Armstrong to host SG Awards 2019
The biggest night of the year for the Scottish convenience retailing industry, the Scottish Grocer Awards, is just a few weeks away and there are plenty of reasons to get excited for this year’s event
Scotland’s top wholesalers honoured
High spirits at 17th SWA Achievers awards
GLASGOW-based wholesaler JW Filshill scooped the top prize at the 17th Scottish Wholesale Association Achievers awards at a...
Digital retail and rising costs lead to job losses
SRC claims public policy and evolving marketplace hurting employment
THE Scottish Retail Consortium has warned that rising costs driven by public policy — and a...
Dairy dream is back on
Court of Session overturns Scottish Government ruling
PLANS for a new £40m dairy site in Stirling have been revived following a ruling in favour of...
Reject No-Deal now
Open letter from food and drink leaders warns no-deal could spell financial disaster
SCOTLAND’S food and drink producers have warned that a no-deal Brexit could...
Objections mount
Sainsbury’s/Asda’s merger proving unpopular
Rates rise comes in below inflation
Finance secretary had no shortage of rates rabbits to pull from Budget hat
NEXT year’s business rates increase will come in below inflation, Scottish Government...
UK DRS plans revealed
DEFRA unveils plans for potential UK-wide scheme
WITH Scotland’s deposit return scheme still under consultation, the UK Government has published its own DRS plans.
The UK...
Jobs threatened as Adelie drops Kilmarnock
ADELIE Foods — the firm behind Urban Eat sandwiches — has announced it plans to shut down its Kilmarnock factory, shifting production to sites...
Sainsbury’s and Asda make CMA appeal
Supermarkets lodge appeal over merger inquiry
ASDA and Sainsbury’s have lodged an appeal against the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) over the watchdog’s phase two...
Rates rise below inflation
Scottish Government draft budget caps business rates increase
NEXT year’s business rates increase will come in below inflation, Scottish Government finance secretary Derek Mackay announced...
The Irn-Bru Snowman is back
The new ad brings Scottish consumers the next chapter in a tale of festive flight and increasingly frosty relations
Gender imbalance still plagues retail
Women in retail speak out at Holyrood
Vacancies soar on the high street
Scottish footfall figures fall behind UK
Health policy to hit food to go
Paper from FSS puts food to go in the spotlight with proposed restrictions
Changes afoot at CJ Lang
CJ Lang's new bosses have big ambitions
THE new faces at the top of CJ Lang have made clear their intentions to revamp the Dundee-based...
