Call to do more on illicit trade
Geek Bar has urged Trading Standards services across the UK to do more to tackle rogue traders selling illicit disposable vapes.
Quality and value come in All Rounders
Golden Casket unveils a major update to one of its beloved lines, aligning it with its more premium brand and reflecting the current economic market.
Belts are tightening
A BLEAK economy is producing meagre retail sales, according to the Scottish Retail Consortium.
Achieving a hat trick – CJ Lang
Three in a row for CJ Lang, and United Wholesale Grocers does a double as 2013’s Achievers event sees Scotland’s wholesale industry recognise its...
Spar donates £10k to Dunbartonshire group
WEST Dunbartonshire charity Bags Full of Love is one of the first organisations to benefit from Spar UK’s Community Cashback scheme.
Spar UK has distributed...
Cuppa-crazy Scots still a nation of tea folk
Tea is still Scotland’s favourite hot drink, Black tea down while green and decaff grow
DESPITE the allure of coffee and the health benefits of...
Sustainability on rails at Highland Spring’s Freight Facility
Highland Spring Group welcomes the First Minister and other honoured guests as its new multi-million pound rail freight facility in Perthshire which promises to take thousands of HGVs off Britain’s roads.
Holders to take a drinks refresher
It might seem difficult to believe but it’s nearly time for the first succsessful Personal Licence Holder trainees to carry out their refresher training....
£5m pricing boost
Nisa unveiled a £5 million investment in Co-op own-brand pricing at its annual trade show to help tackle the cost-of-living crisis.
Breaking the sounds of silence – Glen Keith distillery re-opening
THE boom in Scotch whisky manufacturing is continuing, One of the latest signs came last month when Scottish Government cabinet secretary for rural affairs...
Winter bugs set for a resurgence
Return of flu could see over the counter sales soar
Londis show attendance soars
ALMOST 1,200 Londis and Budgens stores were represented at the Musgrave trade shows, ‘Retailing 2013, The Main Event’, held in Manchester and Surrey last...
In the bleak midwinter
Scottish consumers are preparing for a tough winter, according to the latest Scottish Retail Sales Monitor collected by KPMG for the Scottish Retail Consortium (SRC).
Big trucking Willie Winkie
Wee Willie Winkie has been running through the toons right across Scotland, thanks to a fancy livery update on Browns Food Group trucks .
SGF joins anti-assault vow
The Scottish Grocers’ Federation has joined emergency services, health colleagues and others to launch a National Assault Pledge.
Pain but no gain from plain packs
Westminster surprised many when it said it would look again at plain packaging on tobacco. In Scotland the powers that be are ready to...
