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Can retailers prevent tax?

Industry responds to ‘shape up’ message from FSS FOOD industry bodies and c-store retailers have reacted with concern to growing calls for the introduction of...
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Online course aims to train green champs

RETAILERS and other businesses across Scotland are being urged to take advantage of a free training course that turns nominated employees into certified Green...

Tata teas up big changes

The maker of Tetley tea – Tata Consumer Products (TCP) – has appointed David Atkinson as senior vice-president to head up its UK & Ireland team.
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Romance lends retailers a hand

FOOD sales, aided by Valentine’s Day, saw Scottish retail sales perform well in February ahead of the disruption caused by snow
Gemma Sellar and Stephanie Karté explain RAC’s partnership with schools.

Intelligence key to fighting crime

Sharing resources and knowledge top of the agenda at Retailers Against Crime conference

FSS says shape up or face tax

‘We’ve been missing the Scottish dietary goals for the last 15 years, despite the range of changes already made’. FOOD Standards Scotland – the country’s...

Hot food is a sales driver

Food to go can lift basket spend FAST-paced living has become the norm for many consumers with time of the essence even when eating. This busy...

Collaborate and we’ll innovate

Food manufacturers and others need to work together to find solutions for a new era’s challenges says Colette Backwell, director of the Scottish Food...
Robert Graham and Michelle Kibaris

Milk queen is crowned

SCOTTISH dairy Graham’s has appointed its first ever ‘milk ambassador’.
Post Office is locked in a legal battle

Court delivers a blow to the PO

Judge questions Subpostmaster contracts
Music festivals such as T in the Park are great opportunities to sell everything from soft drinks and snacks to sunblock to toilet rolls

There’s Mo going on this summer

It’s a year of homecoming and a year of major sporting events in Scotland. And recent years have seen Scotland’s regular summer festivals multiply....
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Campaign focuses on the office

A CAMPAIGN encouraging consumers to continue shopping locally has been launched in anticipation of office staff returning to their workplaces

SWA boss in position

Colin Smith assumed full responsibility at the top of the trade body on 31 December
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Jack’s hot and hotter

THE rise in popularity of hot and spicy world flavours shows no signs of slowing down, says Richard Cox, president Canadian business unit and...

New licensing powers on vapes hailed as a victory

The UK Government has unveiled new licensing powers for England, Wales and Northern Ireland as part of its updated Tobacco and Vapes Bill.

Scotmid digs deep for SAMH

RETAILER Scotmid has donated thousands of pounds to the Scottish Association for Mental Health (SAMH).