reached between...
Same-day delivery launched UK wide
SUPERMARKET giant Tesco has become the first retailer to offer same-day grocery delivery across the UK
One last bout over minimum pricing
UK Supreme Court hears SWA’s appeal on MUP
WHAT should be the final tussle over Scottish Government legislation on Minimum Unit Pricing (MUP) for alcohol...
PayPoint makes offer as revenues increase
STORE payment network firm PayPoint has revealed over half of retailers using its ATMs have removed banking charges completely from their business over the...
DRS could cost retailers £40.7m
A bottle deposit return scheme in Scotland would cost retailers upwards of £40m just to set up, according to Zero Waste Scotland.
The data was...
FSS puts retailers in regulation spotlight
Scotland’s stores should be transformed to drive customers towards healthier produce, according to academics at the Unviersity of Stirling
Salmond’s store at risk over ‘stupid’ rates hike
Retailer slams system forcing him to close shop for good of his business
Leading the way over 10 years
Scottish Grocer looks back at the journey Asim and his business has taken, and examines where they – and Scotland’s wholesale industry – are heading next
Independent stores back on the rise
GREAT Britain’s independent retailers opened more shops than they closed in 2016, according to research from the Local Data Company and the British Independent...
‘No one is holding me to ransom’
PAYPOINT has come in for a storm of criticism from a number of independent Scottish retailers following the introduction of a new monthly fee...
SG interview: John Mayhew, APRS
John Mayhew is heading up the campaign to introduce a deposit return system to Scotland. With most trade bodies strongly against it, Scottish Grocer...
A rates hike that’s too hot to handle
Rateable value hike is a real blow for Polmont retailer who saw his bill soar after installing an air conditioning unit in his store
POLMONT...
A spotlight on off-sales
Report makes tough recommendations
A Scottish Government funded charity has made noises in favour of a clamp down on licences for convenience retailers in the...
Divisions deepen over DRS plan
Leading retailer quits SGF over stance on scheme
ONE of Scotland’s most prominent convenience retailers has withdrawn from the Scottish Grocers Federation due to their...
