MPs to be targeted in PayPoint row
NEWSAGENTS and small retailer representative organisation the NFRN plans to apply political pressure in its battle with payment services firm PayPoint, which has lowered...
Nisa posts £3m loss
Mutually-owned buying group Nisa has announced the first annual loss in its history after a year in which it lost its biggest customer and ...
Scottish Stop
Tesco-owned convenience store operator and franchise operation One Stop has officially opened its first store in Scotland.
A former pub site in Fallin, near Stirling,...
Symbol group takes summer season online
Retailer-owned symbol group Nisa’s special online summer campaign, which gives consumers the chance to win prizes every week, is now running.
Launched last month and...
Van promo drives business
Wholesaler JW Filshill and retailer Liaquat Ali from KeyStore in Milngavie took the prize in Miller Brands UK’s Miller Genuine Draft Win a Van programme.
In the...
No space for bottle returns
Retail groups say deposit and recycle scheme would hurt Scottish convenience stores
Convenience retailers don’t have the space or in many cases the staff to...
Tougher lotto to boost sales?
The UK’s National Lottery is set to go through a major revamp in October that will see more balls added to the draws, which...
A summer of sizzle
Wholesaler Landmark reckons it can send retailers’ summer sales soaring with deals on best-selling barbecue essentials from the middle of this month to the start...
PM signals pay change
Tax credits in the firing line as pre summer Budget speech says Britain should become a high-wage economy
BRITAIN’S retailers and many retail workers could...
Struggling with the power bills
One in 10 people working in retail admit they do not understand basic information on their commercial energy bill - according to a survey...
Five year PLH bans to go
MSPs give licensing go-ahead to bring back ‘fit and proper’ and act on supply to youngsters
The rule that personal licence holders are banned for...
Rich shoppers boost food
LAST year saw the fastest rate of economic growth in the UK since 2007 but Mintel’s British Lifestyles report showed consumers spending less on...
Discounters grow ahead of c-stores
Research firm finds supermarkets, multiple c-stores and symbol group shops all under pressure from Aldi, Lidl and value stores
MANY surveys in recent years have...
Knowing your rival
Investment, analysis and bright ideas regain sales and profit for hard-hit shop
Nisa retailer Sid Ali explains how he fought back after the Co-op opened
a...
Who binges most?
Alcohol sales regulation and media coverage of drink issues often seem to concentrate on youths and young people. But figures from the Office of...
Birks in at Boost
Energy and sports drinks specialist Boost Drinks has appointed Kirsty Birks as strategy director.
Birks joins from the consultancy Propaganda, where she was on the board...
