Refresh yourself on account

RETAIL workers who plan to take either a SCPLH course or the SCPLH Refresher course could be in line for official financial assistance...
Asda-Café,-Blantyre

Food to Go solutions with Counterline

Counterline is the market leader for the design and manufacture of bespoke foodservice counters and displays
Alan Delaney

Time to look at your holiday pay system

Pay for holiday periods is in the spotlight following rulings by the Employment Appeal Tribunal that overtime should figure in the calculation of...
Allwyn will be taking over the running of The National Lottery on 1 February 2024.

Allwyn sets out online lottery tasks

Allwyn, the incoming operator of The National Lottery, is urging c-store owners to visit its online retailer portal as soon as possible so that their is no interruption to the service.

Site sales at post-recession high

SALES of petrol stations – excluding oil company disposals –  reached a post-recession record in 2016,  according to Christie & Co. In  its latest report,...

Defining the fair price promotion

Pricing and price promotions have become increasingly important in retailing as consumers become cost-conscious. There are policy and legal issues too. The Chartered Trading Standards...
Bleep’s integrated EPOS system.

Sounding out card payments

EPOS and payments Solutions firm Bleep has launched a new payment division.

What’s the story in Tobermory?

Post Office says island opportunity awaits an established retailer or a new talent as Mull joins post office sites available under transformation scheme. RECENT research...
Jane Green

Considering reasonable questions of faith

Can an employee refuse to work on a Sunday or ask to be excused from serving alcohol because of their religious beliefs? Individuals have...

Get appy to boost sales

Retailers who use apps to notify their customers of discounts and deals are on the right track, according to a new study .

Symbol living – Changing times in fuel supply sector

FORECOURT operators could be suggesting their fuel customers put a Nisa, a Best-one, a Premier, or a Spar in their tanks as some of...

Sweet year is the best yet

THE best year to date is how confectionery wholesaler Hancocks summed up 2014. Chief executive officer Mark Watson said: “Last year was perhaps Hancocks’ best...

‘Diamonds’ are a dealer’s best friend

‘PROUD to be Jet’ is a service and standards programme that assesses, benchmarks and measures site performance across all Jet forecourts based on annual...
Co-op operations director Kate McRae Graham.

Gift and fuel card solutions for convenience retailers

The Co-op has joined the Scotland Loves Local Gift Card and Town & City Gift Card schemes, while forecourts specialist Suresite Group is working with EPOS supplier ShopMate to create a new fuel cards solution.

With an eye to the future

Certas continues to grow CERTAS Energy, the firm behind forecourt brand Gulf, is continuing to push forward, expanding its forecourt footprint in Scotland to more...
petrol forecourt

Travelling in the right direction

Bosses at the Petrol Retailers Association have outlined key trends for forecourt operators in 2023, as well as highlighting the benefits of membership.