Court hears plain packs challenge
Tobacco giants in 11th-hour effort to head off standardised packaging
SIX months ahead of the intended beginning of procedures to introduce standardised packaging of tobacco...
Big and small budget story
Small business bonus kept, large business charge up
Swinney announces commercial rates system review
SMALL shops and other businesses with low rateable values learned they were...
Happy new Bru
GIANT-SELLING Scottish soft drink Irn-Bru is to have a new look from this spring.
But brand owner AG Barr says it’s a case of back...
SGF plans crime seminar
RETAILER representative group the Scottish Grocers Federation is to hold a crime seminar, at which it will launch its SGF Scottish Crime Report, in...
Councillor Mo lands a double
LANARKSHIRE retailer Mo Razzaq, who with his wife Roxy owns and operates Premier Mo’s Convenience Store and Family Shopper outlets in Blantyre, became councillor...
Investment by c-stores rises
• Autumn sees bounce back after “budget shock”
• Indies and symbols ahead of multiples
INVESTMENT by c-store owners bounced back in autumn 2015 after a...
Lifestyle adds Value
SYMBOL group Lifestyle Express has launched two new symbol store formats in a bid to help its retailers compete with discounters and other stores.
Lifestyle...
Defying reality
MAINSTREAM media reports have repeatedly told motorists that fuel prices will slump and some supermarkets have slashed rates to less than £1 a litre...
Brewer van will cover Lewis
TENNENT Caledonian Brewery has donated a van to a local shop and café on the Isle of Lewis to help it provide a delivery...
Town centres bounce back
• Shop vacancies fall in hardest hit communities
• Cities show more empty units back in use
RETAIL may still be a tough business but...
November holds out some hope
Black Friday and early Christmas promos see improvement on previous month but figures still down year on year
AFTER a tough year in the food...
Britvic’s up and down year
BRITVIC sold more than 2.1bn litres of soft drinks in the year to 27 September 2015. That was 0.9% up on the previous year...
Multiples struggle
Symbols, Sainsbury’s and Co-op ahead of game
DISCOUNTERS Aldi and Lidl continued to register substantial sales growth as Britain geared up for the 2015 festive...
Fancy taking a spring shelfie?
CADBURY Creme Egg is giving retailers a chance to be a winner in the lead up to the spring confectionery sales season with its...
Massive food to go opportunity
£1.6bn market north of the border but Scotland lags behind rest of GB market, researcher finds
FOOD-to-go sales are growing and the market...
Changes blocked
RETAILER-owned wholesaler and symbol organisation Nisa failed to have proposals to change aspects of its governance passed at its AGM.
Changes had been proposed after...
