MADIC UK partners with National Lottery
MADIC UK has teamed up with National Lottery operator Allwyn Entertainment to roll integrate the National Lottery into its next generation EPOS tech.
Part-time retail jobs under threat
New UK taxes and regulations will put 13,000 part-time shopworker jobs in Scotland at risk over the next three years, the Scottish Retail Consortium is warning.
Spotlight on Post Office
Government launches Horizon investigation
Pop goes the snack market
POSH popcorn, healthier options, smaller pack sizes and upmarket crisps are the winners in the ongoing nibbles wars. That’s the finding from Key Note,...
Earlier Easter boosts food
MARCH was a good month for Scotland’s food retailers, with sales helped along by the timing of Easter, according to the regular survey carried...
Government says no to new drinks objective
Matheson rejects call for licensing law change to reduce consumption
THE Scottish Government has given a knock-back to a plan by MSPs to have the...
Lincoln & York drive solutions in coffee to go
Lincoln & York Coffee Roasters category insight manager Richard Milner offers retailers advice on ways to attract consumers into their c-stores.
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...
Rates of confusion
SCOTLAND’S current system of business rates is unwieldy and expensive and held together by an often confusing series of reliefs, the Scottish Retail Consortium director David Lonsdale has said
Seven more for Certas
Certas Energy has expanded its forecourt estate with the acquisition of seven new sites
Getting on to a winner
Mondelez International has launched a campaign giving consumers and their local independent retailers the chance to win matching cash prizes.
Soft drinks beat £10bn
A long thirsty summer in 2013 saw category sales grow, with water and niche brands among the big winners
GOOD weather and the trend to...
The seasonal premium
PREMIUMISATION is the big word on the lips of many a spirits company, at present. In a time of economic challenges many consumers change...
Spar supports Scarlett
SPAR Scotland donated £6,000 to a fund that supports the British Heart Foundation and Yorkhill Children’s Charity.
The Scarlett Fund is run by the parents...
A giant of retailing
LORD Sainsbury of Preston Candover, life president of Sainsbury’s, has died at the age of 94.
Scotmid to try healthy foods on impulse
INDEPENDENT co-operative Scotmid is piloting a new scheme with Healthier Scotland to encourage consumers to eat better.
Five stores across Edinburgh will run the trial,...
