Woman at a till

Make sure you let staff take a break

Mark Hamilton, a partner at Dentons, looks at the law regarding rest breaks
The symbol celebrated retailers’ success at the closing of its online trade show.

Expo ends with Awards

Nisa recognises retailers and suppliers.
CCTV camera

Tips to tackle crime in store

The Retail Mutual shares its expertise

ScotGov unveils emissions zones

New bill could restrict diesel drivers
Post Office

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...

Tankers put on the ribbon for charity

Fuel brand Jet has joined forces with the charity Children with Cancer UK to support efforts to determine the causes, find cures and provide...
JET slinky advert

Jet’s colourful campaign

Phillips 66, the firm behind fuel brand Jet, has launched a new consumer-facing campaign with movement at its heart.
Training courses for the required Scottish Certificate for Personal Licence Holders should be in place from later this summer. Those who gained their certificates in the transition period up to 1 September 2009 will have to complete refresher training before 1 December 2014.

Early licence holders need to refresh – Deadline for resits

IT’S time to go back to school for some of the country’s earliest holders of the Scottish Certificate for Personal Licence Holders. The Licensing (Scotland)...
ATM

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.
Petrol Retailers Association, forecourts, c-stores, convenience store,

Falling prices keep the pressure on

As the price of oil continues to tumble John McNee talks to Brian Madderson, chairman of the Petrol Retailers Association, about the impact on...
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PRA welcomes deal

THE Petrol Retailers Association has welcomed the news, reported in SG last month, that Murco has signed a deal to sell its retail business,...
Welcome Break

Welcome Break signs up with Fairbanks

WELCOME Break has signed a three-year contract with Fairbanks to provide fuel management services on its network of motorway service stations. Welcome Break operates 31...

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...
new-look-for-fuel-pumps

Forecourt labels get a shake up

Fuel pumps will now look different
Aggie Salt

Staff on strike

Dentons associate Aggie Salt takes a look at industrial action and the right to join a union

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...