Bestway buys Bargain Booze
BESTWAY is poised to snap up Bargain Booze in a deal brokered by administrators of the financially hamstrung wholesaler Conviviality.
Calling for clarity
Brian Madderson, chairman of the Petrol Retailers Association, discusses the issue of fair fuel pricing across the supply chain.
Fuel prices have made plenty of...
Trading places in Aberdeen
McColl’s overhauls a former pub site to create a roomy c-store
Intelligent viewing
TODAY’S world is fast-moving and many security technologies are developing quickly and providing greatly improved performance.
Some of that is down to increasingly intelligent...
Booker’s big buy
Takeover could see mega symbol stable serving more than 9% of UK fascia stores
WHOLESALER and symbol group owner Booker is to buy symbol...
Wholesalers explain symbol benefits for retailers
New year, new fascia: Symbol groups are ready to support retailers through cost-of-living crisis.
What women want
Should you make special efforts to attract women to stop at your forecourt store and use it for a comprehensive shopping trip? An American...
Employment law – some key issues
Companies of all sizes in food and drink and retailing face ever-changing employment laws. What are some of the most important things to be...
Two more for Jet’s portfolio
Highland sites join Jet’s network
A good deal of communication
Gander notifies consumers of reduced food items available in their local store.
Post office comes to market
HAYCOCKS Post Office in Stevenson, North Ayrshire is on the market.
The current vendor has decided to place the business on the market due to...
Sounding out card payments
EPOS and payments Solutions firm Bleep has launched a new payment division.
It’s show business
Independent delivered wholesaler Iain Hill Ltd has opened a showroom designed to offer new services to customers. John McNee paid a visit to find...
News in the centre of town
PROPERTY agent Christie + Co is selling the freehold interest in Soroba Stores, a community shop to the south-east of Oban town centre.
The...
Pub to store deal rings the changes
We check out the new Nisa Local in Elderslie’s Main Road, the shop at the heart of a multipurpose pub conversion project in Braveheart...
The new shop hybrids – Retailers diversifying income sources
BUSINESS agent Bruce & Co reckons there’s a distinct trend to developing and selling independent hybrid retail outlets that draw business from more than...
