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Wholesale done differently

A business to business online wholesale brand has been looking to shake things up in the Scottish retail sector.
Alison Weatherhead

Time to engage in open dialogue

Dentons advises employers to talk with staff
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Multiples under fire on margins

Consumer group critical of large multiple fuel retailers taking high margins during lockdown

Driving margins through live data

WE may live in a material world, but when it comes to forecourt retailing, decisions are increasingly driven by data.

A time of change – Symbol store retailing

PROBABLY the biggest business news story in recent times on the symbol store scene has been the developments at Costcutter and Palmer & Harvey. The...
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Multi-site supermarket water: efficient payment options

In the supermarket industry, efficiency is key. Even the largest supermarket brands are working within tight profit margins. Castle Water specialises in multi-premise water management, which could be the ideal way for you to gain back precious admin hours as well as save money on your final water bill.
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Fuel supplier offers support for retailers

Certas Energy has launched a new online resource for forecourt retailers, offering free access to personal wellbeing tools, learning courses and a number of discounts
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Coronavirus: what retail needs to know

As an employer, you have a duty of care to your employees in relation to health and safety, and indeed towards other individuals, including workers/contractors and visitors to your premises.

Capital store sells after three views

SANDYS Store, an established shop in West Granton, Edinburgh has been sold through specialist business agent Bruce & Co. The business was put on...
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Cash in hand key

OVER half of all Scottish convenience stores now provide an ATM service as part of their offer to customers, ATM provider YourCash has revealed.

Could you switch without a hitch?

Account-moving service says it takes the pain out of transferring for small to medium businesses, with a guarantee to complete in seven working days SMALL...

Linking up for an ideal combination

Paul Cornwell, refrigeration solutions specialist at Daikin UK considers energy integration In Scotland there are more than 5,500 convenience stores providing chilled and frozen food...

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...
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Plugging into the potential

Retailers across Scotland are being encouraged to fit multiple new electric vehicle charge points to their forecourts and premises to meet the rising numbers of customers now driving EVs.
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A warm welcome for the latest guidance

The administrator for the deposit return scheme in Scotland, Circularity Scotland, has said the latest government guidance will significantly reduce the cost of the scheme for the industry and consumers.
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Official statistics support our case says FairFuel UK

FAIRFUEL UK, the campaign to reduce fuel taxes that’s backed by the Road Haulage Association, the RAC and others, has claimed that Government thinking...