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Call for help on human trafficking

Forecourt car washes have been flagged as one of a number of sectors where human trafficking victims may be trapped in forced labour.

Petrol pay phone

TECHNOLOGY firm Micros Systems has launched MiFuel, a system that enables drivers to pay for fuel with mobile phones. With MiFuel, drivers register once and...

Site for sore eyes

Located next to picturesque fields and hills on the outskirts of Alloa, the Auld Brig Service Station offers a welcoming pit stop for travellers....
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Slow recovery for fuel sales

Fuel sales in the UK continue to sit well below normal levels, but volumes are starting to creep up.
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Promotions a big hit for Jet

Four in five forecourts on board

Snap your way to a healthy diet

Foodvisor is an artificial intelligence (AI) app that provides a nutritional report based on a picture of your plate of food .

Delivering more for c-store customers

Philippe Rondepierre, marketing director at Snappy Shopper, reckons home delivery has been so successful in the convenience channel “because it is the one initiative which will add thousands of pounds to a store’s weekly turnover."
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Keeping track of moving margins

EdgePetrol boss Mark Truman reckons he’s got the right software for Scottish forecourt retailers .

Still important to refresh

As this section of SG goes to press it’s expected that the Air Weapons and Licensing (Scotland) Bill will go through the third stage of...

Go big on butchery

Scotmid has joined forces with third-generation family butcher S Collins & Son to launch a new butcher’s counter within its Uddingston store

There’s still time to fight

Property firm urges retailers to consider an appeal SCOTTISH retailers could have their rates bill cut for the next five years, but only if they...

Nisa Heritage moving up

WHOLESALER and symbol operation Nisa says its own-label range is booming. The firm described its trading figures for the Heritage own label range in...
The current National Minimum Wage Rate for persons 21 and over is 6.31 an hour. ACS estimates that if rates continue to rise and proposed auto enrolment pension contributions are taking into account the real cost of the minimum wage in 2020 will be £8.14 an hour

Paying the going rate

What is the National Minimum Wage? The National Minimum Wage  (NMW) is the minimum pay per hour workers are entitled to by law. It doesn’t...
Asim Sarwar, managing director, United Wholesale (Scotland).

UWS sales up 5% to £212m

GLASGOW-based cash and carry, wholesale, and symbol group company United Wholesale (Scotland) saw sales rise by 4.8% to reach £212m for the year to...
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The National Living Wage – the details

Staff costs changed significantly for many convenience retailers in the spring and there’s more to come with the NLW scheduled to reach £9...

Step closer to regeneration

A Renfrew retailer is just weeks away from opening a new store opposite an Aldi supermarket. Scottish Grocer reported last year on Mohammed Jamil’s plans...